City of Duluth boarding kennel bonds.
$100 flat.
A boarding kennel in Duluth requires a fixed $3,000 license bond filed with the City of Duluth. The price is $100 flat — the same for every kennel. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
A Duluth boarding kennel bond is about as simple as surety gets. Here's the whole process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The soft pull never affects your score.
File with the City
Receive the executed $3,000 bond ready to file with your Duluth boarding kennel license application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the boarding kennel bond guarantees
The City of Duluth licenses boarding kennels — businesses that house pets overnight while their owners are away — and conditions the license on a $3,000 surety bond. Because customers leave their animals in the kennel's care for days at a time, the City wants a financial backstop standing behind the kennel's humane care and compliance with the animal-services ordinance.
The bond is a consumer-and-animal-welfare guarantee running to the City of Duluth: it stands behind your safe and humane housing of the boarded animals, honest dealing with customers, and compliance with the boarding kennel ordinance. If you violate those terms and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Duluth (the obligee). It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your $3,000 bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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$100 flat, no credit review, e-signed $3,000 bond in 1–2 business days. Soft pull only.