Alabama consumable hemp bonds.
$500 flat.
Since January 1, 2026, Alabama licenses consumable hemp product retailers through the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Every initial license applicant must purchase and maintain a $25,000 surety bond, payable to the Board, for each licensed location under Ala. Code § 28-12-40(f). Ours is $500 flat.
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How much does an Alabama consumable hemp bond cost?
$500 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Hemp retailer license bonds are among the simplest filings in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, an effective date, and a term, plus a few yes/no eligibility questions. That is the application — any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $500 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the ABC Board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your consumable hemp retailer license application at the Alabama ABC Board. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Alabama's 2025 consumable hemp law (House Bill 445, codified as Chapter 12 of Title 28, Code of Alabama 1975) put hemp-derived consumables — gummies, beverages, and other THC-containing products — under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board starting January 1, 2026. Retailers must be licensed, and § 28-12-40(f) requires every initial applicant to purchase and maintain a $25,000 surety bond payable to the Board for each licensed location, executed by the applicant as principal and a corporate surety qualified in Alabama.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the ABC Board (the obligee). The statute is explicit about what the bond backs: the Board may file a claim against it if a licensee fails to timely collect and remit the excise taxes due under the chapter or fails to pay a penalty the Board imposes.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Retailer licenses run on a license year beginning October 1 and renew annually, so the bond has to stay continuously in force; we track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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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 $25,000 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 ABC Board. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your consumable hemp retailer license application at the Alabama ABC Board. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — business details, an effective date, and a term. That is the application.
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$500 flat, issued the moment you pay, soft pull only. Free until issued.