College Park vendor bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
The City of College Park requires a transient (itinerant) vendor bond as a condition of a peddler or transient-merchant license — a guarantee that you’ll deal honestly with local customers and honor refunds and warranties. The city’s Business License office sets the amount; we issue the bond at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for a standard vendor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the city. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the bond amount the city required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the City of College Park
Submit the executed bond with your transient-vendor license application at the College Park Business License office. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the city required and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the transient vendor bond covers
The City of College Park licenses transient and itinerant vendors — peddlers, door-to-door sellers, and temporary merchants who don’t keep a permanent storefront in the city. Because these sellers are mobile and short-term, the city conditions the license on a surety bond so customers have recourse after the vendor moves on.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of College Park (the obligee), with local customers as the protected parties. If you take payment and don’t deliver, fail to honor a warranty, or violate the city’s vendor ordinance, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if a valid claim is paid, you repay the surety. Honest vendors treat the bond as a license formality and a trust signal to local buyers.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of College Park required — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Get your College Park vendor license.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the city set and file the same day.