CT cigarette distributor bonds.
$275. 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, our flat 3% lands at the $275 minimum — 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 check 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.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which rounds up to our $275 minimum. Higher DRS-set amounts are a flat 3%.
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. We issue the amount your license requires at a flat 3% (the $275 minimum applies at the $5,000 level), with no credit check.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't 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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Cigarette distributor bond, issued today.
$275 flat at the $5,000 amount, five-minute application, often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.