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Detroit licenses a used building materials yard as a secondhand business, and the license will not issue until the City Law Department has reviewed and accepted your $1,000 bond. Get the bond first, get the business name and dates right the first time, and the license can move on schedule instead of bouncing back for a correction.
A dealer who buys and resells used building materials in Detroit needs a City of Detroit secondhand license, listed by the city as Secondhand Building Supplies, and a $1,000 surety bond naming the City of Detroit as obligee. The license fee is $123 and the license runs two years, expiring on October 31. The bond is uploaded for review by the City Law Department before the license is issued.
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Detroit groups used goods businesses under its Second Hand Sales licenses. The city's secondhand license page lists a Secondhand Building Supplies fee of $123, next to the general secondhand store, jewelry, and appliance and battery categories. That building supplies category is where a dealer in reclaimed lumber, doors, fixtures and other used building materials is licensed. The license expires every two years on October 31.
The $1,000 bond is a promise to the City of Detroit that the dealer will follow the city ordinance that governs secondhand dealers while it buys and resells used building materials. If the dealer violates the ordinance and causes a loss, a claim can be made against the bond. The surety pays a valid claim up to $1,000 and the dealer repays the surety.
Detroit uses a single Uniform Surety Bond format across its business licenses, and the City Law Department reviews each one before the license issues. The Law Department's own guide lists what it checks: the business legal name, the surety company's name and address, the bond amount, the occupation and the ordinance number as shown on the chart on the back of the application, a start date and an ending date filled in by the surety, and a Power of Attorney for the attorney in fact who signs. The most common reasons a bond is sent back are incomplete bonds, incorrect code references, a missing or different attorney in fact, and a missing bond or Power of Attorney.
The Law Department asks for documents at least one to two weeks before the license is needed and aims to finish its review within 48 hours. Submission is online through the city's bond application link.
Confirm the occupation title and ordinance reference to print on the bond with the City of Detroit business license office at (313) 224-3179, so the surety fills in the exact wording the Law Department expects.
Detroit lists used building materials under its Second Hand Sales licenses as Secondhand Building Supplies. The license fee is $123 and it expires every two years on October 31.
The City of Detroit Law Department. Its guide asks for bonds to be submitted online one to two weeks before you need the license and says it tries to finish review within 48 hours.
The Law Department's list of common errors includes incomplete bonds, incorrect code references, a missing or different attorney in fact, a missing bond or Power of Attorney, and duplicate submissions. Checking the business legal name and the ordinance reference before the bond is signed avoids most of these.
The surety prices the bond from the owner's personal credit, time in business and the $1,000 bond amount. The premium is paid for the bond term and is not a deposit, so it is not refunded when the bond ends.
No. Detroit's Second Hand Sales page also lists a building permit, identification of the applicant, proof of ownership and articles of incorporation among the items it reviews.
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