Missouri grain warehouseman bonds.
From $100.
Before Missouri licenses a public grain warehouse, the Department of Agriculture requires a bond under RSMo Chapter 411, the Missouri Grain Warehouse Law, for the benefit of everyone storing grain with you. The amount is based on your licensed capacity, and pricing starts from $100.
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How much does a Missouri grain warehouseman bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps to filed.
Apply once, run one soft credit pull, and file with the director. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your capacity requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The soft pull never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with the director as part of your warehouse license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the grain warehouse bond covers
Missouri regulates public grain warehouses under RSMo Chapter 411, the Missouri Grain Warehouse Law, administered by the Department of Agriculture. Before a license issues, the warehouseman must file a bond running in favor of the State of Missouri for the benefit of all persons storing grain, conditioned on the faithful performance of the warehouseman’s duties.
The bond amount is based on the licensed storage capacity of the warehouse, with a $20,000 statutory minimum and a cap that generally does not exceed $1 million (subject to net-worth deficiency rules). The required figure comes from the department — enter that amount and we’ll issue it.
The bond must be kept in force at all times while you operate; letting it lapse is cause for license revocation. It protects depositors and receipt holders — if you fail to deliver stored grain, they can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration.
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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 the Department of Agriculture. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with the director as part of your warehouse license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the department insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% 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, one soft pull.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Pricing from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount your capacity requires and file with the department.