Vehicle title bonds for title professionals
If you run a title service, tag agency, dealership, auction or tow yard and a customer has a lost or missing title, send the bond request to a licensed agency. The vehicle owner is the bond's principal, and your firm submits the request on the owner's behalf.
We sell bonds only in the 20 states where we are licensed. See our licenses.
Who we work with
Each state has its own name for the firms that handle titles for others. We use the term your state uses.
Title service companies and DMV runners
Firms that file titles and registrations for paying customers. States use different names for them, such as “motor vehicle title service” in Texas, “title service provider” in Alabama, “title service agent” in Maryland, “authorized third party” in Arizona and “registration service” in California.
Tag agencies
Tag, tag-and-title and license plate agencies, such as the “license plate agency” run by a commission contractor in North Carolina.
Dealers and auctions
Used-car dealers, their title clerks and auto auctions, when a trade-in or consigned unit arrives without a title.
Tow, storage and salvage yards
Yards holding a vehicle whose title cannot be produced. Many states send abandoned vehicles through their own abandoned-vehicle or lien process first, so the state page for your yard’s state matters.
How a customer's title bond works when your firm files it
- Step 1
Your firm sends the details
Send the vehicle and owner details for the customer who has no usable title, by form or phone. One request covers one vehicle.
- Step 2
We prepare the request
A licensed agent prepares the bond request for the state’s bonded-title route, using the state page for that state.
- Step 3
The carrier decides
A Treasury-listed carrier reviews the request and decides whether to issue the bond and at what premium.
- Step 4
We email the bond
We email your bond as soon as the carrier issues it. The vehicle owner pays the premium and is the bond’s principal; your firm submits the request on the owner’s behalf as a convenience to your customer.
Right now this is handled by a licensed agent through the form and the phone. Whether a bond is available, for what amount and at what premium is decided by the state's rules and the carrier.
Where we sell vehicle title bonds
We sell bonds only in the 20 states where we are licensed, and a bonded-title bond only where the state offers that route. These licensed states have the most title searches, and each page covers the state's rules:
- Texas vehicle title bond
- North Carolina vehicle title bond
- Missouri vehicle title bond
- California vehicle title bond
- Washington vehicle title bond
- Illinois vehicle title bond
See all vehicle title bonds by state or estimate a premium with the vehicle title bond calculator.
Your firm's own license bond
Some states require a bond to license a title service, registration service or dealer. Where a state does and we are licensed there, we can help with that bond too.
Registration service bonds
For registration services that a state licenses, such as California’s DMV registration service license.
Auto dealer bonds
For dealers whose state requires a dealer bond with the dealer license.
Auctioneer bonds
For auctioneers in the states that require a bond with the license.
How we work with firms
- The vehicle owner is the principal on the bond. Your firm submits the request on the owner's behalf as a convenience to your customer.
- We do not pay referral fees, commissions or anything else for sending us business. The service is the same for every firm.
- We sell bonds only in the 20 states where we are licensed. We do not place or file bonds in other states. State licenses
- BuySuretyBonds.com is a dba of Mainline Holdings LLC. Bonds are underwritten and issued by Treasury-listed surety carriers; approval and pricing are determined by the issuing carrier.
Questions from title professionals
Who is the principal on a vehicle title bond when our firm files it?
The vehicle owner. Your firm submits the request on the owner’s behalf as a convenience to your customer, and the bond is written for the owner.
Do you pay referral fees or commissions to title services, tag agencies or dealers?
No. We do not pay referral fees, commissions or anything else for sending us business, and the service is the same for every firm.
Which states can you place title bonds in?
We sell bonds only in the 20 states where our agency is licensed, and a bonded-title bond only where the state offers that route. We do not place or file bonds in other states. The state pages show each state’s rules.
Who pays the premium?
The vehicle owner pays the premium. The carrier sets the premium after reviewing the request.
How do we send several customers’ requests?
Send one request per vehicle through the form on this page or by phone, and a licensed agent handles your firm’s requests.
What does the vehicle owner need to provide?
It depends on the state. Each state page lists what that state’s title office asks for and where the bond amount comes from.
Sources for the terms above
- Texas Transportation Code, motor vehicle title services (ch. 520, subch. E)
- Alabama Department of Revenue, title service provider rule 810-5-12-.02
- Maryland MVA, title services
- Arizona ARS 28-5104, authorized third parties
- California DMV, registration services
- North Carolina G.S. 20-63.01, license plate agencies
General information, not legal advice. Licensing rules for title services vary by state; confirm yours with your state agency.
Talk to a licensed agent
Tell us about your business with the form above, call us, or use our contact page.
All content is researched from official state and federal sources (.gov). BuySuretyBonds.com works with Treasury-listed surety carriers.