Kentucky motor fuel dealer bonds.
From $100.
Kentucky licenses anyone who receives, sells, stores, or distributes gasoline or special fuel through the Department of Revenue, and the license is conditioned on a motor fuels bond filed on form 72A301. The Department sets the bond amount — the premium is 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a Kentucky motor fuel dealer bond cost?
0.75% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard motor fuels bond — enter your amount, pay, and file form 72A301 with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the Department set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000, and most applicants are approved instantly once you pay. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond on form 72A301 with your motor fuels license registration (form 72A300). Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the motor fuels bond actually guarantees
Kentucky requires a license to refine, produce, blend, receive, sell, store, transport, or distribute gasoline or special fuel, and the license is conditioned on a motor fuels bond under KRS 138.310. The bond is filed on Department of Revenue form 72A301 as a financial guarantee of the fuel tax you collect or owe.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky (the obligee). If a dealer fails to remit the motor fuels tax, the Department can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
The amount is set by the Department of Revenue, generally from your estimated tax liability for the reporting period. The bond is cancelable on 60 days’ written notice under KRS 138.330, and a lapse can cancel your license under KRS 138.340 — so we track it and notify you ahead of any renewal.
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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. Submit the executed bond on form 72A301 with your motor fuels license registration (form 72A300). Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.75% of the bond amount, $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 is generated instantly, ready to file on form 72A301.
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Motor fuels bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter the amount the Department required and file form 72A301 the same day.