Tennessee feed dealer bonds.
$100 flat.
Tennessee's Department of Agriculture licenses commercial feed and grain dealers and conditions some of those registrations on a surety filed with the Division of Consumer and Industry Services. The amount on this filing is $1,000. Our premium is $100, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond.
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How much does a Tennessee feed dealer bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Small agricultural license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. No financials and no credit check on a bond this size.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with your registration
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Department of Agriculture. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What this bond actually guarantees
Tennessee's Department of Agriculture, Division of Consumer and Industry Services, oversees commercial feed and grain dealers. Where a dealer's registration is conditioned on a surety, the bond is a financial guarantee running to the state and to growers or buyers the dealer transacts with.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Tennessee (the obligee). If a dealer fails to pay for or deliver product as the dealer law requires, a harmed party can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
Be aware the bond requirement here is narrower than for some other ag licenses. A blanket bond mandate is not clearly stated for every commercial feed license in the rules — Tennessee's clear dealer-security requirements live in the grain and commodity dealer law. Confirm with the Department whether your specific registration requires this $1,000 filing, and we will issue it.
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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 $1,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 your registration. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Department of Agriculture. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $1,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.