MD direct wine shipper bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
Maryland conditions a Direct Wine Shipper’s Permit on a tax-security bond of at least $1,000 filed with the Comptroller. The price is $100 flat, issued instantly — and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Tax-security bonds this size are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That’s the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your permit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Direct Wine Shipper’s Permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Direct Wine Shipper’s Permit lets an out-of-state winery ship wine it makes, by common carrier, directly to Maryland consumers — capped at 18 nine-liter cases per year to any one address. The Comptroller conditions the permit on a small tax-security bond.
The bond is a tax guarantee: it stands behind your promise to file the required returns and reports and to pay the Maryland alcoholic beverage tax on what you ship. It runs between you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Maryland (the obligee).
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the state for unremitted tax, you repay the surety. The Comptroller may waive the security after about three years of a substantial compliance record, so many shippers carry it only at the start.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this 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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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.