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Utah crusher bonds.
$100 flat.
Utah's Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division (MVED) conditions a motor vehicle crusher license on a $10,000 bond, filed on form TC-450. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book, identical for every crusher. A soft credit check may apply and never affects your score; the bond is issued when you pay.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your crusher license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date — plus a quick soft credit check that may apply and never affects your score.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. Any check run is a soft pull — never a hard inquiry. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with MVED
Pay online and receive the executed bond (form TC-450), ready to file with your crusher license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A motor vehicle crusher flattens and processes scrapped vehicles for recycling. Utah licenses crushers through the State Tax Commission's Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division (MVED) under Utah Code Title 41, Chapter 3, and conditions the license on a $10,000 surety bond filed on form TC-450.
The bond is a public-protection guarantee. The TC-450 form conditions payment against fraud, misrepresentation, failure to transfer or surrender a certificate of title, and failure to satisfy a lien — so a harmed party or lienholder can recover against the bond if a crusher destroys a vehicle without clearing title and liens properly.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Crushers who verify and surrender titles correctly treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields — a quick soft credit check may apply and never affects your score. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$100 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.