St. Tammany vendor bonds.
$100 flat.
St. Tammany Parish requires a $5,000 itinerant vendor bond filed with the Parish to sell as a traveling or temporary merchant. Ours is $100 — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a St. Tammany vendor bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
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 are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Most applications approve instantly.
File with St. Tammany Parish
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your St. Tammany itinerant vendor permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An itinerant vendor bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. St. Tammany Parish wants a financial backstop that traveling and temporary merchants will deal honestly with local customers and follow the Parish vendor ordinance — because once an itinerant vendor moves on, a wronged buyer has little else to fall back on.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and St. Tammany Parish (the obligee), with parish customers as the protected parties. If a vendor takes money and fails to deliver, or violates the vendor 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 track your filing and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration so your permit never lapses over a missed renewal.
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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 St. Tammany Parish. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your St. Tammany itinerant vendor permit. 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.