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Texas DOT highway use bonds.
From $100.
When you move oversize or overweight equipment on Texas highways under a TxDOT Highway Use Agreement, TxDOT can require a surety bond payable to the department for any damage to the highway. TxDOT sets the amount under Transportation Code Chapter 623. Pricing runs 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard highway-use bond — enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and pay. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount TxDOT set, and the effective date — that is the application, plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
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Most of these clear quickly; the soft pull never affects your score. Larger amounts may get a brief underwriter review within 48 hours.
File with TxDOT / TxDMV
Submit the executed bond with your Highway Use Agreement so the move can proceed. Wet-ink original mailed whenever the agency insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the highway use bond actually covers
When a carrier moves oversize or overweight machinery on the state highway system, TxDOT can issue a Highway Use Agreement and require a surety bond as a condition. The bond is a damage guarantee: it stands behind any harm the equipment causes to state roads, bridges, or culverts during the move.
The authority sits in Transportation Code Chapter 623, which governs permits for oversize and overweight vehicles and loads. When a bond is required, it is filed with TxDMV in an amount set by TxDOT and payable to TxDOT for highway damage caused by operating the permitted equipment.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and TxDOT (the obligee). If your equipment damages the highway and TxDOT recovers against the bond, you repay the surety — it is not insurance for you. The bond stays in force for the term stated on the Highway Use Agreement.
You need this bond if you are
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 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.
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 TxDOT / TxDMV. Submit the executed bond with your Highway Use Agreement so the move can proceed. Wet-ink original mailed whenever the agency insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not 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: approved instantly, or after a quick credit check.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Enter the amount TxDOT set and submit.
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Pricing at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the amount TxDOT set and file with your agreement the same day.