OH Class D driver school bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
Before an online Class D driver training school can operate in Ohio, the ODPS Office of Driver Training requires a continuous performance bond. The minimum is $10,000 for your first school, plus $2,000 for each additional location. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard driver-school bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with ODPS. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount ODPS requires, 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. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with ODPS Office of Driver Training
Submit the executed bond with your driver training school license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure ODPS requires and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the driver-school bond actually covers
Ohio licenses driver training schools through the ODPS Office of Driver Training under R.C. Chapter 4508. No license is issued or renewed until the school proves it carries a continuous performance bond covering the cost of refunding students for training the school doesn't deliver.
Under Ohio Administrative Code 4501-7-08, the bond or escrow is no less than $10,000 for the first school licensed by the enterprise, plus an additional $2,000 for each additional school licensed by the same enterprise. The figure scales with the number of locations you run.
The bond protects students: if your school closes or fails to provide the training a student paid for, they can recover their prepaid tuition against the bond. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — so schools that deliver what they sell treat it as a licensing formality.
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Submit the application with the bond amount ODPS requires — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Driver-school bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount ODPS requires and file the same day.