OR highway use tax bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
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; we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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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 entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick 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.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your ODOT request letter and the premium updates.
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 at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Five minutes, 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.
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Highway use tax bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount ODOT set and file the same day.