Greenwood transient merchant bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
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 $275 flat — the minimum on our 3% rate, since 3% of $1,000 is below it. The application is five minutes.
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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 check section, 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 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.
The whole pricing page.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, which is below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Greenwood license today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.