City of Duluth pet shop bonds.
$100 flat.
A pet shop license in Duluth requires a fixed $3,000 bond filed with the City of Duluth. The price is $100 flat — the same for every shop. Issued when you pay.
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How much does a City of Duluth pet shop bond cost?
$100 at the $3,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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. That is the application.
Approved
Approved as soon as you apply. There is no underwriting queue.
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.
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
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 $3,000 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 City. Receive the executed $3,000 bond ready to file with your Duluth pet shop license application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $3,000 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 underwriting fields. Submit once and your $3,000 bond is issued when you pay.
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$100 flat, no credit check, $3,000 bond issued when you pay.