MT watercraft & snowmobile dealer bonds.
$275 flat. Soft pull.
A Montana dealer restricted to motorboats, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, or off-highway vehicles files a $5,000 bond — the smallest dealer amount under MCA 61-4-101. At 3% that would be $150, so it lands at our $275 minimum, with one soft credit pull.
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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. The credit check 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.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which rounds up to our $275 minimum. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it. The dealer bond renews annually with your license.
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 under MCA 61-4-101. The default dealer bond is $50,000 — but the statute sets the lowest amount, $5,000, for an applicant restricted to selling motorboats, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, or off-highway vehicles (other than highway-equipped motorcycles).
The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: it backs your compliance with Montana sales law for these vehicles, including clean title and honest handling of buyers’ money. If you fall short and a buyer is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Because the bond is small, the premium hits our $275 minimum — the floor we charge on any bond, since the carrier’s and our costs don’t scale all the way down.
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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.
Why is my bond only $5,000? +
Why is the price $275 and not $150? +
Do I pay the $5,000? +
Is there a credit check? +
When does it renew? +
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$275 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.