The City of Baltimore requires a $10,000 credit-hauling bond as a condition of a credit-hauling license — a guarantee you will follow the City hauling rules and meet your obligations to customers you bill on credit. Ours is $300 flat, no credit check.
















License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Fixed license bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Baltimore credit-hauling license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Baltimore licenses haulers who operate on credit and conditions that license on a $10,000 bond. The bond is a compliance-and-consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your obligations under the City hauling rules and to the customers you bill on credit.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the City of Baltimore (the obligee). If a credit hauler violates the City rules and the City or a customer is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of the license — we track the date and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.