Frequently Asked Membership Questions

I HAVEN’T RECEIVED MY BILL FOR MY FARM BUREAU DUES?

The Bureau County Farm Bureau®, the Illinois Farm Bureau® and COUNTRY Financial® are working together to make it easier for associate members who are also COUNTRY Mutual Insurance Company® or COUNTRY Preferred Insurance Company® customers to pay their membership dues. If your county/Illinois Farm Bureau associate membership is required by COUNTRY Financial for your personal lines policy, effective September 1, 2014, your annual county/Illinois Farm Bureau membership dues will be included with your insurance premium in one billing for most personal lines policies. From then on, you will only need to make one easy payment to COUNTRY Financial and we’ll take care of the rest! Adding your membership dues to the COUNTRY premium bill may change the timing of your membership dues payment. If so, you will remain a member of county/Illinois Farm Bureau during the time between your last payment year and your new payment due date.

Following payment of your dues, your membership cards will be mailed to you. At that time you will have the opportunity to voluntarily contribute to the Bureau County Farm Bureau Foundation and ACTIVATOR

NEED YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD?

You can contact the CFB office via email – CAtkinson@bureaucountyfarmbureau.org or call them M-F 8 -4:30 pm at 815-875-6468 to request a membership card OR you can now access your membership information online and print your own membership card HERE.

DO YOU NO LONGER OFFER BAIL BOND CARDS?

Due to the recent legislative activity on Bill SB2583 “Sign and Drive,” Illinois Farm Bureau will no longer promote the Bail Bond program. This legislation codifies the significant move over the past several years to not require that a license or other device be surrendered for petty offenses like most traffic violations. This bill would allow drivers to simply sign their ticket rather than surrender their license when they receive a petty traffic citation. Under the bill, the secretary of state’s office would be required to temporarily suspend the driver’s license if he or she doesn’t appear in court.