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Colorado towing carrier bonds.
$500 flat.
Colorado requires a towing carrier to file a $50,000 surety bond with the Public Utilities Commission to guarantee payment of civil penalty assessments. Ours is $500 flat, set by our carrier for this specific bond — the price you see is the checkout price. A quick soft credit check may apply on approval; it never affects your score. Issued when you pay.
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Three steps to permitted.
Your towing permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit check.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the PUC
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your towing carrier permit at the Public Utilities Commission. Wet-ink originals mailed when the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Colorado regulates towing carriers through the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). A towing carrier — including carriers that perform nonconsensual tows from private property — must file a $50,000 surety bond as a condition of its permit.
This is a civil-penalty-assessment bond: under C.R.S. 40-10.1-401(3), it guarantees payment of a civil penalty assessment the carrier fails to pay when due. The surety’s yearly aggregate liability is capped at the bond amount, regardless of how many claims arise.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a penalty the PUC assessed, you repay the surety. Carriers that follow the towing rules and pay assessments on time treat the bond as a permit formality. The bond is separate from the liability and cargo insurance the PUC also requires.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Colorado bonds.
The PUC is waiting on one document.
$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.