WA wholesale cigarette dealer bonds.
$100 flat.
Washington requires every wholesale cigarette dealer to file a $5,000 performance bond with the Department of Revenue. The price is $100 flat, issued instantly — the same for every wholesaler. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your cigarette wholesaler license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Washington licenses wholesale cigarette dealers through the Department of Revenue under chapter 82.24 RCW. A wholesaler buys cigarette tax stamps and distributes to retailers, and the state requires a proper-performance bond of not less than $5,000 standing behind the wholesaler's duties and tax liabilities under the cigarette tax law.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Department of Revenue (the obligee). The bond guarantees the proper performance of your duties and the discharge of your liabilities under chapter 82.24 RCW and WAC 458-20-186 — including the cigarette tax you owe.
It is not insurance for you — if the Department recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. These bonds renew annually; we track the term and notify you 60 and 30 days out, so your wholesaler license stays in good standing.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
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Finish your wholesaler license today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.