Georgia licenses dealers in agricultural products through the Department of Agriculture, and conditions the license on a surety bond filed with the Commissioner. The Commissioner sets the amount by your estimated peak monthly volume; we issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
















Your dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Business details, owner information, the bond amount the Commissioner set, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
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.
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Department of Agriculture license and the premium updates.
Georgia’s Dealers in Agricultural Products Act (O.C.G.A. Title 2, Chapter 9) requires anyone who buys, sells, exchanges, or solicits agricultural products from producers to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture, and to deliver a surety bond to the Commissioner before the license issues.
The bond is a producer-protection guarantee: it stands behind the money you owe Georgia farmers for the products you handle. The amount is set by the Commissioner based on your estimated highest-month volume of agricultural products, up to a statutory maximum, so larger dealers post larger bonds.
It is not insurance for you — if a producer is not paid and recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. Enter the amount on your license and we issue the bond at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull that never affects your score.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Flat 3%, $275 minimum, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.