MO trip permit bonds.
$275 flat. Five minutes.
If you sell trip permits as an authorized agent of the MoDOT Motor Carrier Services unit, Missouri requires a fixed $5,000 bond for the permit money you collect and remit. At a flat 3% that is $150 — below our $275 minimum, so the price is $275 flat. No credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Motor Carrier Services
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your MoDOT Motor Carrier Services agent agreement. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is below our $275 minimum — so it is $275 flat 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’s commercial trucking permits are administered through the Department of Transportation’s Motor Carrier Services unit. A carrier that is not registered for IRP or fuel tax can buy a temporary trip permit to operate legally, and MoDOT authorizes certain third parties — permit services and wire agents — to sell those permits on its behalf.
When you sell permits as an authorized agent, you collect public money that belongs to the state. The bond is a financial guarantee that you remit the permit fees you collect and follow the terms of your agent agreement. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (the obligee).
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Agents who keep clean records and remit on time treat the bond as a formality of holding the agent appointment.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
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Trip permit bond, issued today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.