CT fuels distributor bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Before the Department of Revenue Services issues a motor vehicle fuels distributor license, it requires a surety bond under C.G.S. 12-456 guaranteeing the fuels tax you collect. Priced at 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — enter the amount DRS set to see your exact price at the application.
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No underwriting queue for the standard fuels distributor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with DRS. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount DRS required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot for most
The application collects no credit information, and most applicants are approved and issued the moment they pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review; if a soft credit check ever runs, it never affects your score.
File with the Department of Revenue Services
Submit the executed bond with your distributor license application. The DRS bond period runs July 1 to June 30; wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the distributor bond actually guarantees
Connecticut taxes motor vehicle fuels at the distributor level under C.G.S. Chapter 221. A distributor — anyone distributing gasoline, gasohol, aviation fuel, or similar — must be licensed by the Department of Revenue Services, and C.G.S. 12-456 conditions that license on a surety bond filed before the license issues.
The bond guarantees that the distributor remits the motor vehicle fuels tax it collects. DRS sets the amount, historically tied to a fraction of the tax paid in the prior year, subject to a statutory floor and ceiling. The bond period runs July 1 to June 30, and a license can be canceled or suspended if a current bond is not maintained.
It is not insurance for you — if DRS recovers unpaid tax against the bond, you repay the surety. Distributors who remit on time treat the bond as a license formality. We issue the amount DRS named; the application collects no credit information, and premiums start from $100.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount DRS set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with your distributor license application.
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Fuels distributor bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount DRS required and file with your license application the same day.