City of Duluth pet shop bonds.
$275 flat. Soft pull.
A pet shop license in Duluth requires a fixed $3,000 bond filed with the City of Duluth. At a flat 3% that lands at our $275 minimum — the same for every shop. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
A Duluth pet shop 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 pet shop license application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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$3,000 bond × 3% = $90, below our $275 minimum, so $275 one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the pet shop bond guarantees
The City of Duluth licenses pet shops — retailers that sell animals to the public — and conditions the license on a $3,000 surety bond. Because a pet shop handles live animals and the public's money, the City wants a financial backstop standing behind the shop's compliance with the animal-licensing ordinance and humane-care standards.
The bond is a consumer-and-animal-welfare guarantee running to the City of Duluth: it stands behind your compliance with the pet shop ordinance, proper care and housing of the animals, and honest dealing with customers. 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
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 $3,000 bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, e-signed $3,000 bond in 1–2 business days. Soft pull only.