The City of Salisbury requires a $1,000 bond for a mobile vendor / transient merchant license — a consumer-protection backstop for the residents you sell to. Ours is $275 flat — our minimum, since 3% of $1,000 is below it — with 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.
Small 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 Salisbury mobile vendor / transient merchant license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, which is below our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275, one-time per term.
The City of Salisbury licenses mobile vendors and transient merchants — sellers without a fixed City storefront — and conditions the license on a $1,000 bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee standing behind your honest dealing with the residents you sell to and your compliance with the City vendor rules.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the City of Salisbury (the obligee), with your customers as the protected parties. If a vendor takes payment and fails to deliver, or otherwise 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. 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.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.