Pine County cannabis performance bonds.
From $100.
Pine County regulates cannabis businesses under its Cannabis Business Ordinance (Ordinance 2024-38). When the county conditions a cannabis business registration or permit on a performance bond, this is that bond, and the county sets the amount on your paperwork. The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Pine County cannabis performance bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue — enter your amount, pay, and file with the county. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, your permit number if you have one, the bond amount the county required, and an effective date — that is the application.
Pay & e-sign
The premium is 2% of the bond amount ($100 minimum) and the bond issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with Pine County
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your cannabis business registration or permit paperwork. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Minnesota legalized adult-use cannabis under Minn. Stat. ch. 342, and Pine County adopted its Cannabis Business Ordinance (Ordinance 2024-38) under that chapter — the county registers state-licensed cannabis retail businesses under Minn. Stat. § 342.22 and applies time, place, and manner rules under § 342.13(c). As part of that local approval process, the county can condition a cannabis business registration or permit on a performance bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Pine County (the obligee). The bond stands behind your performance of the conditions the county attached to your approval — so if you walk away from those obligations, the county can recover against the bond instead of the taxpayer.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The county sets the bond amount for your operation on your registration or permit paperwork; we issue that amount, from $100, and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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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 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.
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 Pine County. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your cannabis business registration or permit paperwork. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — your business details, the bond amount, an effective date, and a term. That is the application.
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Pine County cannabis bond, issued today.
2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, issued the moment you pay. Free until issued.