IA distributing agent bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
A cigarette distributing agent in Iowa — a permittee that receives and stores cigarettes for distribution to wholesalers or distributors — posts a surety bond with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. The amount is a fixed $2,500, priced at $100 flat.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Fixed-amount tobacco bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount tobacco bonds like this issue right after purchase for most applicants. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your distributing agent permit application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Iowa taxes cigarettes through the Department of Revenue under chapter 453A. A distributing agent is a permittee that receives cigarettes in interstate commerce and stores them for distribution to distributors and wholesalers — it must post a surety bond before the permit issues, set by Iowa Code 453A.14 at a fixed $2,500.
The bond runs to the State for the benefit of the Department. It guarantees that you comply with chapter 453A and pay all cigarette taxes, fees, and costs you owe — if you do not, the Department can recover against the bond up to the $2,500 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Where a person holds more than one tobacco permit, the bond requirements are cumulative. Iowa tobacco bonds run to a June 30 expiration by rule.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this fixed-amount bond.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.