Warren auctioneer bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Warren requires anyone engaging in the business of auctioneer — selling or crying off real estate, goods, or merchandise at public auction — to first execute a $2,500 surety bond before the City Clerk will issue an auctioneer's license. Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
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How much does a Warren auctioneer bond cost?
$100 at the $2,500 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
An auctioneer 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 follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Auctioneer bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the city
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Warren City Clerk alongside your auctioneer's license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Warren Code of Ordinances § 8-21 requires anyone engaging in the business of auctioneer — or selling or crying off real estate, goods, wares, or merchandise at public auction — within the city to first procure a license from the City Clerk. Before that license issues, § 8-25 requires the applicant to execute a $2,500 bond with two or more sufficient surety companies, approved by the City Attorney, and § 8-23 requires the Police Commissioner's separate approval of the license itself.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Warren (the obligee), with consignors, property owners, and buyers as the protected parties. The bond conditions the license on the auctioneer faithfully accounting to consignors for goods and money received, and on reimbursing any buyer harmed by an unlawful or fraudulent auction sale.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Under City Code § 18-13, a Warren business license year runs to March 31 each year unless otherwise noted, so we track the bond's term against that date and notify you ahead of renewal to keep the filing continuous.
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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 $2,500 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. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Warren City Clerk alongside your auctioneer's license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $2,500 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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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.