MI flight school bonds.
$100 flat.
A Michigan flight school that accepts $1,000 or more in prepaid tuition must file a $5,000 surety bond payable to the State of Michigan under MCL 259.85. The price is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — and the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Flight school bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Your school’s details and an effective date. That’s the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Aeronautics Commission
Your executed $5,000 bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Michigan Aeronautics Commission (MDOT). Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the flight school bond actually guarantees
Michigan’s Aeronautics Code (Act 327 of 1945) regulates flight schools through the Michigan Aeronautics Commission within MDOT. Under MCL 259.85, a flight school that accepts prepayment equal to or exceeding $1,000 must file a corporate surety bond.
The bond is a $5,000 instrument payable to the State of Michigan, conditioned on the school’s faithful performance of all contracts and agreements with students. If the school takes a student’s prepaid tuition and fails to deliver the training, the harmed student is protected — the surety’s aggregate liability for all breaches can’t exceed the $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for the school — if the surety pays a student claim, the school repays the surety. The surety may cancel on 60 days’ written notice to the commission and the school. The $5,000 figure is fixed by statute; the price is $100 flat, and the application collects no credit information.
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