IA brewpub beer permit bonds.
$100 flat.
A class “A” or special class “A” (brewpub) beer permit holder in Iowa files a $10,000 surety bond with the Alcoholic Beverages Division. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, the same for every permit — and the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Beverages Division
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your beer permit application or renewal through the Alcoholic Beverages Division. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Iowa regulates the sale and taxation of beer under Iowa Code chapter 123, administered by the Alcoholic Beverages Division. A rule adopted in 2018 (effective September 5, 2018) requires a $10,000 surety bond to be filed with the division for each class “A” or special class “A” beer permit application.
A special class “A” permit is the brewpub privilege — it lets a permittee manufacture and sell beer at retail. The bond stands behind the permittee’s compliance with chapter 123, including the beer barrel tax the state collects, so the state and the public have a financial backstop.
The requirement applies to new applicants and to permittees renewing. If the permittee violates chapter 123 — for example, by failing to remit beer tax — the state can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, the permittee repays the surety.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Iowa bonds.
The Beverages Division is waiting on one document.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.