The City of McMinnville conditions a peddler or solicitor permit on a fixed $1,000 bond filed with the City. Ours is $275 flat — the minimum premium, since 3% of $1,000 is below it. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
















Peddler bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Small fixed-amount license 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 peddler/solicitor permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of McMinnville requires anyone who peddles, sells, or solicits door-to-door within the city to hold a peddler/solicitor permit, and conditions that permit on a surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with the city peddler ordinance and protects residents from fraud or misrepresentation in your sales.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of McMinnville (the obligee), with residents as the protected parties. If a peddler violates the ordinance or defrauds a buyer, the harmed party can recover against the bond up to $1,000.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Peddlers who follow the ordinance treat the bond as a routine permit formality. We issue the fixed $1,000 amount at the $275 minimum with no credit check.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond does not have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.