Before the City of Marion will issue a solicitor permit for door-to-door selling, it requires a $1,000 surety bond. Ours is $275 flat — the 3% minimum — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
















Solicitor bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date — that is the application. No financials and no credit-check section for this bond.
Small fixed municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Marion for your solicitor permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, well under our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term.
A solicitor bond is a consumer-protection guarantee to the City of Marion and its residents. It backs your promise to sell door-to-door honestly — to deliver what residents pay for and to follow the City peddler/solicitor ordinance.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Marion (the obligee), with residents as the protected parties. If a solicitor takes a deposit and fails to deliver, or otherwise violates the ordinance, a harmed resident can recover against the bond up to $1,000.
The bond must stay active while your solicitor permit is current. Let it lapse and the City can pull the permit — so we track it and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit-check section, because this bond does not have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.