Queensbury transient merchant bonds.
1% of the bond amount.
Before the Town of Queensbury issues a transient merchant or transient merchant market license, the Town Board requires proof of a surety bond fixed at $10,000 under Town Code § 160-8 — security that saves Queensbury residents harmless from false, fraudulent, or unlawful sales practices. The amount is set by ordinance, not by your business; premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
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No quote round-trip for the standard transient merchant bond — the amount is already fixed, so you just apply, pay, and file with the Town Clerk. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the location and dates of your proposed operation, and the effective date — that is the entire application. No credit section.
Issued on the spot
The bond amount is fixed at $10,000 and the rate is fixed at 1%, $100 minimum — your executed bond and power of attorney generate the moment you pay.
File with the Town Clerk
Submit the executed bond with your transient merchant application at least 60 days before you plan to operate. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Town insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the transient merchant bond actually guarantees
A transient merchant under Queensbury's Town Code is any retail or wholesale business conducted from a building, tent, truck, trailer, parking lot, or public right-of-way for a temporary period — and a transient merchant market is a gathering of three or more such merchants or peddlers. Town Code § 160-8 requires the Town Board to approve a license, and the Town Clerk to issue it, before either may operate in Queensbury.
Before that license issues, the applicant must file with the Town Clerk proof of a surety bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit in the amount of $10,000 — a fixed figure set by the ordinance itself, not sized to the individual business. The bond is conditioned on saving the citizens of Queensbury harmless from any damages caused by false, fraudulent, or unlawful sales practices by the licensee; if a resident wins a judgment against the merchant for such conduct, the security satisfies it.
The license itself runs up to 14 days per calendar year per applicant, and the application must be filed at least 60 days before the proposed start date, going through the Town Clerk, Zoning Administrator, and (for markets) the Planning Board for site plan review before the Town Board acts. We issue the bond at the fixed $10,000 amount, priced from a $100 minimum with no credit section in the application.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields for the fixed $10,000 bond. There is no credit section — your price is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, set at application.
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Other New York bonds.
Transient merchant license waiting on one bond.
A fixed $10,000 bond, 1% premium, $100 minimum — no amount to enter. Apply and file with the Town Clerk the same day.