Forest Service timber bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
When you buy timber from the USDA Forest Service, the timber sale contract can require a performance bond under 36 CFR part 223 securing your compliance with its terms. The penal sum is set in the sale prospectus; we issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull that never affects your score.
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Three steps to a filed timber bond.
Your Forest Service timber contract is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process:
Apply once, online
Business details, the contract number and date, the name of the National Forest, the bond amount, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Contract bonds get a quick underwriting look; if anything is needed, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the Forest Service
Pay online and receive the executed performance bond, ready to file with the contracting Forest Service office. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time per term, $275 minimum. Enter the penal sum from your prospectus and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the timber bond actually covers
Sale and disposal of National Forest System timber is governed by 36 CFR part 223. A timber sale contract may require the purchaser to furnish a performance bond for satisfactory compliance with its terms (36 CFR 223.224) — and the penal sum is prescribed in the prospectus for the sale.
The bond backs your obligations under the contract: paying for the timber, completing the harvest under the contract terms, and meeting the road, slash, and environmental requirements the Forest Service sets. For stewardship contracts, a combined performance-and-payment bond may apply.
It is a three-party guarantee among you (the principal), the surety, and the United States (the obligee). If you default and the Forest Service incurs cost, it can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Enter the amount from your prospectus and we issue at a flat 3%.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including the contract number, the National Forest name, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Timber sale bond, started today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter the amount from your prospectus and e-sign in 1–2 business days.