OH excess loads bonds.
$15,000 flat. Soft pull.
Ohio can require a $500,000 bond as the financial-responsibility option for a special hauling permit — moving oversize or overweight loads on state highways under R.C. Chapter 5577. It covers road and structure damage from the move. Ours is $15,000 flat, 3% of the bond amount. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to permitted.
Your special hauling permit is waiting on this financial responsibility. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, and an effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
A $500,000 bond gets an underwriting look, but most clear quickly. If anything is needed, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with ODOT
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file as the financial responsibility for your special hauling permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever ODOT insists.
The whole pricing page.
$500,000 bond × 3% = $15,000, 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
Moving an oversize or overweight load on Ohio's highways requires a special hauling permit, because the load exceeds the statutory weight and dimension limits in R.C. 5577.04–5577.05. Before ODOT issues the permit, the mover must show financial responsibility for damage the move could do to the roadway or road structures.
That financial responsibility can be met with a liability insurance endorsement or a surety bond. The current minimum is $500,000, and ODOT can require more where the move carries increased risk. The bond stands behind the permit holder's responsibility for damage caused by negligence during the permitted move.
It is not insurance for you. If a permitted move damages a bridge or roadway and the state recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. Haulers who move carefully and follow the permit conditions treat the bond as the cost of doing oversize/overweight work in Ohio.
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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.
Do I pay the $500,000? +
Who requires this bond? +
What does the bond cover? +
Is there a credit check? +
Can ODOT require more than $500,000? +
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ODOT is waiting on your financial responsibility.
$15,000 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.