Wisconsin lets an IRP (apportioned registration) carrier pay its annual Wisconsin registration fees on an installment plan — but the Department of Transportation requires a payment guarantee. We issue the bond amount the DOT sets at a flat 3%, with a soft credit pull that never affects your score.
















Your installment plan is waiting on this guarantee. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Business details, the bond amount the DOT required, and the effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your IRP installment agreement. The surety seal must be raised or applied as a sticker — ours meets the DOT requirement.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. A soft credit pull affects approval, never the price.
Under the International Registration Plan (IRP), an interstate motor carrier registers fleet vehicles through one base jurisdiction, and the registration fees are apportioned among the states where it operates. Wisconsin, through the Department of Transportation, lets a registrant pay the Wisconsin portion in quarterly installments instead of all at once.
Because the carrier is deferring fees it still owes, the DOT requires a payment guarantee. The bond stands behind the unpaid installment balance — if the carrier defaults on the installment plan, the DOT can recover the owed registration fees against the bond.
The DOT sizes the bond to the fees being deferred, so the amount varies by account. The department also requires the surety seal to be a raised imprint or a surety sticker. Enter the amount the DOT named and we issue at a flat 3% — credit affects approval, never the price.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter the amount the DOT required and file in 1–2 business days.