Utah limited-service restaurant bonds.
$100 flat.
A Utah limited-service restaurant licensee posts a $5,000 bond payable to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services — the penal sum is set by Utah Code 32B-6-304(4). Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the price at checkout. No credit check, and most applications approve instantly.
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How much does a Utah limited-service restaurant bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Retail license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Entity type, business details, term and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, a business day or two.
File with DABS
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to go into your retail license application or your renewal packet. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the limited-service restaurant bond guarantees
A limited-service restaurant is the Utah license class that lets a restaurant store, sell, offer for sale, furnish and allow consumption of wine, heavy beer and beer — but not spirituous liquor. That single distinction is why the license exists, why its bond is smaller than a full-service restaurant's, and why the part is written around dining areas and dispensing areas kept apart by distance or a physical barrier.
The bond runs under Utah Code 32B-5-204, the general bond section for retail licensees. It is posted in the amount the relevant part specifies — here $5,000 — and it is payable to the department, in a form approved by the attorney general, conditioned on the licensee's faithful compliance with Title 32B and the rules of the commission. You keep it in place for as long as you operate under the license.
It is not insurance for you. If the department claims and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Three consequences are worth knowing: a bond canceled through your negligence can draw a $300 reinstatement fee; no part of the bond may be withdrawn while the license is in effect or a revocation is pending; and the department may claim against the bond for money you owe it without the commission first revoking the license.
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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 $5,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 DABS. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to go into your retail license application or your renewal packet. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.