MO used vehicle & boat dealer bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
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 $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every dealer. One soft credit pull, 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.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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’s base penal sum is $25,000, but a $50,000 bond is required for dealers who deliver vehicles to the purchaser before transferring the certificate of ownership — and many dealers carry the $50,000 version to keep their options open. This page issues the $50,000 bond; if your license only requires $25,000, send us the application and we’ll issue the right amount.
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.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Do I pay the $50,000? +
Is my bond $25,000 or $50,000? +
Who requires this bond? +
Is there a credit check? +
When does it renew? +
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The Motor Vehicle Bureau is waiting on one document.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.