Mount Carmel liquor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Mount Carmel, the Wabash County seat on the Illinois-Indiana border, requires anyone selling alcoholic liquor at retail to hold a City license, with the mayor acting as local liquor control commissioner — and a $1,000 surety bond filed as part of that application. Ours is $100 flat.
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How much does a Mount Carmel liquor license bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A city liquor license bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Mount Carmel's licensing office alongside your liquor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
No person may sell alcoholic liquor at retail within Mount Carmel without first obtaining a City license. The mayor serves as the local liquor control commissioner and administers state liquor laws within the city, and the City conditions the license on a $1,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Mount Carmel (the obligee), with the City and the public interest the liquor ordinance protects as the beneficiaries. If a licensee fails to comply with the terms of the license, the City can draw on the bond up to the $1,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Mount Carmel liquor licenses expire December 31 each calendar year regardless of when you apply, so build that renewal date into your compliance calendar rather than assuming a one-year-from-purchase cycle.
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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 $1,000 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 and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Mount Carmel's licensing office alongside your liquor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $1,000 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.