Death Valley testing bonds.
$5,000 fixed. $100 flat.
The National Park Service permits the auto industry to run hot-weather vehicle testing in Death Valley, and can condition that special-use permit on a $5,000 bond. This is the fixed version: $100 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book for this specific bond. The application collects no credit information, and if a check ever runs, it’s a soft pull that won’t touch your score.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Fixed-amount permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the whole process:
Apply online
Your company and permit details and an effective date. That’s the application — no credit fields, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the park
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with Death Valley’s permit office alongside your special-use permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the permit bond actually guarantees
Death Valley’s extreme summer heat makes it a long-standing proving ground for the automobile industry, which runs hot-weather durability and performance testing there. The National Park Service permits that activity through a special-use permit, with conditions on routes, timing, cleanup, and conduct.
NPS can condition the permit on a performance bond — commonly $5,000 — guaranteeing that the permittee follows the permit terms and leaves the park as it found it: no resource damage, proper cleanup, and compliance with the special conditions. This is that bond.
It is a three-party guarantee — you (the principal), the surety, and the United States as obligee. If the permittee breaches the permit and the park is harmed, NPS can recover against the bond; if the surety pays, you repay the surety. This page is the fixed $5,000 version the park commonly requests.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit fields, because this fixed-amount permit bond’s application doesn’t collect any.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.