The City of Stillwater requires transient merchants and itinerant vendors to post a surety bond as a condition of selling goods in the city on a temporary basis. The City sets the amount — enter it below. Pricing is 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum, and your exact price shows up at the application.
















Most standard transient merchant bonds clear without a manual review — enter your amount, pay, and file with the City of Stillwater. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the City required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Most applications approve and the executed bond generates as soon as you pay. A quick soft credit check may run and never affects your score; larger amounts may get a closer look.
Submit the executed bond with your transient merchant / itinerant vendor permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
The City of Stillwater licenses transient merchants and itinerant vendors — people who sell goods in the city on a short-term or traveling basis — and conditions that permit on a surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your honest dealing, delivery of promised goods, and compliance with the city's vendor rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Stillwater (the obligee), with city customers as the protected parties. If a vendor takes payment and fails to deliver, or otherwise violates the city's transient merchant rules, a harmed customer can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the City set, with pricing at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The application collects no credit information, and if a check ever runs, it's a soft pull that never affects your score.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of Stillwater set — most applications issue instantly; the application collects no credit information.
Start the application →Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the City required and file the same day.