City of Decatur liquor license bonds.
$300 flat. Five minutes.
The City of Decatur requires a $10,000 bond to guarantee its alcohol license tax on beer, wine, and liquor sales. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every licensee. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
City tax bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License and tax 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 Decatur
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Decatur revenue / business license office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Decatur conditions a beer, wine, and liquor retail alcohol license on a $10,000 surety bond guaranteeing the city’s alcohol license tax. The bond is a tax-payment guarantee: it stands behind the alcohol license tax a full-line seller owes the city.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Decatur (the obligee). If a licensee fails to remit the alcohol license tax it owes, the city can recover the shortfall against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Sellers who file and pay on time treat the bond as a licensing formality, and we keep your $10,000 filing continuous with renewal reminders 60 and 30 days out. Sellers carrying only beer and wine use the lower $5,000 tier.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond does not have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Decatur liquor license checklist today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.