Plainfield liquor retailer bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Plainfield, a Will County community southwest of Chicago, requires a retail liquor licensee to file a $1,000 bond, naming the Village as obligee, before the Village Clerk's office will issue a liquor license. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Plainfield liquor retailer bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A village liquor retailer 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
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Village Clerk
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Plainfield Village Clerk's office alongside your liquor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Plainfield conditions its retail liquor license on the applicant first posting a $1,000 bond with the Village. The bond stands behind the retailer's compliance with the Village's liquor code — things like paying licensing fees owed to the Village and observing the license conditions the Village Clerk's office attaches to the permit.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Plainfield (the obligee), with the Village itself as the protected party. If a licensed retailer fails to meet a bonded obligation to the Village, the Village can make a claim against 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. The bond has to stay active for the life of your liquor license, so keep it current at each annual renewal.
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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 term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, June 30, in the year your term ends.
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 Village Clerk. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Plainfield Village Clerk's 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.