OR driver training school bonds.
$275. For partnerships.
Oregon requires a fixed $2,500 bond from every commercial driver training school as a condition of its ODOT certificate. This is the version for a school run as a partnership — ours is $275, the floor on a 3%-of-amount bond, and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Certificate bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Partnership details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Certificate bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with ODOT
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your commercial driver training school certificate application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$2,500 bond × 3% = $75, but our floor is $275, so the premium is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Oregon licenses commercial driver training schools through the Department of Transportation, and conditions the certificate on a $2,500 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: that the school conducts business without fraud or fraudulent representation and follows the rules ODOT adopts for driver training schools.
It's a three-party arrangement: the partnership (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Oregon (the obligee). If a school defrauds a student or violates ODOT's school rules and a student is harmed, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
This page is the partnership form of the bond — the only difference from the corporation and individual versions is the principal named on it. The amount, the price, and what the bond guarantees are identical. If you operate as a corporation or sole proprietor, use the matching page.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.