East Peoria liquor license bonds.
$100 flat.
Every applicant for a City of East Peoria retail liquor license must deliver a $500 certificate of bond to the City with the application, under City Code § 3-3-1.9, and the license cannot issue until the bond is approved. Ours is $100 flat for a term.
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How much does an East Peoria liquor license bond cost?
$100 at the $500 amount, the same for every applicant.
Bond approved, license issued.
East Peoria issues the license only after the application and the certificate of bond are approved. Here is the whole process on our side:
Apply online
The licensee’s legal name as it will appear on the license, the premises, and the effective date. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver with your application to the City Clerk’s Office at East Peoria City Hall, 401 W. Washington Street. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
East Peoria makes it unlawful to sell or offer alcoholic liquor at retail in the City without a City license (City Code § 3-3-1.2). Applications go to the local liquor control commission, and under § 3-3-1.8 the commissioner directs the City Clerk to issue the license only upon approval of the application and the certificate of bond specified in § 3-3-1.9, and payment of the license fee.
Section 3-3-1.9(a) requires each and every applicant to execute and deliver a certificate of bond in the penal sum of $500 to the City as obligee, for faithful performance of the City’s liquor chapter and the Illinois laws on the sale of alcoholic liquor, and for payment of all fines and penalties for violations. The local liquor control commissioner approves the security, and the surety’s maximum liability is limited to $500.
Under § 3-3-1.9(b), the bond is forfeited if the licensee is convicted of a violation of the chapter, or the license is revoked or a fine imposed, and no appeal is taken or the appeal fails. The commissioner may waive the bond for a Class F outdoor event license and for not-for-profit temporary beer and wine permits. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, 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 $500 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
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 Clerk. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver with your application to the City Clerk’s Office at East Peoria City Hall, 401 W. Washington Street. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $500 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.