IL timber buyer bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Illinois licenses timber buyers through the Department of Natural Resources, and conditions every license on a performance bond payable to the State under the Timber Buyers Licensing Act (225 ILCS 735). Pricing starts from $100; the application collects no credit information, and most bonds issue instantly — enter the amount your license requires and your exact price appears.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard timber buyer bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the DNR. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the DNR set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information; most bonds issue instantly upon payment. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review that never affects your score.
File with the Department of Natural Resources
Submit the executed bond with your timber buyer license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the DNR insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the timber buyer bond actually covers
Illinois licenses timber buyers — people who buy standing or felled timber from growers for resale or processing — through the Department of Natural Resources under the Timber Buyers Licensing Act (225 ILCS 735). Every licensed buyer must file a performance bond payable to the State of Illinois through the Department.
The bond is conditioned on the faithful performance of, and compliance with, the requirements of the license and the Act — chiefly, paying timber growers what they’re owed. A grower harmed by a buyer who fails to pay can recover against the bond.
In lieu of a surety bond, the Act lets an applicant deposit a certificate of deposit or irrevocable letter of credit with the Department. Most buyers choose the surety bond because it starts from $100 rather than tying up the full amount in bank collateral. We issue the amount the DNR set; the application collects no credit information, and most bonds issue instantly.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the DNR set — the executed timber buyer bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the DNR set and file the same day.