Kentucky wholesale distributor bonds.
$250 flat.
Kentucky requires a pharmacy wholesale distributor to file a fixed $25,000 bond with the Board of Pharmacy for its permit. Ours is $250 flat, issued instantly — the same for every applicant. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Kentucky wholesale distributor bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Board of Pharmacy
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your wholesale distributor permit application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kentucky licenses pharmaceutical wholesale distributors through the Board of Pharmacy. Under KRS 315.402 and 201 KAR 2:105, an applicant for a wholesale distributor permit must submit a surety bond of not less than $25,000, held and firmly bound unto the people of the Commonwealth and the Board.
The bond is a compliance guarantee standing behind your obligations under Kentucky pharmacy and drug-distribution law. It protects the Commonwealth and the public if a wholesale distributor violates the law governing the distribution of prescription drugs.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Board of Pharmacy for the Commonwealth (the obligee). The regulation also allows other approved security — insurance, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a trust deposit — but a surety bond is usually cheapest. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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 $25,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 Board of Pharmacy. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your wholesale distributor permit application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.