NV hay dealer bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
A Nevada dealer who buys hay and other farm products for resale is licensed by the Department of Agriculture and must file a surety bond under NRS 576.040. For farm produce the bond starts at $10,000 and scales with your annual purchase volume. We issue it at a flat 3%, $275 minimum, with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details, owners, and the bond amount your volume requires. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
The whole pricing page.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure your volume requires and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the hay dealer bond actually covers
Nevada regulates dealers, brokers, and commission merchants who handle livestock and farm products under NRS Chapter 576, administered by the Department of Agriculture. Hay is a farm product, so a dealer who buys hay for resale is licensed under this chapter and must post a bond under NRS 576.040.
The bond protects the producers and sellers you buy from: if a dealer fails to pay for product, misrepresents a transaction, or otherwise violates Chapter 576, the harmed party can recover against the bond. The amount is keyed to your annual volume of purchases — for a farm-produce buyer the Department's schedule starts at $10,000 (under $200,000 in annual purchases) and steps up from there.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We run one soft credit pull that never touches your score, and the rate stays a flat 3% regardless: credit informs approval, never price.
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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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter your required amount and file in 1–2 business days.