Kentucky tobacco weighperson bonds.
From $100.
Kentucky tobacco warehouses must bond their weighmen — the people who weigh tobacco at sale — through the Department of Agriculture under KRS Chapter 248. The bond guarantees honest, accurate weighing; the premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a Kentucky tobacco weighperson bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard weighperson bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Agriculture. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the bond amount the Department requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000, and most applicants are approved instantly once you pay. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Submit the executed bond (individual or blanket weighperson form) to the Department of Agriculture. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the weighperson bond actually covers
At a Kentucky tobacco warehouse, the weighman is the person who weighs each lot of tobacco when it changes hands — and the accuracy of that weight determines what the grower is paid. Kentucky requires these weighmen to be bonded under KRS Chapter 248 (KRS 248.410), with the bond filed through the Department of Agriculture.
The bond is a faithful-performance guarantee: it stands behind the weighman’s honest and accurate weighing of tobacco. If a weighman’s error or misconduct causes a loss to a grower or warehouse, the harmed party can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, the weighman (or warehouse) repays the surety.
The Department of Agriculture offers both an individual weighperson form and a blanket form covering all of a warehouse’s weighmen. The amount is set by the Department; we issue whatever figure your filing requires at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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 (individual or blanket weighperson form) to the Department of Agriculture. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
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 $10,000. 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 the Department of Agriculture requires — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Weighperson bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter your required amount and file with the Department of Agriculture the same day.