Oregon CDL third party tester bonds.
$100 flat.
An Oregon third-party CDL tester — a business approved to give commercial driver skills tests — must provide a $10,000 surety bond to DMV, under OAR Chapter 735, Division 60. The price you see is the checkout price: $100, the same for every tester. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does an Oregon CDL third party tester bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
Provide it to DMV
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to provide to Oregon DMV as part of your third-party CDL tester contract. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Oregon DMV (part of ODOT) runs a third-party CDL testing program: it authorizes approved businesses to administer the commercial driver license skills test on its behalf. To qualify as a third-party tester, a business must provide DMV a $10,000 surety bond under OAR Chapter 735, Division 60.
The bond is an integrity guarantee: it protects DMV and the public against losses from fraudulent or improper CDL testing — for example, passing a driver who didn't earn it. It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Oregon (the obligee).
Note that units of local government and state agencies are exempt from the bond requirement — it applies to private third-party testers. The bond must stay active for your tester contract, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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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 $10,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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
Pay & e-sign. Fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.