SD motor vehicle dealer bonds.
$750 flat. Soft pull.
South Dakota requires every new motor vehicle dealer to file a $25,000 bond with the Department of Revenue under SDCL 32-6B. Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every dealer. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer 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 Department of Revenue
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
The whole pricing page.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, 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 Dakota licenses motor vehicle dealers through the Department of Revenue under SDCL Chapter 32-6B, and conditions a new vehicle dealer license on a $25,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with the dealer license law and your payment of the taxes and fees you owe the state.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of South Dakota together with harmed buyers (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, misapplies a customer's money, or otherwise violates dealer law, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond runs concurrent with your license period and is kept in force by delivering a continuation certificate to the Department at the start of each period (SDCL 32-6B-7), so you generally do not file a brand-new bond each year. Dealers who deliver clean title and keep good records treat it as a license formality.
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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 Department of Revenue is waiting on one document.
$750 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.