OR vehicle inspection bonds.
$275 flat. Soft pull.
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality requires a licensed vehicle inspection business to keep a $1,000 bond on file. At a flat 3% that lands at our $275 minimum — the same for every inspection business. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your DEQ inspector license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process:
Apply once, online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with DEQ
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to mail to the DEQ Vehicle Inspection Program with your licensing paperwork. DEQ wants the original on file.
The whole pricing page.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, but our minimum premium is $275 — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) runs a vehicle inspection (emissions / safety) program, and requires a business that performs inspections to file a $1,000 surety bond as a condition of its inspection license. The bond stands behind the business’s compliance with the inspection rules under ORS 468A.350 to 468A.400.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Oregon (the obligee). If the inspection business violates the program rules and the state or a harmed party suffers a loss, they can recover against the bond up to the $1,000 penal sum.
DEQ wants the original bond on file for the life of the license — let it lapse and your inspection authority can be suspended. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your filing stays continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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DEQ is waiting on one document.
$275 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.