Oregon highway use tax bonds.
From $125.
When a motor carrier enrolls vehicles in Oregon’s Weight-Mile Tax Program, ODOT’s Commerce and Compliance Division can require a highway use tax bond (or deposit) as security under ORS 825. ODOT sets the amount; pricing is 2% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, with a $125 minimum.
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How much does an Oregon highway use tax bond cost?
2% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, from $125. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard highway use tax bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with ODOT. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount ODOT set on its request letter, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with ODOT
Submit the executed bond to the Commerce and Compliance Division to satisfy your weight-mile tax account. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever ODOT insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the highway use tax bond actually covers
Oregon funds its roads partly through a weight-mile tax on heavy motor carriers, administered by ODOT’s Commerce and Compliance Division (CCD). When a carrier enrolls vehicles in the program, ODOT can require a highway use tax bond, cash deposit, or other security under ORS 825 unless the carrier has a high enough Dun & Bradstreet rating.
The bond secures payment of the fees, taxes, charges, penalties, and interest that become due on your account. ODOT generally sets the initial amount from the number of vehicles you enrolled or operated in Oregon over the prior 12 months, and sends a pre-filled bond request — required amounts commonly range from about $2,000 to $50,000.
If you fail to pay, ODOT can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount on your ODOT request letter, priced at 2% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum, with no credit check up to $10,000 in the application.
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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 ODOT. Submit the executed bond to the Commerce and Compliance Division to satisfy your weight-mile tax account. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever ODOT insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $10,000. 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 on your ODOT request letter — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Highway use tax bond, issued today.
Priced at 2% of your bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum. Enter the amount ODOT set and file the same day.