Virginia passenger carrier bonds.
$125 flat.
Virginia requires a new passenger carrier or passenger broker to file a $25,000 bond with DMV and keep it on file for the first three years of operating authority. Ours is $125 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Virginia passenger carrier bond cost?
$125 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with DMV Motor Carrier Services
Your executed bond (form OA 435) arrives by email, ready to file with your operating-authority application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Virginia DMV Motor Carrier Services licenses intrastate passenger carriers and passenger brokers, and conditions a new applicant's operating authority on a $25,000 surety bond (form OA 435). The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee for the people who hire you.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Commonwealth (the obligee), with your passengers and customers as the protected parties. The bond protects anyone who suffers a loss from your fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, or other violation of the motor-carrier chapter.
The bond is required for the first three years from the date your operating-authority certificate issues, then it is released. You may file an irrevocable letter of credit (form OA 447) instead — but the surety bond is usually cheaper. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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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 $25,000 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 DMV Motor Carrier Services. Your executed bond (form OA 435) arrives by email, ready to file with your operating-authority application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $125 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$125 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.