TN defensive driving school bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
A Tennessee defensive-driving / accident-prevention course provider must carry a continuous $7,500 bond approved by the Department of Safety. At our flat 3% that lands at the $275 minimum — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
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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 Department of Safety
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your course-provider application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$7,500 bond × 3% = $225, which rounds up to our $275 minimum. Same $275 each term, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Tennessee approves defensive-driving and accident-prevention courses — the kind drivers take to dismiss a ticket or earn an insurance discount. The Department of Safety conditions approval of a course provider on a continuous surety bond.
The bond is a compliance-and-consumer guarantee: it stands behind the provider’s honest operation of the course and its handling of the fees students pay. It is a three-party arrangement among you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Tennessee (the obligee).
The rule sets the bond at $7,500, with the surety’s aggregate liability capped at that amount no matter how many breaches occur. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — providers who run a clean program treat the bond as a license formality.
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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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Course-provider approval, one document away.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.