Normal liquor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The Town of Normal's Town Clerk's Office requires a $10,000 surety bond among the documents filed with every liquor license application — alongside dram shop insurance, a resident agent, and a financial statement, under Municipal Code § 4.5. Ours is $100 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Normal liquor license bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Normal 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 Town Clerk's Office
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your liquor license application at least 30 days before the license takes effect, per the Town's own filing window. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Town of Normal's Liquor Commission and Town Clerk's Office require a $10,000 surety bond as part of the liquor license application packet, alongside dram shop insurance, a resident agent designation, and a financial statement — the bond and the insurance answer different questions, and Normal requires both.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Normal (the obligee), with the Town itself as the protected party against a licensee's failure to comply with the liquor licensing ordinance. Dram shop claims from third parties run through your separate liquor liability insurance, not this bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Normal licenses run on a fixed April 1 – March 31 cycle regardless of when you first apply, so time your bond's effective date to that calendar.
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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 Town Clerk's Office. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your liquor license application at least 30 days before the license takes effect, per the Town's own filing window. 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.