California Commercial Requester Bond

The California Commercial Requester Bond is required for any business with a requester code account.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles may establish commercial requester accounts for individuals or organizations and issue requester codes for the purpose of obtaining information from the Department of Motor Vehicles’s files. Commercial Requester Accounts are established for applicants who:

• Have a legitimate business need for obtaining DMV information
• Properly complete and return the appropriate forms
• Pay the required application fee
• Provide an acceptable bond, if reciveing residence address information
• Establish and maintain logs which track the receipt, use and dissemination of DMV information
• Maintain the confidentiality of the information provided

The Commercial Requester Bond is required to be in the amount of $50,000 by the by State of California Department of Motor Vehicles. You will need a surety bond only if you are issued a requester code and authorized to receive residence address information.

What name goes on the Commercial Requester Bond?

It all depends on the type of business entity:

• Sole owner – should have the individual’s name as well as the DBA .
• Partnerships  – should have all partners’ individual names and the DBA .
• Corporations – should have the name of the corporation only (if the corporation name and DBA are identical) or the corporation name and DBA if different.
• Limited Liability Corporations should have the Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) and DBA.

If the name is wrong, the bond will be rejected by the DMV.

How do I get a California Commercial Requester Bond?

At Surety1, we make it easy. Simply complete our easy to navigate, online application and a friendly agent will provide you with a firm quote from one of the dozen surety markets we represent. Then you will sign some paperwork, make payment and your bond will be shipped. Overnight delivery is available for an additional fee. Surety Solutions Insurance Services, Inc, the company behind Surety1.com has been in business since 2003 and is rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau. 

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