Illinois 72-hour trip permit seller bonds.
From $100.
Illinois lets certain agents sell 72-hour trip hauling permits on behalf of the Department of Agriculture so livestock can move quickly without a standing dealer license. If your authorization is conditioned on a surety bond, we issue it from $100 — no credit check up to $50,000, and most approve instantly.
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How much does an Illinois 72-hour trip permit seller bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Apply to issued in one sitting.
No underwriting queue for a small agriculture permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your authorization names, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $50,000. Most bonds issue instantly upon payment.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Submit the executed bond with your seller authorization. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually covers
Illinois regulates the interstate and intrastate movement of livestock through the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare. Animals moving on a short, defined trip can travel on a 72-hour trip hauling permit rather than a full dealer or transporter license, and the Department can authorize agents to issue those permits.
When an agent collects permit fees and handles permit paperwork on the State’s behalf, the Department can condition that authorization on a surety bond. The bond stands behind the fees you collect and your faithful compliance with the permit program — it protects the State, not you.
Because the requirement comes from the Department’s authorization rather than a single headline statute, the exact bond amount is whatever your authorization names. Send us the figure and we issue the bond from $100 — your exact price appears at the application.
You need this bond if you are
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 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.
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. Submit the executed bond with your seller authorization. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists on them.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $50,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount your authorization names — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Trip-permit bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount your authorization names and file the same day.