North Dakota driving school bonds.
From $100.
North Dakota requires a commercial driver-training school to file a $5,000 surety bond with its license application under N.D.C.C. 39-25-03. The bond protects students' prepaid tuition. At the statutory $5,000 amount, premiums start from $100 — your exact price appears at the application, which collects no credit check up to $25,000.
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How much does a North Dakota driving school bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard driving school bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with your school license application. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount ($5,000 by statute), and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $25,000.
File with your school license
Submit the executed bond with your commercial driver-training school license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the driving school bond actually covers
North Dakota regulates commercial driver-training schools under N.D.C.C. ch. 39-25, administered through NDDOT. A school owner or operator must secure and submit a continuous surety bond with the license application for the protection of the contractual rights of students.
The implementing rule, N.D.A.C. 37-13-02-08, sets the bond at $5,000 for motor vehicle driver's-license instruction, issued by a company authorized to do business in North Dakota. The surety may cancel the bond on thirty days' written notice to the director.
If a school takes a student's tuition and fails to deliver the instruction, the student can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, the school repays the surety. It is not insurance for the school. Enter the statutory $5,000 (or a higher figure if you've been asked for one); premiums start from $100 and no credit check up to $25,000.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with your school license. Submit the executed bond with your commercial driver-training school license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the statutory $5,000 amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with your school license application.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the statutory $5,000 and see your exact price.