UT liquor transport bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
A Utah liquor transport licensee — picking up retail liquor orders from a state store and delivering them — must file a $10,000 compliance bond with DABS. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount. Five-minute application, no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Liquor compliance bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Compliance bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with DABS
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your DABS liquor transport license application or renewal. Wet-ink original on request.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Utah liquor transport license lets a person or business pick up a retail licensee’s prepaid liquor order from a state liquor store or package agency and transport and deliver it directly to that retail licensee. The license is issued by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS) and must be backed by a $10,000 compliance bond.
The bond is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Utah through DABS (the obligee). It guarantees you follow Utah’s alcohol laws while transporting, transferring, or handling liquor — reporting shipments, carrying only authorized product, and meeting tax obligations. If you don’t, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The license also requires a business license and evidence of commercial auto coverage; the bond is the surety piece of that checklist.
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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.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.