MT textbook dealer bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
A dealer licensed to supply textbooks to Montana school districts files a surety bond with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The amount is set by the superintendent between $2,000 and $10,000 under MCA 20-7-604. Pricing starts from $100, with your exact price shown at the application — the application collects no credit information.
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No underwriting queue for the standard textbook dealer bond — enter your amount, see your price, pay, and you have the executed bond. Here is the whole thing:
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Business details, the bond amount the superintendent set, and the effective date — that is the entire application, with no credit section.
Issued on the spot
Most applications approve instantly — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. If a check ever runs, it is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Submit the executed bond with your textbook dealer license application and written supply agreement. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the textbook dealer bond actually covers
Montana licenses textbook dealers who supply books to school districts through the Superintendent of Public Instruction under MCA 20-7-604. As a condition of the license, the dealer signs a written agreement to supply textbooks at uniform listed prices, never charging Montana districts more than the dealer charges elsewhere in the U.S., and to pass national price reductions through.
The dealer also files a surety bond conditioned on faithful performance of those textbook-supply duties. The amount is set by the superintendent and may be no less than $2,000 and no more than $10,000 — a deliberately small range, so the premium usually lands at or near our $100 minimum.
It is a three-party guarantee — you (the principal dealer), the surety, and the State of Montana through the superintendent (the obligee), for the benefit of school districts. If a dealer breaks the price or supply terms and a district is harmed, it can recover against the bond. If the surety pays, the dealer repays the surety.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the superintendent set — see your exact price, and the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the superintendent set, see your exact price, and file the same day.