NJ cigarette distributor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The bond a New Jersey cigarette distributor files with the Division of Taxation under N.J.S.A. 54:40A-4. This page issues the $6,000 distributor bond at our flat 3% — the math lands at our $275 minimum. The Division can require a larger amount tied to your stamp volume; send us your notice and we’ll size it.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Distributor bonds at the base amount issue fast. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
The base distributor bond issues right after purchase. A larger Division-set amount may get a quick review.
File with the Division of Taxation
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your cigarette distributor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$6,000 bond × 3% = $180, but our minimum premium is $275, so that is the price. A larger Division-set amount prices at a flat 3% — send us your notice.
What it is and who needs it.
What the cigarette bond actually covers
New Jersey licenses cigarette distributors through the Division of Taxation under N.J.S.A. 54:40A-4. A distributor buys tax stamps to affix to each pack, and the state wants a bond standing behind the proper performance of the distributor’s duties and the discharge of its tax liabilities.
The Director of the Division of Taxation requires each licensed distributor to file a bond not less than the average monthly value of the cigarette stamps the distributor uses. This page issues the $6,000 base amount; if your monthly stamp volume calls for more, the Division sets the figure and we issue it at a flat 3%.
The bond runs concurrently with the distributor's license and is payable to the Division of Taxation as obligee. If you fail to remit the cigarette tax you owe, the state can recover against it — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check 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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Cigarette distributor bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. File with the Division of Taxation the same day.