TN retail liquor license bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Tennessee conditions a retail package store (retail liquor) license on a $1,000 bond filed with the Alcoholic Beverage Commission under Title 57, Chapter 3. Our premium is $275 — the flat 3% rate (which is $30 at this amount) runs below our $275 minimum, so $275 is the floor.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. No financials, no credit check section on a bond this size.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds issue right after purchase in most cases. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the ABC
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Alcoholic Beverage Commission license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, which is below our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275 per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Tennessee licenses retail liquor stores — retail package stores — through the Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) under Title 57, Chapter 3. The license is conditioned on a $1,000 surety bond, which is a compliance guarantee backing your obligation to operate within Tennessee's alcoholic beverage laws and to pay amounts owed to the state.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Tennessee (the obligee). If a licensee violates the liquor law in a way that causes loss the bond covers, the state can recover against it — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
Don't confuse this with the liquor-by-the-drink tax bond. That separate Department of Revenue bond was changed in 2024 to a $10,000 minimum. This $1,000 bond is the ABC retail package store license bond — a different filing for a different purpose. If you sell by the drink as well, you may need both.
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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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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.