MT textbook dealer bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
A dealer licensed to supply textbooks to Montana school districts files a surety bond with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The amount is set by the superintendent between $2,000 and $10,000 under MCA 20-7-604. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard textbook dealer bond — enter your amount, pay, and you have the executed bond. Here is the whole thing:
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Business details, the bond amount the superintendent set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay.
File with the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Submit the executed bond with your textbook dealer license application and written supply agreement. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Because the bond tops out at $10,000, most textbook dealers land at or near the $275 minimum.
What it is and who needs it.
What the textbook dealer bond actually covers
Montana licenses textbook dealers who supply books to school districts through the Superintendent of Public Instruction under MCA 20-7-604. As a condition of the license, the dealer signs a written agreement to supply textbooks at uniform listed prices, never charging Montana districts more than the dealer charges elsewhere in the U.S., and to pass national price reductions through.
The dealer also files a surety bond conditioned on faithful performance of those textbook-supply duties. The amount is set by the superintendent and may be no less than $2,000 and no more than $10,000 — a deliberately small range, so the premium usually lands at our $275 minimum.
It is a three-party guarantee — you (the principal dealer), the surety, and the State of Montana through the superintendent (the obligee), for the benefit of school districts. If a dealer breaks the price or supply terms and a district is harmed, it can recover against the bond. If the surety pays, the dealer repays the surety.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the superintendent set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the superintendent set and file the same day.