MO trip permit bonds.
$100 flat.
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. This bond is set by our carrier’s rate book at $100 flat, issued instantly — the application collects no credit information.
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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 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.
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
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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Trip permit bond, issued today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.