West Des Moines solicitor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of West Des Moines requires a $1,000 solicitor bond as a condition of its door-to-door solicitation permit — ours is $275 flat, the minimum premium, because 3% of $1,000 is below it. The application is five minutes, and small license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal solicitor bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your West Des Moines solicitor permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, which rounds up to our $275 minimum. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A solicitor bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. When you go door to door in West Des Moines taking orders or payments, the City wants a financial backstop that you'll follow its solicitation ordinance and deal honestly with residents.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of West Des Moines (the obligee), with the residents you call on as the protected parties. If you take a deposit and never deliver, or violate the City's permit rules, a harmed resident can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the term of your permit. Let it lapse and the City can pull your solicitation permit — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $1,000 filing continuous.
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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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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.