City of Norfolk meal tax bonds.
From $100.
The City of Norfolk, Virginia requires a meal tax bond from certain businesses that collect and remit its meals tax. The penal sum is set by the City's Commissioner of the Revenue / Treasurer based on your collections — pricing is 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review at the standard amount — larger bond amounts add a credit-consent step on the form.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Meals tax bonds are straightforward. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and the penal sum the City of Norfolk requires. No financials, and the application has no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Tax bonds at these amounts are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Norfolk Commissioner of the Revenue. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A meal tax bond is a tax-payment guarantee to the City of Norfolk. Restaurants and food sellers collect the City's meals tax from customers and hold it in trust — the City wants assurance those collected funds are remitted on time and in full.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Norfolk, Virginia (the obligee). If you collect the meals tax and fail to remit it, the City can recover the unpaid tax against the bond.
The bond stays on file while you collect the tax. We track expirations and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out so your standing with the Commissioner of the Revenue never lapses over a missed email.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't collect one.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Virginia bonds.
Bond your Norfolk meals tax today.
From $100, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.