Oklahoma requires anyone in the business of pumping, hauling, or disposing of septage to hold a DEQ license, conditioned on a $25,000 surety bond naming the license holder as principal and DEQ as obligee. Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application is about five minutes.
















License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials and no credit check section on this bond.
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your DEQ license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A septage pumper & transporter bond is a payment-and-performance guarantee. Oklahoma DEQ wants a financial backstop that you will pump, haul, and dispose of domestic wastewater (septage) in compliance with state rules and proper disposal-site requirements.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (the obligee). If a licensed pumper violates the septage rules in a way that causes a loss, the bond stands behind the obligation, and DEQ can recover against it.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We track the bond and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration, keeping your $25,000 filing continuous so your license never lapses over a missed email.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.