City of Duluth garbage collector bonds.
$100 flat.
A garbage and refuse collector operating in Duluth requires a fixed $1,000 license bond filed with the City of Duluth. The price is $100 flat — the same for every hauler. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
A Duluth garbage collector bond is about as simple as surety gets. Here's the whole process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The soft pull never affects your score.
File with the City
Receive the executed $1,000 bond ready to file with your Duluth garbage collector license application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the garbage collector bond guarantees
The City of Duluth licenses garbage and refuse collectors — haulers who collect and transport solid waste within the City — and conditions the license on a $1,000 surety bond. Because hauling routes use public streets and the work affects public health and cleanliness, the City wants a financial backstop standing behind the hauler's compliance with the refuse ordinance.
The bond is a compliance-and-public-protection guarantee running to the City of Duluth: it stands behind your proper, lawful collection and disposal of refuse, your care of the public streets and property on your routes, and your compliance with the garbage collector ordinance. If you violate those terms and the City or the public is harmed, recovery can be made against the bond.
It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Duluth (the obligee). It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your $1,000 bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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$100 flat, no credit review, e-signed $1,000 bond in 1–2 business days. Soft pull only.