Augusta-Richmond transient vendor bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
Augusta-Richmond County requires transient and itinerant vendors to file a $5,000 bond as a condition of a vendor license. Ours is $100 flat — the rate our carrier sets for this bond, the same for every vendor. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit fields, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the county
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Augusta-Richmond County License & Inspection office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Augusta-Richmond County (the consolidated City of Augusta and Richmond County government) licenses transient and itinerant vendors — sellers who set up temporarily rather than operating from a fixed local storefront — and conditions that license on a $5,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and Augusta-Richmond County together with harmed customers (the protected parties). If a vendor takes a customer's money and fails to deliver, or violates the county's vendor rules, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Vendors who deliver what they sell treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your vendor license never lapses over a missed renewal.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Augusta-Richmond vendor license today.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.