City of Collins transient vendor bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
The City of Collins requires a bond as a condition of a transient vendor — or itinerant merchant — license to sell goods within city limits without a permanent place of business. The city sets the amount; we issue the bond at a flat 3% ($275 minimum) with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for a standard transient vendor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the city. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Business details, the bond amount the city required, and an effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the City of Collins
Submit the executed bond with your City of Collins transient vendor license application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your city notice and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A transient vendor bond is a consumer-protection guarantee to the city. The City of Collins licenses itinerant merchants — sellers who operate temporarily and without a fixed local storefront — and conditions that license on this bond so customers and the city have a financial backstop if a transient seller takes money and fails to deliver, or violates the vendor ordinance.
It's a three-party arrangement: you, the vendor (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Collins (the obligee), with your customers as the protected parties. If you violate the city's transient-vendor rules and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond up to its penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Vendors who deliver what they sell and follow the ordinance treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the city set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Finish your Collins vendor license today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the city required and file the same day.