Ionia itinerant vendor bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Ionia requires a transient merchant or itinerant vendor selling goods within the city to file a surety bond with the City Clerk before a license is issued — $600 for the first $10,000 of merchandise, scaling up from there. Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
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How much does an Ionia itinerant vendor bond cost?
$100 at the $600 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A city vendor bond is 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, no long form.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Ionia itinerant vendor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Ionia's Code of Ordinances, Chapter 868, regulates transient merchants and itinerant vendors — anyone who sells goods in the city without a permanent place of business. Section 868.07 conditions the license on a surety bond filed with the City Clerk, scaled to the value of merchandise offered: $600 for the first $10,000, rising in $600 increments per additional $10,000.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Ionia (the obligee), with customers and the city as the protected parties. The bond is conditioned on the vendor's faithful performance of contracts and warranties made in connection with the licensed business.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The ordinance also provides that the bond is refundable at the end of the licensed period, subject to forfeiture for violations such as entering a residence under false pretenses or ignoring a posted 'No Peddling' sign.
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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 $600 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 arrives by email, ready to file with your Ionia itinerant vendor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $600 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.
These are the actual issuing fields — a short business form, no financials.
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Finish your Ionia vendor license today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.