Greenwood transient merchant bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Greenwood requires a $1,000 transient merchant bond before it licenses door-to-door, temporary, and seasonal sellers operating inside the city. Ours is $100 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Greenwood transient merchant bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Greenwood
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Greenwood Clerk-Treasurer's office alongside your transient merchant license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A transient merchant bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. Greenwood licenses sellers who don't keep a permanent storefront in the city — door-to-door peddlers, solicitors, and temporary or seasonal vendors — and wants a financial backstop standing behind the deals they make with residents.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Greenwood (the obligee), with city residents as the protected parties. If a transient merchant takes a deposit and disappears, delivers defective goods, or violates the city's licensing terms, a harmed buyer can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the term of your license. Let it lapse and the city can pull the license — so we track it and notify you ahead of expiration, keeping your $1,000 filing continuous for as long as you sell in Greenwood.
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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 $1,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 of Greenwood. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Greenwood Clerk-Treasurer's office alongside your transient merchant license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $1,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.