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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 Dealer Licensing under K.S.A. 8-2404. Ours is $400 — set by our carrier for this exact bond, identical for every dealer. A quick soft credit check may apply; 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. Any credit check that runs 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 Dealer Licensing
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 Dealer Licensing at the Department of Revenue, 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 runs to the State of Kansas for the benefit of any aggrieved retail or wholesale buyer or seller harmed by your dealership.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Kansas together with harmed buyers and sellers (the protected parties). The bond is conditioned on your compliance with the laws governing the manufacture, distribution, sale, and disposal of vehicles.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The surety may cancel on 30 days’ notice to the director, so the bond must stay continuous for your license to stay valid; we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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.
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$400, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.