City of East Lansing peddler bonds.
$100 flat.
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. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a City of East Lansing peddler bond cost?
$100 at the $500 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount municipal bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
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.
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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 $500 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 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 sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $500 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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Finish your East Lansing peddler license today.
Premiums from $100, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.