IN tobacco distributor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Indiana requires an other tobacco products distributor to file a $1,000 bond with the Department of Revenue as a condition of the license, under IC 6-7-2-8. Ours is $275 flat — the $275 minimum, since 3% of $1,000 lands below it. License bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your license
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Department of Revenue distributor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Indiana taxes other tobacco products (OTP) — cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, and the like — under IC 6-7-2, and a distributor needs a license from the Department of Revenue. The license is conditioned on a surety bond that guarantees you remit the tobacco products tax you owe, on time and in full.
The bond amount is a fixed $1,000 minimum under IC 6-7-2-8, conditioned on your compliance with the chapter. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Indiana (the obligee). If the department finds the bond inadequate to protect the state, it can require a larger one — most distributors stay at the $1,000 minimum.
It is not insurance for you — if the state recovers unpaid tax against the bond, you repay the surety. Distributors who file and pay on time treat it as a license formality. The bond must stay active for the life of the license, so we track it and notify you ahead of renewal.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.