Washington common carrier bonds.
$100 flat.
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) can require a household-goods common carrier to file a $10,000 surety bond protecting shippers and consignees. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Washington common carrier bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Transport license bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the UTC
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Utilities and Transportation Commission for your permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Washington regulates motor freight and household-goods carriers through the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) under RCW 81.80. The commission may require a household-goods carrier to file a surety bond to protect the people whose property it moves.
The bond is conditioned on the carrier compensating shippers and consignees for money belonging to them that comes into the carrier’s possession in connection with the transportation service — and, more broadly, for proper handling of the goods entrusted to it. At $10,000, it is a fixed-amount filing.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the carrier / principal), the surety, and the State of Washington with your customers as the protected parties. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a valid claim, 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 $10,000 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 the UTC. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Utilities and Transportation Commission for your permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.