UT restaurant liquor bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Utah’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS) requires a full-service restaurant to file a $10,000 compliance bond with its liquor license. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, with 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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed 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
Utah retail alcohol licenses are issued by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS) under Title 32B. Every retail license — including a full-service restaurant license — must be backed by a conformance bond that guarantees the licensee follows the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and DABS rules and pays the taxes and fees it owes.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Utah through DABS (the obligee). If the restaurant violates DABS rules or fails to remit what it owes, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. For a restaurant that follows the rules and pays on time, the bond is a license formality, not a risk.
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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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.