ND trailer dealer bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
North Dakota requires every licensed trailer dealer to file a $10,000 bond with the NDDOT Motor Vehicle Division. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every dealer. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are 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 check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 NDDOT
Your executed bond on form SFN 2898 and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your NDDOT dealer license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
North Dakota licenses trailer dealers through the NDDOT Motor Vehicle Division, and conditions the license on a surety bond. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with North Dakota's motor vehicle dealer laws in Title 39.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of North Dakota together with anyone who deals with you (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, mishandles a buyer's money, or otherwise violates dealer law, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Dealers who deliver clean title and keep good records treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.