Utah cannabis processor bonds.
From $1,000.
Utah licenses cannabis processing facilities through the Department of Agriculture and Food, and Utah Code 4-41a-201(2)(b)(iv)(B) requires the applicant to obtain and maintain a liquid cash account or a performance bond of at least $50,000 for each processing facility. Pricing is 2% of the bond amount.
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How much does a Utah cannabis processor bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $1,000 at the $50,000 minimum. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the processor 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 processing facility application or renewal at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the processor bond actually guarantees
A cannabis processing facility takes cannabis grown by a licensed cultivator and turns it into the medicinal dosage forms Utah allows. It is a cannabis production establishment under the Utah Agricultural Code, Title 4, Chapter 41a, licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Food under Section 4-41a-201.
Subsection (2)(b)(iv)(B) requires a statement that the applicant will obtain and maintain a liquid cash account with a financial institution or a performance bond of at least $50,000 for each cannabis processing facility or independent cannabis testing laboratory the applicant applies for — issued by a surety authorized to transact surety business in Utah. UDAF's renewal packets ask every owner to show the bond or the cash account.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Utah (the obligee). The bond guarantees your compliance with Chapter 41a and the rules issued under it, and failure to maintain the license qualifications can lead to suspension, revocation, or forfeiture of the bond. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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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 processing facility application or renewal at 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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Processor performance bond, issued today.
2% of the bond amount, issued the moment you pay. Soft pull only, and free until issued.