Germantown Hills liquor license bonds.
$100 flat.
Every Germantown Hills liquor license applicant must deliver a bond to the Village with the application, and Village Code § 3-2-5 sets its penal sum at $500. The bond we issue is written at $2,000, which covers that at no extra cost. If the Village wants exactly $500 on the bond, confirm with the Village President’s office first.
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How much does a Germantown Hills liquor license bond cost?
$100 at the $2,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to a complete application.
The bond is the one piece of the Village’s liquor license packet you can finish today. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Your business details and an effective date. The bond amount is already set at the carrier’s $2,000, and the application collects no credit information.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced, so it issues the moment you pay, and your executed bond and power of attorney are generated on the spot.
Deliver it with your application
Section 3-2-4 wants a written application, verified by affidavit, filed with the Village President at least 15 days before the license issues, and § 3-2-5 has the bond delivered with it. Attach an indication that the license fee was paid to the Village Treasurer (§ 3-2-8). The Village posts no liquor application or bond form online, so ask Village Hall, 216 Holland Road, (309) 383-2209, for the current packet. A wet-ink original is mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the liquor license bond actually guarantees
Germantown Hills, a village in Woodford County, licenses the retail sale of alcoholic liquor under Title 3, Chapter 2 of its Village Code. Classes A through G (§ 3-2-6) run from package stores and taverns to restaurants, special-use permits, banquet facilities and patio dining, and a Class PA license covers venues rented for private events where hosts bring their own liquor for invited guests (§ 3-2-21). Licenses are capped by class (§ 3-2-7: two Class A, three Class B, one Class C, two Class G and one Class PA, and none for Classes D and F), so confirm that one is open before you apply.
Section 3-2-5 is the bond rule. Each and every applicant must execute and deliver a bond in the penal sum of $500 to the Village as obligee, with the application and before the license issues, conditioned for the faithful performance of the liquor chapter and of the Illinois laws on the sale of alcoholic liquor. The Village President, or a person he delegates, approves the security, and the Code limits the sureties’ maximum liability on the bond to $500. Under 235 ILCS 5/4-2 the Village President, or a designee, is the local liquor control commissioner. No class section waives the bond, and § 3-2-21(K) makes the Class PA license subject to the rest of the chapter.
The bond we issue is written at $2,000, the fixed amount on our carrier’s form for this Village bond. No Village document we found sets $2,000: the Code, current through Ordinance 884 (passed July 24, 2025), still reads $500 as adopted by Ordinance 677 (April 28, 2011), and the Village posts no liquor application or bond form online. A $2,000 bond is more security than § 3-2-5 asks for and costs no more, so it covers the requirement. If the Village President’s office wants the bond written at exactly $500, confirm with that office before you buy.
It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Nor is it liquor liability coverage, which § 3-2-3(V) requires separately of anyone selling for on-premises consumption. Licenses end with the calendar year, renewal applications go to the Village President in writing at least 15 days before December 31 (§ 3-2-9), and every license fee is paid to the Village Treasurer (§ 3-2-8). A license cannot be transferred, so a new owner applies, and posts its own bond, in its own name.
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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 $2,000 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
Deliver it with your application. Section 3-2-4 wants a written application, verified by affidavit, filed with the Village President at least 15 days before the license issues, and § 3-2-5 has the bond delivered with it. Attach an indication that the license fee was paid to the Village Treasurer (§ 3-2-8). The Village posts no liquor application or bond form online, so ask Village Hall, 216 Holland Road, (309) 383-2209, for the current packet. A wet-ink original is mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $2,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
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These are the actual issuing fields. The application collects no credit information.
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