Clive solicitor & food unit bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Clive requires a $1,000 surety bond as a condition of a solicitor or mobile food unit license. Ours is $100 — the price you see is the checkout price. 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.
Solicitor and food unit license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount city 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 Clive
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Clive solicitor / mobile food unit license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Clive licenses solicitors and mobile food unit operators — door-to-door sellers and food trucks / carts working in the city — and conditions that license on a $1,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee standing behind your honest dealing and compliance with the city's ordinance.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Clive (the obligee). If a solicitor defrauds a resident or a food unit operator violates the ordinance and someone is harmed, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Operators who deal honestly and follow the ordinance treat the bond as a license formality. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your filing stays continuous.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
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Finish your Clive license today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.