MT motor vehicle dealer bonds.
$500 flat.
Montana requires a $50,000 bond from anyone licensed as a motor vehicle dealer, broker, wholesaler, or auto auction. Ours is $500 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, 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. That is the application — 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. Any credit check on this bond is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the Motor Vehicle Division
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
Montana licenses motor vehicle dealers through the Department of Justice Motor Vehicle Division, and conditions the license on a $50,000 surety bond under MCA 61-4-101. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with Montana motor vehicle sales law, including clear title and honest handling of customers’ money.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Montana together with harmed buyers (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, misapplies a buyer’s funds, or otherwise violates dealer law, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
The same statute sets reduced amounts for narrower license types — $15,000 for motorcycle/quadricycle dealers and $5,000 for motorboat, watercraft, snowmobile, and off-highway-vehicle dealers. The full $50,000 applies to general dealers, brokers, wholesalers, and auto auctions. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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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? ▾
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I only sell motorcycles or boats — is my bond smaller? ▾
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Other Montana bonds.
The Motor Vehicle Division is waiting on one document.
$500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.