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Michigan truck driver education bonds.
$500 flat.
Michigan requires every commercial vehicle driver education provider to file a $50,000 bond with the Secretary of State. Ours is $500 flat — issued instantly, identical for every provider. A quick soft credit check may apply; it never affects your score.
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Three steps to filed.
Your provider license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. 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 Secretary of State
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your driver education provider license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed when the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Michigan licenses driver education providers through the Secretary of State under the Driver Education Provider and Instructor Act (Act 384 of 2006). A commercial vehicle driver education provider — a truck/CDL training school — must post a $50,000 bond, the largest tier in the act (other schools post $20,000 or $40,000 depending on enrollment).
The bond protects students, financing agencies, and government agencies against monetary loss caused by fraud, cheating, or misrepresentation in the conduct of the provider's business. A claim is paid only after a court of record enters judgment for fraud, cheating, or misrepresentation, and the surety's total liability never exceeds the $50,000 face amount.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must be maintained continuously to protect students' contractual rights; the surety can cancel only on 30 days' written notice to the Secretary of State, so we track it and notify you well ahead of expiration.
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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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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.