Dayton alcoholic beverage bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Dayton, Tennessee requires anyone applying for an alcoholic beverage sales permit to file a $1,000 surety bond before the permit is issued. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — with a short online application.
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How much does a Dayton alcoholic beverage bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A municipal permit bond like this is about 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 lengthy underwriting file.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-price municipal bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your alcoholic beverage sales permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Dayton conditions its retail beer permit on a $1,000 surety bond delivered to the City Recorder under Dayton Municipal Code § 8-212. The bond is payable to the State of Tennessee and secures payment of any fine a court assesses against the permit holder for violating the City's beer-sale ordinance.
It's a three-party arrangement, though an unusual one: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Tennessee (the bond's named obligee under § 8-212) — filed with the City of Dayton's recorder as a condition of the permit. If a court fines you for violating the beer ordinance, the bond stands behind that fine up to its $1,000 face amount.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The permit and its bond generally need to stay current for the life of the business's beverage sales activity, so confirm renewal timing directly with the City when you file.
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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 $1,000 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 City. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your alcoholic beverage sales permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $1,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields for this bond — short, and built for a same-sitting application.
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Finish your Dayton permit filing today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.