MN general merchandise warehouse bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
A Minnesota general merchandise (public) warehouse operator files a $10,000 surety bond to the state with the Department of Agriculture under Minn. Stat. 231.17. Ours is a flat 3% of the bond amount. One soft credit pull, never a hard hit.
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Three steps to filed.
Your warehouse license is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Your warehouse details, the bond amount, and the effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The soft credit pull never affects your score.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your general merchandise warehouse license application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. A soft credit pull affects approval, never the price.
What it is and who needs it.
What the warehouse bond covers
Minnesota licenses public warehouses — including general merchandise storage operators — through the Department of Agriculture under Minn. Stat. Chapter 231. As a condition of the license, the operator files a surety bond to the State of Minnesota that the department finds acceptable.
Under Minn. Stat. 231.17, the bond is in the amount of $10,000, conditioned on the faithful discharge of the operator’s duties and full compliance with chapter 231 and the department’s rules and orders. The bond must be continuous — the surety gives 90 days’ written notice to cancel, and failure to maintain the bond voids the license.
If an operator mishandles stored goods or otherwise violates chapter 231, a harmed depositor can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, the operator repays the surety. We issue the amount your license requires, at a flat 3% with a soft credit pull only.
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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 bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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The Department of Agriculture is waiting on one document.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter your required amount and file the same day.