IA cigarette wholesaler bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Iowa requires a cigarette wholesaler to post a surety bond with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. The amount is a fixed $2,500 — at our flat 3% that lands at the $275 minimum, the same price for every wholesaler.
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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 and no credit check 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 cigarette wholesaler permit application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$2,500 bond × 3% = $75, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Iowa taxes cigarettes through the Department of Revenue under chapter 453A. A wholesaler — a permittee that sells cigarettes and tobacco at wholesale to retailers — 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. A wholesaler that is also a tobacco subjobber files a combined bond at the same $2,500; where you hold more than one permit type, the 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 — no credit check section, because this fixed-amount 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.