The City of Falls Church requires a $2,000 surety bond for a solicitor / peddler permit — the permit a door-to-door seller needs to canvass and sell within the City. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















A solicitor bond is one of the simplest things in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, and the form has no credit section to fill out.
Small fixed 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 and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Falls Church with your solicitor permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
A solicitor bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. Door-to-door sellers take orders and payment at the doorstep — the City of Falls Church wants a financial backstop that you will deal honestly, deliver what you sell, and follow the City solicitor ordinance.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Falls Church (the obligee), with residents as the protected parties. If you take payment and fail to deliver, or otherwise violate the solicitor ordinance, a harmed resident can recover against the $2,000 bond.
The bond must stay active for the life of your permit. Let it lapse and the City can pull your solicitor permit — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your filing continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond's application doesn't collect that information.
Start the application →$100, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.