The City of Ardmore requires a $1,000 bond for a peddler, transient merchant or contribution solicitor permit. Ours is $100 flat — issued instantly, the same for everyone. The application is five minutes.
















Permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Ardmore peddler / transient merchant / solicitor permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Peddlers, transient merchants, and contribution solicitors do business door-to-door and from temporary locations, so the City of Ardmore conditions their permit on a $1,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee standing behind your honest dealings and compliance with the City's solicitation rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Ardmore (the obligee), with the public protected. If you take a deposit and fail to deliver, or otherwise violate the City's peddler / solicitor ordinance, a harmed resident can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Sellers who deal honestly and follow the City's rules treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.