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 at a flat 3%, $275 minimum, with no credit check.
















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:
Your business details, the bond amount the City required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay.
Submit the executed bond with your Boise vendor / solicitor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Boise license packet and the premium updates.
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.
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.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the City required and file the same day.