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Texas DPS batch driver record bonds.
$20,000 flat.
A company that contracts with the Texas Department of Public Safety for bulk (batch) access to driver record information posts a performance bond of up to $1,000,000 under Transportation Code § 730.014 before DPS will activate the agreement. This form is written at the full $1,000,000. Ours is $20,000 flat.
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Three steps. One sitting.
This is a fixed-amount, fixed-price performance bond. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Company details, an effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull — that’s the application.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is among the bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with DPS
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Texas Department of Public Safety as part of your batch driver record agreement. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the DPS batch driver record bond actually guarantees
The Texas Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act (Transportation Code, Title 7, Subtitle J, Chapter 730) restricts how the state discloses personal information contained in driver and motor vehicle records. Under § 730.014, when a state agency such as the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) contracts to give a requestor access to that personal information in bulk — the kind of automated, batch record-pulling this bond is named for — the contract must require the requestor to post a performance bond in an amount of not more than $1,000,000, along with proof of general liability and cyber-threat insurance.
It is a three-party arrangement: the requestor (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Texas acting through DPS (the obligee). The bond secures the requestor’s compliance with the bulk-disclosure contract — that driver record data is not resold, misused, or disclosed beyond what the contract and Chapter 730 permit, and that the state can recover damages if it is.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Section 730.014 exempts government-to-government contracts (including a court or law enforcement agency) from this bond and insurance requirement; it applies to commercial and other private-sector requestors DPS contracts with for batch access.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $1,000,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with DPS. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Texas Department of Public Safety as part of your batch driver record agreement. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $20,000 at the $1,000,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued fast.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including your company details and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score.
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