MO used vehicle & boat dealer bonds.
$500 flat.
Missouri licenses used motor vehicle and boat dealers through the Department of Revenue Motor Vehicle Bureau under RSMo 301.560, conditioned on a dealer bond. This page issues the $50,000 version at $500 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, identical for every dealer. A quick soft credit check may apply — never a hard inquiry — e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date, and a few commercial questions. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the Motor Vehicle Bureau
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Missouri licenses motor vehicle and boat dealers through the Department of Revenue Motor Vehicle Bureau, and RSMo 301.560 conditions the license on a corporate surety bond (or an irrevocable letter of credit). The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee standing behind your compliance with Missouri dealer law and clean title on the vehicles you sell.
The statute sets a single $50,000 penal sum for every new, used, wholesale and boat dealer (RSMo 301.560, current text) — there is no smaller tier for dealers who deliver vehicles before transferring the certificate of ownership. This page issues the $50,000 bond the statute requires.
It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Missouri together with harmed buyers — and it is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Dealers who deliver clean title and keep good records treat the bond as a license formality.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Other Missouri motor vehicle dealer bonds.
Not sure this is the one your license calls for? These are the other motor vehicle dealer bonds we write in Missouri. Each has its own statute and bond amount.
- Motor Vehicle or Boat Dealer Bond ($100,000)The $100,000 Missouri dealer bond for dealers who deliver vehicles before transferring title. $1,000 flat, soft pull only.
- City of Springfield New/Used Auto Dealer Bond ($5,000)The $5,000 bond the City of Springfield requires of every licensed new and/or used motor vehicle dealer. $100 flat.
Other Missouri bonds.
The Motor Vehicle Bureau is waiting on one document.
$500 flat, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.