MN fur dealer bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Minnesota requires a raw-fur-dealer to furnish a $1,000 corporate surety bond in favor of the state when applying for the license, under Minn. Stat. 97B.905. This is the version for a sole proprietor. At 3% the premium would be $30, so this lands at our $275 minimum — and there’s no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Your details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the DNR
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your raw-fur-dealer license application at the DNR License Center. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, which is below our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Minnesota licenses raw-fur dealers — people who buy and sell raw furs as a business — through the Department of Natural Resources under the game and fish laws. Minn. Stat. 97B.905 requires an applicant for a raw-fur-dealer license to furnish, at the time of application, a corporate surety bond in favor of the state for $1,000.
The bond is payable upon violation of the game and fish laws — it backs the dealer’s compliance with Minnesota’s wildlife and fur regulations. You are the principal, the surety stands behind you, and the State of Minnesota is the obligee.
It is a small, fixed bond, and there is no credit check to issue it. This is the version for a dealer operating as a sole proprietorship — the individual is the principal. If the state recovers on the bond, the surety can recover from you; dealers who follow the game and fish laws treat it as a license formality.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
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$275, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.