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Washington common carrier bonds.
$100 flat.
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) can require a household-goods common carrier to file a $10,000 surety bond protecting shippers and consignees. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — and these issue fast; the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Transport license bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials and no credit section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the UTC
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Utilities and Transportation Commission for your permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Washington regulates motor freight and household-goods carriers through the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) under RCW 81.80. The commission may require a household-goods carrier to file a surety bond to protect the people whose property it moves.
The bond is conditioned on the carrier compensating shippers and consignees for money belonging to them that comes into the carrier’s possession in connection with the transportation service — and, more broadly, for proper handling of the goods entrusted to it. At $10,000, it is a fixed-amount filing.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the carrier / principal), the surety, and the State of Washington with your customers as the protected parties. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
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The UTC is waiting on one document.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.