Collinsville liquor license bonds.
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Every applicant for a City of Collinsville liquor license must deliver a $2,000 surety bond to the City with the application, under Municipal Code § 5.08.320(A). It is separate from the dram shop insurance the City also requires. The City fixes the amount; we underwrite the bond and a surety specialist returns a quote.
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How much does a Collinsville liquor license bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Bond in hand before the application goes in.
Collinsville wants the bond delivered with the application, not after. Here is the whole process on our side:
Apply online
The licensee’s legal name exactly as it will appear on the liquor license — individual, partnership or corporation — plus the premises and effective date. No credit section.
A specialist quotes it
A surety specialist reviews the application and returns your premium. The $2,000 amount is set by the City; underwriting only prices it.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver with your liquor license application to the City Clerk’s Office, 125 South Center. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Collinsville makes it unlawful to sell or offer alcoholic liquor at retail in the City without a City liquor license (Municipal Code § 5.08.250), and requires a separate license for each class at a premises and for each location. The Mayor serves as Local Liquor Commissioner (§ 5.08.210), and applications are filed in the office of the City Clerk (§ 5.08.300).
Under § 5.08.320(A), each and every applicant must, with the application and before the license issues, execute and deliver a $2,000 bond to the City as obligee. The bond is conditioned on faithful performance of the City Code and the Illinois laws on the sale of alcoholic liquor, and on payment of related taxes, fines and penalties. The surety’s maximum liability is limited to the $2,000 penalty.
It is a three-party arrangement: the licensee (the principal), the surety, and the City of Collinsville (the obligee). The bond is not your dram shop coverage — § 5.08.320(B) separately requires a certificate of liquor liability insurance under 235 ILCS 5/6-21 naming the City as certificate holder. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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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
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
File with the City Clerk. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver with your liquor license application to the City Clerk’s Office, 125 South Center. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application, one specialist review.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn’t collect credit information. Submit once and a surety specialist returns your quote, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get your Collinsville liquor bond quoted.
One short application and a specialist quote, usually within one business day. No credit review of any kind. Free until issued.