Iowa feeder pig dealer bonds.
From $100.
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. Premiums are 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does an Iowa feeder pig dealer bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
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.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
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.
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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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
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.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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