SC wholesale auction bonds.
$450 flat. Soft pull.
South Carolina requires every wholesale motor vehicle auction to file a $15,000 surety bond with the SCDMV under S.C. Code §56-15-570. Ours is $450 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every applicant. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your wholesale auction license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, 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 the SCDMV
Pay online and receive the executed bond on the SCDMV-prescribed form, ready to file with your wholesale auction license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
The whole pricing page.
$15,000 bond × 3% = $450, 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 wholesale motor vehicle auctions through the Department of Motor Vehicles, and S.C. Code §56-15-570 conditions the license on a $15,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your honest dealing in the sale and transfer of vehicles that move through the auction.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the SCDMV together with harmed vehicle owners (the protected parties). The statute gives an owner who suffers loss from fraud or fraudulent representation by the licensee a direct right of action against the auction and its surety on the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety. Auctions that deal honestly and keep clean records treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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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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The SCDMV is waiting on one document.
$450 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.