Colorado ag commodity handler bonds.
$100 flat.
Colorado's Department of Agriculture licenses farm-product dealers, transporters, and warehouses under the Commodity Handler and Farm Products Act, conditioned on a surety bond with a $10,000 minimum. This page issues the $10,000 minimum bond at $100 flat.
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How much does a Colorado ag commodity handler bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your commodity handler license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Colorado licenses commodity handlers — farm-product dealers, transporters, and public warehouses — through the Department of Agriculture under the Commodity Handler and Farm Products Act. The license is conditioned on a surety bond standing behind what a handler owes producers for the commodities it buys, hauls, or stores.
The bond is a producer-protection guarantee: it is a three-party arrangement between you (the principal), the surety, and the state and producers as the protected parties. If a handler fails to pay a producer for farm products it bought or handled, the producer can recover against the bond.
The required amount scales with your commodity volume — generally about 2% of prior-year Colorado purchases, with a $10,000 floor for dealers (warehouse minimums are higher). This page issues the $10,000 minimum at $100 flat; if your license requires more, send it to us and we’ll confirm your price.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Department of Agriculture. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your commodity handler license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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Finish your commodity handler license today.
$100 flat on the minimum, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.