Trustee & Contact Information

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TRUSTEES: A trustee must be a financially responsible, disinterested person. Trustee’s that may be named are 

CPAs, bank or trust company officials, attorneys-at-law, secretaries or other officers of livestock exchanges or 

similar organizations, or a State agency or official. Some states require you to name a State agency or official 

as trustee. Please see the next section of this document for a list of those states with that requirement.

The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, or FTPP, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 

DIVISION, does not act in the capacity of a Trustee or Obligee. Please do not name them in either position.

STATE TRUSTEES: The following States require you to name a State Agency or Official as trustee on the 

financial instrument (bond, trust fund agreement (TFA), or trust agreement (TA)). The list includes the type of 

financial instrument(s) requiring the trustee, and the full name, address, and telephone number of the trustee.

State Clause(s) Contact Information Telephone Number

AL All Ag Compliance Section

Alabama Dept. of Agriculture

1445 Federal Drive

Montgomery, AL 36107-1123

(334) 240-7304

CO 1 Colorado Brand Commissioner

CO Dept. Of Agriculture, Brand Inspection 

Division

305 Interlocken Parkway

Broomfield, CO 80021

(303) 869-9160

GA All Commissioner, 

Georgia Department of Agriculture

19 Martin Luther King Jr., Drive

Atlanta, GA 30334

(404) 656-3725

IL 1 & 4 – All 

Illinois SOC 

and Packers; 

2 – All dealers 

that operate in 

Illinois

Illinois Department of Agriculture

Bureau of Animal Health & Welfare

P.O. Box 19281

Springfield, IL 62794

(217) 557-4645

KS 1 Animal Health Commissioner

KS Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Animal 

Health

1320 Research Park Drive

Manhattan, KS 66052

(785) 564-6601

LA All Exec. Secretary 

Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board, AHS

5825 Florida Blvd., Suite 4001

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

(225) 925-3980

MI 1 – All; 

2 – Will only 

act if you also 

carry a clause 1 

financial 

instrument

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural 

Development

P.O. Box 30017

Lansing, MI 48909

(517) 284-5771
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State Clause(s) Contact Information Telephone Number

MN All Agricultural Marketing and Development

Minnesota Department of Agriculture

625 North Robert Street

St. Paul, MN 55155-2538

(320) 808-4424

MO 1 – All; 

2 – Dealer hog 

buying stations 

only

State Veterinarian, Division of Animal Health

Missouri Department of Agriculture

P.O. Box 630

Jefferson City, MO 65102

(573) 751-4358

MT All Administrator, Brands Enforcement Division, 

Montana Department of Livestock

P.O. Box 202001

Helena, MT 59620-2001

(406) 444-2788

ND All North Dakota Department of Agriculture, 

Livestock Division

600 East Blvd.

Bismarck, ND 58505

(701) 328-4761

SD All South Dakota Animal Industry Board

411 South Fort Street

Pierre, SD 57501

(605) 773-3321

UT All Commissioner, Utah Department of Agriculture 

and Food

P.O. Box 146500

Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500

(801) 538-7164

VA 1 Commissioner, Virginia Department of 

Agriculture & Consumer Services

P.O. Box 1163

Richmond, VA 23209-1163

(804) 786-2476

WV 1, 2, and 3 -

TA’s and bonds 

only

Commissioner, West Virginia Department of 

Agriculture

1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East

Charleston, WV 25305-0009

(304) 558-2210

WY 1 Executive Officer, Wyoming Livestock Board, 

2020 Carey Avenue, 4th Floor

Cheyenne, WY 82002

(307) 777-7515