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Pasadena metal dealer bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Pasadena conditions a metal recycler or secondhand metal dealer license on a $10,000 surety bond — ours is $100 flat, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A metal dealer license bond is one of the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Pasadena
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Pasadena metal dealer license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Pasadena conditions a metal recycler / secondhand metal dealer license on a $10,000 surety bond. It's a compliance-and-consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your following the City's and the state's rules for recording purchases of regulated metals and handling secondhand goods honestly.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Pasadena (the obligee), with harmed members of the public as the protected parties. If a dealer violates the metal-dealer ordinance or mishandles a transaction, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Dealers who keep good records and follow the ordinance treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City of Pasadena. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Pasadena metal dealer license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.