SC driver training school bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
South Carolina requires every licensed driver training school to file a $10,000 corporate surety bond with the SCDMV before operating, under S.C. Code 56-23-40. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every school.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the SCDMV
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your driver training school license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
South Carolina licenses commercial driver training schools through the SCDMV under Title 56, Chapter 23. Before a school operates, S.C. Code 56-23-40 requires it to give the Department a $10,000 corporate surety bond, executed by the school as principal and a surety authorized to do business in the State.
The bond is conditioned on the school complying with the statutes governing its license and indemnifying any person for loss or damage suffered from retaining the school's services — including fraud or a breach of a student contract. In short, it protects students and the public if a driving school takes payment and fails to deliver, or otherwise violates Chapter 56-23.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of the license, so we track it and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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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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File your SCDMV bond today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.