Before it will issue a retailer's license to sell beer and malt beverages, including consumption on the premises, the City of Manchester requires a $2,000 surety bond — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information.
















A city alcohol license bond is about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no lengthy underwriting file.
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your beer and malt beverage license application at city hall. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The City of Manchester conditions a retailer's license to sell beer and malt beverages — including consumption on the premises — on a $2,000 surety bond. The license and bond sit on top of Georgia's state alcohol-licensing framework under O.C.G.A. Title 3, which lets municipalities set their own local licensing terms for retail sellers within their limits.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal, the licensed retailer), the surety carrier, and the City of Manchester (the obligee). If the licensed business violates the terms the city's alcoholic-beverage ordinance conditions the license on and the city or a harmed party has a valid claim, it can be brought against the bond up to the $2,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Alcohol retail licenses in Georgia municipalities typically run on an annual cycle, so plan to renew the bond alongside your license each year.
These are the actual issuing fields for this bond — a short business application, no lengthy credit file.
Start the application →$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.