NM driver education school bonds.
$100 flat.
To license a driver education school, New Mexico's Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Bureau conditions issuance on a continuous surety bond under 18.20.3.10 NMAC, naming the bureau as obligee and assuring the satisfactory performance of contracts with students — including tuition refund agreements — and the maintenance of student records. Ours is priced at $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Driver education school license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Traffic Safety Bureau
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your driver education school license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the driver education school bond actually guarantees
A driver education school in New Mexico contracts directly with students — collecting tuition, promising lessons, and sometimes promising refunds if a student withdraws. The Traffic Safety Bureau licenses these schools and, under 18.20.3.10 NMAC, conditions an initial license on posting a continuous surety bond alongside proof of vehicle insurance and the license fee.
The bond names the New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Bureau as obligee and assures the satisfactory performance of all contracts with students — including any tuition refund agreement — and the maintenance of student records. If a school fails to honor a refund or loses required records, an affected student or the bureau can look to the bond. It is a continuous filing: the bureau will not renew a school's license without proof the bond (or its continuation) is current.
It is not insurance for the school — if the surety pays a claim, the school repays the surety. Confirm the required bond amount and any continuation-certificate deadline with the Traffic Safety Bureau; we price this bond at $100 flat, and the application collects no credit information.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.