City of East Lansing peddler bonds.
From $100. Five minutes.
The City of East Lansing requires a peddler or solicitor to file a $500 bond to get a license for door-to-door selling and soliciting. The premium starts from $100, and most applicants qualify at or near that minimum. The application is five minutes, and your exact price appears there.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Peddler license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, and most applicants see no credit section at all.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount municipal bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the East Lansing City Clerk when you apply for your peddler / solicitor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of East Lansing, in Ingham County, licenses peddlers and solicitors — people who sell goods or solicit door-to-door — and requires a $500 bond to get the license. It's a consumer-protection guarantee to the city and its residents.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of East Lansing (the obligee), with residents you deal with as the protected parties. If a peddler defrauds a resident, fails to deliver, or violates the city's peddler ordinance, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Honest sellers who follow the city's rules treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you're
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — most applicants see no credit section at all.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your East Lansing peddler license today.
Premiums from $100, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.