Colorado cigarette license bonds.
From $100.
The bond a Colorado cigarette wholesaler files with the Department of Revenue, sized to the tax stamps you buy each month. File it on form DR 0219 with your license application — the premium is 1% of that amount, with a $100 minimum; your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a Colorado cigarette license bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard cigarette bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your stamp volume requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued fast
Most applications approve instantly and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. No credit check up to $10,000. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond on form DR 0219 with your cigarette license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the cigarette bond actually covers
Colorado licenses cigarette wholesalers through the Department of Revenue under C.R.S. 39-28-102. A wholesaler buys tax stamps to affix to each pack, and the state wants a bond standing behind the stamps purchased on account before the tax is fully settled.
The bond is filed on form DR 0219 as evidence of surety, and the amount equals the wholesaler's anticipated total monthly purchase of stamps. If your volume changes, you can file a replacement bond for the new amount.
Wholesalers who stay current can reduce the bond by 20% a year with no cigarette tax delinquency in the prior year — the Department notifies you by letter when you qualify. Whatever amount applies, we issue the bond with pricing from $100 and no credit check up to $10,000 in the application.
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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 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.
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 Department of Revenue. Submit the executed bond on form DR 0219 with your cigarette license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $10,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, priced fast.
Submit the application with your required bond amount — your exact price is confirmed there, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay.
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Cigarette bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter your required amount and file with the Department of Revenue the same day.