Pendleton peddler & solicitor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The Town of Pendleton requires peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants to post a $500 surety bond as a condition of its permit. Three percent of $500 is below our floor, so the premium is our $275 minimum — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
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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 check 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.
The whole pricing page.
$500 bond × 3% = $15, but our minimum premium is $275, so you pay $275 per term regardless.
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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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Pendleton permit today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.