Washington licenses vehicle wreckers through the Department of Licensing under RCW 46.80.070, and conditions the license on a $1,000 bond. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — and license bonds like this issue instantly.
















License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your vehicle wrecker license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Washington licenses vehicle wreckers — businesses that dismantle vehicles for parts and scrap — through the Department of Licensing under chapter 46.80 RCW. RCW 46.80.070 conditions that license on a $1,000 surety bond, approved as to form by the attorney general.
The bond runs to the state of Washington and is conditioned upon the wrecker conducting the business in conformity with chapter 46.80 RCW. Anyone who suffers loss or damage by reason of a wrecker's fraud, carelessness, neglect, violation of the chapter, or misrepresentation can recover against the bond.
The penal sum is just $1,000 — small, but mandatory — and the premium is $100 flat regardless. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety; it is a guarantee to the public, not insurance for you. The bond must stay active for the life of your license; we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect one.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.