Minden transient merchant bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The City of Minden requires a transient merchant bond before you sell as a traveling or temporary merchant within the city — it protects local customers who buy from sellers who don't keep a permanent storefront. The City sets the amount; premiums are priced at 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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No lengthy underwriting queue for the standard transient merchant bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the City. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the City required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, and the premium is calculated instantly as 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. If a check does run, it is a soft pull that never affects your score; larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the City of Minden
Submit the executed bond with your transient merchant license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the transient merchant bond actually covers
A transient merchant bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. The City of Minden wants a financial backstop that traveling and temporary sellers will deal honestly with local customers and follow the city's transient merchant ordinance — because a seller without a permanent storefront can be hard to track down after a sale.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Minden (the obligee), with city customers as the protected parties. If a transient merchant takes money and fails to deliver, or violates the ordinance, a harmed customer can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the City set, from $100, with the application collecting no credit information for most applicants, ready to file with your license.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of Minden set — the executed bond is generated instantly for most applicants, ready to file.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Transient merchant bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, from $100. Enter the amount the City required and file the same day.