Oregon boat registration agent bonds.
From $100.
The bond the Oregon State Marine Board requires from a business it appoints to register boats and issue temporary operating permits. The Board sets the amount — commonly $1,000, more for higher-volume or multi-location agents. Pricing is 0.5% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum; your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does an Oregon boat registration agent bond cost?
0.5% 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 agent bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Marine Board. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the Board set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $100,000.
File with the State Marine Board
Submit the executed bond to the Marine Board to complete or maintain your agent appointment. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Board insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the agent bond actually covers
The Oregon State Marine Board appoints private businesses — marinas, dealers, sporting-goods stores — as registration agents who can title boats, register them, and issue a temporary permit so the owner can use the boat right away while the permanent registration is processed. Agents collect the Board's fees as part of that work.
The bond is the Board's protection that those collected fees are accounted for and remitted on time, and that the agent follows the boat-registration rules in ORS Chapter 830. Most claims arise when a former agent stops remitting the registration money it collected from the public.
Because the Board sets the amount by appointment, there is no single statutory figure: it is commonly $1,000, raised for higher weekly transaction volume and increased by roughly $1,000 for each additional location. Pricing is 0.5% of that amount, with a $100 minimum, and no credit check up to $100,000.
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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 the State Marine Board. Submit the executed bond to the Marine Board to complete or maintain your agent appointment. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Board insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. 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 bond amount the Marine Board set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Agent bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the Board set and file the same day.