U.S. Warehouse Act bonds.
Federally licensed storage. Flat 3%.
A warehouse seeking a federal license under the United States Warehouse Act to store agricultural products must file a good and sufficient bond with USDA AMS as a condition of the license. We issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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Your USWA license is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process:
Apply once, online
Warehouse details, the bond amount AMS set, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with USDA AMS
Receive the executed warehouse operator bond ready to file with your USWA license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure AMS set and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the warehouse bond actually guarantees
The United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. §241 et seq.) lets a warehouse obtain a federal license to store agricultural products and issue warehouse receipts recognized in interstate commerce. As a condition of the license, the operator must execute and file a good and sufficient bond to the United States with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
The bond stands behind the operator’s obligations to depositors and receipt holders — that the stored commodity will be delivered or accounted for as the receipts and the Act require. AMS administers the program (delegated from the Farm Service Agency in 2018) under the regulations at 7 CFR Part 735.
AMS sets the required amount in your licensing agreement, scaled to storage capacity and the products stored, and recognizes a surety bond as one accepted form of “financial assurance.” It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including the warehouse details 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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Keep your USWA license in force.
Flat 3%, $275 minimum, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.