Kansas motor fuel distributor bonds.
From $100. Apply to see yours.
Kansas conditions a motor vehicle fuel and special fuel distributor license on a bond that guarantees the fuel tax you collect. The Department of Revenue sets the amount — file it on form MF-27 — and the premium is 0.75% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $100 minimum, calculated exactly in the application. No credit check up to $10,000.
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How much does a Kansas motor fuel distributor bond cost?
0.75% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard fuel distributor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the state required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000.
File with the Department of Revenue
The signed original (form MF-27) is mailed to the address you give, to be signed by the principal and filed with the Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax, in Topeka. Larger filings handled the same way.
What it is and who needs it.
What the fuel distributor bond actually covers
Kansas taxes motor-vehicle fuels and special fuels at the distributor level under Chapter 79, Article 34, and the Department of Revenue conditions a distributor license on a surety bond. The bond stands behind the fuel tax you collect and remit — if you fail to pay, the state can recover against it.
The penal sum is set by the Director of Taxation: per the Department's guidance it is the greater of $1,000 or three months' average tax liability, so it scales with your volume. The Director can review and require an additional bond if your existing one no longer covers three months of tax.
The bond is filed on form MF-27, and the surety can be released only after lodging a 60-day written request with the Director — and stays liable for anything accrued before then. We issue the amount the Department set, from $100, and no credit check up to $10,000.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Department of Revenue. The signed original (form MF-27) is mailed to the address you give, to be signed by the principal and filed with the Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax, in Topeka. Larger filings handled the same way.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.75% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $10,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Department of Revenue set — the executed bond (form MF-27) is generated and the original mailed for filing.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the state required and we mail the original for filing.