Game and Fishing License Sub Agent Bond - Alachua County, FL in Florida

Brief Summary

If you want to sell Florida hunting and fishing licenses at your counter in Alachua County, this bond is what lets you hold state license money between sales and remittance. You pay a premium instead of setting cash aside as security, and the bond goes in with your subagent paperwork.

Florida hunting, fishing and trapping licenses can be sold by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, by any county tax collector, or by a subagent authorized under Fla. Stat. 379.3511. That section lets the Commission require each subagent to post an appropriate bond, in an amount the Commission decides, written by an insurance company acceptable to the Commission. The bond guarantees that the subagent pays over the license and permit money it collects. Confirm the current amount and form with the Commission or the Alachua County Tax Collector before the bond is issued.

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How to Apply for a Game and Fishing License Sub Agent Bond:

• Confirm with the Commission or the Alachua County Tax Collector that a bond is required for your location and the amount.
• Ask whether a blanket bond or other security already covers you.
• Have the business legal name and sales location address exactly as they appear on the subagent application.
• Provide owner names, home addresses and Social Security numbers for the credit review.
• Complete the bond application, pay the premium and receive the executed bond.
• File the bond with the subagent paperwork as the Commission directs.

Detailed Information About the Florida Game and Fishing License Sub Agent Bond:

Who sets the bond

Many retailers assume the county sets this bond. Under Fla. Stat. 379.3511(1)(a), the decision belongs to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The Commission may require each subagent to post an appropriate bond as it determines, using an insurance company acceptable to the Commission. The statute does not write a dollar figure into law, so the amount comes from the Commission's own requirements.

When a bond may not be needed

The same subsection gives the Commission two alternatives. It may buy blanket bonds covering all or selected subagents, or it may let a subagent post other security instead. Ask before you buy whether your location is covered by a blanket bond or whether other security is acceptable.

What the bond protects

A subagent collects the state's license and permit fees and must report sales and submit payment to the Commission as the Commission prescribes. The bond backs that duty. If a subagent fails to pay over the money it collected, the Commission can claim against the bond. Subagents serve at the pleasure of the Commission, so an unpaid balance can also end the arrangement.

What the subagent earns

Under 379.3511(1)(d), a subagent may charge 50 cents for each license or permit sold, on top of the amount the law requires for the license itself. That fee does not apply to the shoreline fishing license, but the subagent may keep 50 cents from other license proceeds for each shoreline license issued.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Florida Game and Fishing License Sub Agent Bond:

• Bond amount as determined by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission under Fla. Stat. 379.3511(1)(a).
• A surety acceptable to the Commission.
• Business name on the bond matching the subagent authorization.
• Reporting and payment for license sales as prescribed by the Commission.
• Owner credit review. Premium is set by the surety based on credit and the bond amount.

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