Anyone making delivery sales of alternative nicotine or vapor products into Iowa — internet, phone, or mail order — needs a delivery sale permit under Iowa Code 453A.47A, and that permit requires a $1,000 bond. At our flat 3% that lands at the $275 minimum.
















Fixed-amount tobacco bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date — no financials and no credit check section.
Fixed-amount tobacco bonds like this issue right after purchase for most applicants. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your delivery sale permit application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
Iowa regulates delivery sales of alternative nicotine and vapor products under Iowa Code 453A.47A. Any seller — inside or outside Iowa — that ships these products to Iowa consumers by internet, telephone, or mail order must hold a delivery sale permit, and the permit requires a $1,000 bond (surety bond or cash).
The bond runs to the State for the benefit of the Department of Revenue. It backs your compliance with the delivery-sale rules and the collection and remittance of Iowa sales, use, and any applicable tobacco/vapor tax on your Iowa sales. A delivery seller must also hold an Iowa sales or use tax permit.
It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the Department, you repay the surety. The permit itself carries no fee — the $1,000 bond is the security the State requires. Iowa tobacco bonds run to a June 30 expiration by rule.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this fixed-amount bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.