Washington liquor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Washington, in Tazewell County near Peoria, requires a licensed alcohol retailer to file a $1,000 surety bond with the City before its liquor license is issued. 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 Washington 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
License 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 Washington's Local Liquor Control Commissioner alongside your license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Illinois' Liquor Control Act leaves day-to-day licensing of retail alcohol sellers to each municipality's own Local Liquor Control Commissioner, and the City of Washington conditions its retail license on a $1,000 surety bond. No license goes to an unbonded applicant.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Washington (the obligee), with the City as the protected party for fees, fines, and other obligations tied to the license. If a licensee fails to meet an obligation the bond is meant to secure, the City can recover 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 we track it and remind you before renewal so your license doesn't lapse.
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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 Washington's Local Liquor Control Commissioner alongside your 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.
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Finish your Washington liquor license today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.