Chicago Heights liquor license bonds.
$100 flat.
Every liquor license in Chicago Heights — new or renewed — is filed alongside a $10,000 surety bond required under the City's Liquor Control ordinance. Ours is $100 flat, the price you see is the checkout price, and no credit check.
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How much does a Chicago Heights liquor license bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Liquor license bonds are about the simplest filing in the license packet. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Liquor license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to attach to your liquor license application or annual renewal packet. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Chicago Heights licenses the sale of alcoholic beverages under its Liquor Control ordinance, administered by the City's Local Liquor Control Commissioner. Every applicant — and every renewal — files a $10,000 surety bond alongside the license application.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Chicago Heights (the obligee), standing behind your compliance with the liquor code. If a licensee fails to comply with the ordinance's terms — unpaid fines, penalties, or license violations the code covers — the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay on file for as long as the license is active, so we track your renewal date and notify you before it lapses.
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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 $10,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 City. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to attach to your liquor license application or annual renewal packet. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.