LA recreational products dealer bonds.
$200 flat.
Louisiana requires every licensed recreational products dealer to file a $20,000 bond with the Motor Vehicle Commission. Ours is $200 flat, one-time, identical for every dealer. One soft credit check may apply — never a hard inquiry — e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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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.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these 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.
E-sign & file with the LMVC
Pay online and receive the executed $20,000 bond, ready to file with your recreational products dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Louisiana licenses dealers of recreational products — new and unused motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, marine products (watercraft, boats, marine motors, and boat/watercraft trailers), recreational vehicles, and trailers — through the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission (LMVC), and conditions the license on a $20,000 surety bond.
It is a consumer-protection guarantee: the bond stands behind your compliance with the dealer law and the contracts you sign with buyers. Under R.S. 32:1254, before a recreational products dealer license is issued, a good and sufficient $20,000 surety bond must be delivered to the Commission — and the bond must be maintained for the license period.
It is not insurance for you — if a buyer is harmed and recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. Failure to keep the bond in force suspends the license immediately, and the license is revoked if no proof of bond is furnished within thirty days — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check that never affects your score. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Other Louisiana bonds.
The Motor Vehicle Commission is waiting on one document.
$200 flat, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.