ME transient seller bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
A transient seller of consumer merchandise — someone who sells to Maine consumers by personal or telephone contact without a permanent Maine storefront — must post a $10,000 bond before doing business. Ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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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’s the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your license
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your transient seller license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A "transient seller of consumer merchandise" is a person who sells merchandise to Maine consumers by personal contact or telephone — whether or not present in the state — and who has no permanent place of business in Maine. Because the seller is hard to track down after a sale, Maine licenses them under 32 M.R.S. ch. 128 and requires a bond.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee of $10,000. Under 32 M.R.S. §14708, the seller must comply with the chapter and fully account for funds collected — and the bond is available to satisfy any judgment, including fines and penalties, arising from sales to Maine consumers. Its expiration must be on or after the license renewal date.
It is a three-party guarantee, not insurance for you: if a consumer wins a judgment against the seller, they can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We track the renewal and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.