Utah medical cannabis pharmacy bonds.
From $2,000.
Utah conditions a medical cannabis pharmacy license on a $100,000 performance bond from a surety authorized to transact surety business in the state, filed with the Department of Agriculture and Food under Utah Code 4-41a-1001(2)(b)(iii). Pricing is 2% of the bond amount.
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How much does a Utah medical cannabis pharmacy bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $2,000 at the $100,000 minimum. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the pharmacy performance bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Business details, the bond amount your license requires, an effective date, and a term. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Pay & e-sign
The premium is 2% of the bond amount — priced at checkout, so the bond issues the moment you pay. Your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the Department
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your medical cannabis pharmacy application to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the pharmacy bond actually guarantees
Utah licenses medical cannabis pharmacies under the Utah Agricultural Code, Title 4, Chapter 41a. Since H.B. 72 moved pharmacy and courier oversight from the Department of Health and Human Services on July 1, 2023, the licensing agency is the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, working with the licensing advisory board created under Section 4-41a-201.1.
An applicant must obtain and maintain a performance bond in the amount of $100,000, issued by a surety authorized to transact surety business in the state, for each application submitted to the Department. The Department may not issue the license until the selected applicant has the bond in place — so the bond is a gating item, not a post-award formality.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Utah (the obligee). The bond stands behind your compliance with the chapter and the rules made under it — and it is not insurance for you. If the surety pays, you repay the surety. The bond has to stay continuously in force for as long as you hold the license; we track the term 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 the Department. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your medical cannabis pharmacy application to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. 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 — business details, the bond amount your license requires, an effective date, and a term. That is the application.
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2% of the bond amount, issued the moment you pay. Soft pull only, and free until issued.