CT cigarette distributor bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
Connecticut requires a licensed cigarette distributor to file a tax bond with the Department of Revenue Services securing the cigarette tax it owes. At the $5,000 amount, the price is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond — the application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with DRS
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Department of Revenue Services alongside your cigarette distributor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the cigarette bond actually covers
Connecticut licenses cigarette distributors through the Department of Revenue Services under the Cigarette Taxes law (C.G.S. Chapter 214). A distributor buys and affixes tax stamps, and the state wants a bond standing behind the cigarette tax owed before it is fully settled.
The bond is a tax-payment guarantee for the benefit of the Department: it secures the sums a distributor owes the state. The amount is set by the Commissioner on your license — the entry-level figure is $5,000, and larger distributors may carry more.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the state, you repay the surety. At the $5,000 amount, the price is $100 flat; the application collects no credit information.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect that information.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Cigarette distributor bond, issued today.
$100 flat at the $5,000 amount, five-minute application, often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.