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 review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Small permit bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information, because this bond doesn't need any.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Finish your Pendleton permit today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.