Oak Park liquor dealer bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The Village of Oak Park sells alcoholic liquor only under a liquor dealer's license granted by the Local Liquor Control Commissioner, and the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934 lets a local commissioner condition that license on a bond — the Village's own bond of dealer in alcoholic liquors. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the amount your license classification requires and your exact price appears at the application.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard liquor dealer bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Village. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your license classification requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued
Most liquor dealer bonds approve instantly. If a check ever runs on a larger amount, it is a soft pull that will not touch your score.
File with the Village
Submit the executed bond with your liquor license application or renewal to the Local Liquor Control Commissioner's office. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the liquor dealer bond actually guarantees
Oak Park licenses the retail sale of alcoholic liquor through its Local Liquor Control Commissioner, the Village President or an appointed designee charged with administering the Village's alcoholic liquor chapter (Village Code chapter 3). An applicant applies in writing under section 3-2-3, and the Commissioner grants, denies, suspends, or revokes licenses across the Village's A through E license classes.
A dealer's bond is a compliance guarantee: if a bonded dealer violates the Illinois Liquor Control Act, Village ordinance, or license terms and someone is harmed as a result, a claim can reach the bond. It is not insurance for the dealer — if the surety pays a claim, the dealer repays the surety.
The Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934, at 235 ILCS 5/7-9, requires a licensee appealing a denied license renewal to deposit an amount covering the renewal fee and "any bond that may be required" — confirming a bond can be a condition of a license without fixing a statewide figure or format. Oak Park's own code does not publish a single dollar figure either — enter the amount your license classification calls for, and confirm it with the Local Liquor Control Commissioner's office before you apply.
You need this bond if you are
One application, then a quick review.
Submit the application with the bond amount your license classification requires. Most amounts approve instantly; a larger figure may get a brief soft-pull review.
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Other Illinois bonds.
Liquor license waiting on one filing.
Premiums from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount your license requires and file with the Village the same day.