Minneapolis trade show exhibitor bonds.
From $100. See your price in the app.
When the City of Minneapolis licenses a company to exhibit, demonstrate, sell, or take orders for merchandise at a trade show or convention held in the city, it can condition that license on a surety bond filed with the City's Business Licenses & Consumer Services division. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; the application collects no credit information. Enter the amount stated on your license application and your exact price appears at the application.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard exhibitor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the City. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount your license application requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued
No credit fields in the application, and most applications approve instantly. Because trade show schedules move fast, larger amounts may get a brief review; if a check ever runs, it is a soft pull that will not touch your score.
File with the City
Submit the executed bond to Business Licenses & Consumer Services to complete your trade show exhibitor license before the event opens. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the trade show exhibitor bond actually covers
A trade show exhibitor bond backs a company or individual that Minneapolis has licensed to exhibit, demonstrate, or sell goods and take orders at a trade show, convention, or similar temporary commercial event held in the city. The City requires the bond as a condition of issuing that business license, so exhibitors who sell to Minneapolis residents and businesses can be held to the same standards as a permanently located merchant.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Minneapolis (the obligee), with the public and the City as the protected parties. If you take orders or payment and fail to deliver, misrepresent merchandise, or otherwise violate the terms of your license, a claim can be filed against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. It is a public-protection backstop, not insurance for your business.
We could not confirm a single, publicly indexed Minneapolis ordinance section that names a fixed penal sum for the trade show exhibitor category specifically — enter the amount stated on your own license application from Business Licenses & Consumer Services. We price the bond from a $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
You need this bond if you are
One application, then a quick review.
Submit the application with the bond amount your license application requires. Because show schedules move fast, larger amounts may get a brief review — usually within 48 hours.
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Other Minnesota bonds.
Exhibitor license waiting on one bond.
The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly. Enter the amount your license requires and file with the City the same day.