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 review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information, because this bond doesn't need it.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.