Missouri title service bonds.
$250 flat.
Missouri requires a registered motor vehicle title service — a business that handles title and registration paperwork for others — to file a $25,000 bond with the Department of Revenue. Ours is $250 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Missouri title service bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Title service bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your title-service registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the title service bond actually guarantees
A motor vehicle title service is a business that processes title and registration paperwork on behalf of others — dealers, fleets, and the public — handling certificates of ownership and the fees that go with them. Missouri requires these businesses to register with the Department of Revenue and post a $25,000 surety bond.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind the honest handling of titles, registrations, and the money that passes through a title service. If the business commits fraud, mishandles documents, or fails to remit fees, the harmed customer or the state can recover against the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement, not insurance for you: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Missouri (the obligee), with your customers protected. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $25,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Department of Revenue. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your title-service registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.