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Louisiana — Third Party Tester Bond

Louisiana OMV's CDL tester agreement requires a $40,000 surety bond for each non-government testing location. OMV tells new applicants not to obtain it until their new examiner attends class. Bring the actual tester agreement and location schedule, and confirm the required condition before purchasing.

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Recorded state
Louisiana
Bond type
CDL Third-Party Tester Bond
Category
Vehicles, titles & transportation

What this bond does

Provide the accepted security for a nonexempt CDL third-party tester's OMV agreement and approved locations.

Who needs it
The business or organization applying for or maintaining Louisiana CDL third-party tester certification, distinct from an individual examiner's application. Have the company official responsible for contracts coordinate the undertaking with OMV.
Who it protects
The agreement requires coverage for driver re-testing when an initial test was inadequate or conducted through fraud. The packet's DPSMV 2278 model separately phrases its obligation as payment of loss, damage and expense caused by the tester's fraudulent misrepresentation in a transaction. Have the accepted undertaking matched to OMV's full requirement rather than assuming these clauses are identical.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.

Details for each location and the application sequence

OMV's current tester page directs the company official to complete the tester packet and the proposed examiner to complete a separate examiner packet. It says to wait until the new examiner attends class before obtaining the surety bond. Confirm that stage and the actual approved locations before committing to issue dates.

Paragraph 3 of the posted agreement requires a qualified Louisiana surety, $40,000 for each location and OMV as obligee. The model asks for the trade name exactly as on the application and the physical addresses of all tester locations. Have OMV and the provider confirm how the issued undertaking and location schedule satisfy the per-location requirement.

Read both the agreement's inadequate-or-fraudulent-test re-testing requirement and the model's fraudulent-misrepresentation loss condition. Do not assume that an inadequately administered test is automatically covered by a form describing only transaction fraud. Obtain the accepted wording before execution, without altering OMV's preprinted forms on your own.

The agreement ordinarily runs for one year unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. The bond supports the stated contract period and may continue by annual certificate, but the model caps aggregate surety liability at its bond sum regardless of years continued. Coordinate the actual effective and contract-ending dates.

The model permits release from future defaults 30 days after service of United States registered-mail notice on both the Department and the principal. That is distinct from termination of the tester agreement. Complete the required signatures and witness execution, and any necessary Louisiana resident-agent countersignature, under the accepted form.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Confirm the examiner-class stage with OMV before obtaining the bond.
  2. Match the company trade/legal name, approved testing locations and per-location security requirement.
  3. Obtain agreement paragraph 3 and the accepted full undertaking, reconciling inadequate-test re-testing and model fraud-loss wording.
  4. Coordinate the contract period, effective and ending dates, continuation and registered-mail notice.
  5. Complete required execution and deliver the undertaking without changing agency-preprinted text independently.

Questions about this bond

Should I buy the bond as soon as I send the new tester application?

OMV's current instructions say not to obtain it until the new examiner attends class. Coordinate the actual application stage, locations and dates with OMV and the provider before proceeding.

Do government testers have no re-testing responsibility?

They are exempt from the agreement's surety requirement, but paragraph 3 still requires a government tester to retest drivers or pay re-testing costs after an inadequate or fraudulent initial test, as OMV determines.

What follows Purchase Now?

Propeller's Louisiana Third Party Tester application opens in a new tab. Match the actual OMV CDL tester agreement, application stage, locations, required sum, full accepted condition, dates and execution. Deliver the undertaking as directed. Payment does not certify the tester, examiner or testing site.

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