Plattsburgh peddler bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
The City of Plattsburgh requires a peddler — anyone selling goods door-to-door or from a temporary spot — to file a $3,000 bond with the City Clerk as a condition of the license. Ours is $100 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. Five-minute application, no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Peddler bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Plattsburgh peddler license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$3,000 bond × 3% = $100, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A peddler bond is a consumer-protection guarantee for the City of Plattsburgh. Peddlers and hawkers sell directly to residents — often door-to-door — so the City conditions the license on a bond standing behind your honest dealing and your compliance with the City's peddling rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Plattsburgh (the obligee), with the residents you sell to as the protected parties. If a peddler defrauds a customer or violates the license terms, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Peddlers who deal honestly treat the bond as a license formality — a $100 line item that gets the license issued.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Plattsburgh peddler license today.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.