The security the Municipality of Anchorage requires from a licensed marijuana retailer to guarantee remittance of the 5% retail sales tax on marijuana and marijuana products under AMC 12.50. The Municipality sets the amount; the premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and any credit screen is a soft pull only — it never affects your score. Your exact price appears at the application.
















No quote round-trip for the Anchorage marijuana sales tax bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with Municipal Treasury. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the Municipality required, and the effective date — that is the entire application. Any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
This bond is rate-priced at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
Submit the executed bond to the Treasury Division with your marijuana retailer registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Municipality insists.
Anchorage voters approved a 5% retail sales tax on marijuana and marijuana products, codified at AMC chapter 12.50 and administered by the Treasury Division of the Municipality's Finance Department. Because the retailer collects the tax from customers and holds it in trust, AMC 12.50.160 requires security for fiduciary performance before Treasury issues the Certificate of Registration a retailer needs to operate.
The security amount is the greater of $10,000 or the Chief Fiscal Officer's estimate of the average annual sales tax you will collect — based on your operation, comparable retailers, or industry averages. A surety bond is one of the approved forms (a deposit in escrow or letter of credit are the alternatives); the bond is payable to the Municipality and conditioned on payment in full of the tax, penalties, and interest due during its effective period.
If the retailer fails to remit, the Municipality can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the Municipality set, from $100 in premium, with any credit screen a soft pull that never affects your score.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Municipality set — the executed bond is generated the moment you pay, ready to file with Treasury.
Start the application →From $100 — 2% of the bond amount, with your exact price at the application before you pay. Enter the amount the Municipality required and file the same day.