City of Hammond metals dealer bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Hammond requires a fixed $5,000 bond of secondhand precious-metals dealers and transient merchants as a condition of its city license. The price you see is the checkout price — $100 flat, one-time.
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How much does a City of Hammond metals dealer bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
City license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Hammond
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Hammond secondhand-dealer / transient-merchant license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Hammond dealer bond guarantees
The City of Hammond licenses secondhand precious-metals dealers and transient merchants — businesses that buy and resell gold, silver, jewelry, and similar goods, or that sell from temporary locations in the city. As a condition of that license, Hammond requires a fixed $5,000 surety bond.
The bond is a compliance and consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your adherence to the city's secondhand-dealer and transient-merchant ordinances — record-keeping, holding periods, and honest dealing — and protects the public and the city against losses.
It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Hammond (the obligee). It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City of Hammond. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Hammond secondhand-dealer / transient-merchant license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.