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Kansas motor vehicle dealer bonds.
$400 flat.
Also known as the Kansas auto dealer bond or car dealer bond.
Kansas requires every licensed vehicle dealer to file a $50,000 bond with the Division of Vehicles under K.S.A. 8-2404. Ours is $400 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, identical for every dealer. One soft credit pull that never affects your score; the bond is issued when you pay.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer license 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 pull.
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 Division of Vehicles
Pay online and receive the executed bond (form D-30) ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kansas licenses vehicle dealers through the Department of Revenue's Division of Vehicles and conditions the license on a $50,000 surety bond under K.S.A. 8-2404. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: it stands behind clear title on the vehicles you sell and your compliance with Kansas's vehicle dealer laws.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Kansas together with harmed buyers (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, misapplies a customer's money, or otherwise violates dealer law, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Dealers who deliver clean title and keep good records treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Kansas bonds.
The Division of Vehicles is waiting on one document.
$400 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.