Pendleton peddler & solicitor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Town of Pendleton requires peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants to post a $500 surety bond as a condition of its permit. The premium is $100 flat, issued instantly. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Pendleton peddler & solicitor bond cost?
$100 at the $500 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds this size are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business or individual details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small permit bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases.
File with the Town of Pendleton
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Town of Pendleton peddler / solicitor permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Town of Pendleton, like many Indiana towns, requires anyone selling door-to-door or operating temporarily within town limits — peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants — to hold a permit and post a small surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee that you'll follow the Town's peddler and solicitation rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Pendleton (the obligee), with residents as the protected parties. If a permit holder violates the Town's rules or harms a resident through prohibited sales conduct, the harmed party can recover against the bond — up to $500.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. For most door-to-door sellers and seasonal merchants the bond is simply part of the permit paperwork.
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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 $500 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 Town of Pendleton. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Town of Pendleton peddler / solicitor permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $500 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.
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Finish your Pendleton permit today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.