City of Boise vendor & solicitor bonds.
From $100.
The City of Boise conditions a vendor or solicitor license on a surety bond filed with the City Clerk’s office. The Boise Municipal Code sets a cash-or-surety requirement — commonly $1,000 per person or $5,000 per company — and we issue it from $100, with your exact price shown at the application.
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How much does a City of Boise vendor & solicitor bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for a small municipal vendor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Boise City Clerk. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the City required, and the effective date — that is the application. No credit check up to $5,000.
Issued on the spot
Most applicants are approved instantly. No credit check up to $5,000.
File with the City Clerk
Submit the executed bond with your Boise vendor / solicitor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Boise vendor / solicitor bond covers
A vendor or solicitor bond is a consumer-protection guarantee the City of Boise requires before it licenses someone to sell goods or take orders for future delivery within the city. Boise defines a vendor as a business selling from a mobile cart, vehicle, trailer, or one’s person, and a solicitor as someone taking orders for goods or services to be furnished later.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the City of Boise (the obligee), with your customers as the protected parties. If you take an order or payment and fail to deliver, or violate the City’s vendor ordinance, a harmed resident can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the life of the license. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your Boise vendor or solicitor license never lapses over an expired bond.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City Clerk. Submit the executed bond with your Boise vendor / solicitor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $5,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of Boise set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the City Clerk.
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Boise vendor bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter the amount the City required and file the same day.