City of Hammond metals dealer bonds.
$100 flat. Five minutes.
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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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's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit 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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Hammond dealer bond, issued today.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.