ND driving school bonds.
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North Dakota requires a commercial driver-training school to file a $5,000 surety bond with its license application under N.D.C.C. 39-25-03. The bond protects students' prepaid tuition. At the statutory $5,000 amount, premiums start from $100 — your exact price appears at the application, which collects no credit information.

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Required for a ND commercial driver-training school license under N.D.C.C. ch. 39-25

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Protects students’ contractual rights and prepaid tuition if the school fails to deliver

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From $100 — premiums are 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum at the statutory $5,000 amount; the application collects no credit information

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No underwriting queue for the standard driving school bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with your school license application. Here is the whole thing:

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Your business details, the bond amount ($5,000 by statute), and the effective date — that is the entire application.

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Submit the executed bond with your commercial driver-training school license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the driving school bond actually covers

North Dakota regulates commercial driver-training schools under N.D.C.C. ch. 39-25, administered through NDDOT. A school owner or operator must secure and submit a continuous surety bond with the license application for the protection of the contractual rights of students.

The implementing rule, N.D.A.C. 37-13-02-08, sets the bond at $5,000 for motor vehicle driver's-license instruction, issued by a company authorized to do business in North Dakota. The surety may cancel the bond on thirty days' written notice to the director.

If a school takes a student's tuition and fails to deliver the instruction, the student can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, the school repays the surety. It is not insurance for the school. Enter the statutory $5,000 (or a higher figure if you've been asked for one); premiums start from $100 and the application collects no credit information.

N.D.C.C. 39-25-03 · N.D.A.C. 37-13-02-08North Dakota commercial driver-training schools are licensed under N.D.C.C. ch. 39-25, and N.D.C.C. 39-25-03 conditions the license on a continuous surety bond for the protection of students' contractual rights. N.D.A.C. 37-13-02-08 sets the bond at $5,000 for motor vehicle driver's-license instruction, by a surety authorized in North Dakota, cancelable on thirty days' notice to the director. Confirm the amount on your application — we'll issue whatever it names.

You need this bond if you are

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Opening a driver-training school in North Dakota and applying for a license

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Renewing a school license that requires the surety bond on file

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Replacing a bond your surety gave notice it would cancel

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Adding a location the NDDOT ties to a separate bond filing

One application, issued on the spot.

Submit the application with the statutory $5,000 amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with your school license application.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the North Dakota driving school bond?The bond amount is $5,000 by rule (N.D.A.C. 37-13-02-08). Premiums are 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum — at the statutory $5,000 amount, that's the $100 minimum; enter a higher amount if you have been asked for one and see your exact price at the application.

Who requires this bond?NDDOT, as a condition of a commercial driver-training school license under N.D.C.C. ch. 39-25. The school owner or operator files the bond with the license application.

What does the bond protect?Students' contractual rights. If a school takes prepaid tuition and fails to deliver the instruction, students can recover against the bond. If the surety pays, the school repays the surety — it is not insurance for the school.

Is there a credit check?The application collects no credit information — there's no credit section to fill out. Most applications approve instantly.

Does this bond cover a CDL third-party testing program too?No — those are separate. The driver-training school bond protects student tuition under ch. 39-25. If you also run an NDDOT-authorized third-party CDL skills-testing program, that has its own bond — see our ND third party CDL tester bond.

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