IA feeder pig dealer bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
Iowa requires a feeder pig dealer to maintain evidence of financial responsibility — usually a surety bond — with the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), under Iowa Code chapter 202C. The amount runs $5,000 to $25,000. We issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your feeder pig dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, the required amount, 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.
E-sign & file with IDALS
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your feeder pig dealer license. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. A soft credit pull affects approval, never the price.
What it is and who needs it.
What the feeder pig bond actually covers
Iowa licenses feeder pig dealers through the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship under Iowa Code chapter 202C (with the underlying dealer bond in § 163.30). A dealer must keep evidence of financial responsibility — a surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit — on file before a license is issued or renewed.
The bond is held for the benefit of anyone damaged by a dealer's violation — and is written to provide funds protecting buyers of feeder pigs who are harmed by sick or diseased pigs, or by a breach of contract on the sale of feeder pigs.
The financial-responsibility amount is not less than $5,000 and not more than $25,000. (A separate § 163.30 dealer bond may not be required if you are already bonded at the same or greater amount under the federal Packers and Stockyards Act.) It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
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.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter your amount and file the same week.