Title 9 Part 81

Each licensee and each permittee of the kinds and classes hereinafter prescribed shall file with the Liquor Authority a bond to the people of the State of New York, issued by a surety company approved by the Superintendent of Insurance as to solvency and responsibility, and authorized to transact business in this State, in the penal sum hereinafter prescribed, conditioned that such licensee or permittee will not suffer or permit any violation of the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law or the rules of the State Liquor Authority. All bonds shall undertake that any costs taxed or allowed in any action or proceeding will be paid to the extent of $1,000 in addition to the penal sums specified in this Part.

The bond prescribed by this Part shall accompany the application for the license or permit.

The following is the schedule of penal sums of bonds to be filed in support of the various licenses:

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Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

Before a license or permit certificate is endorsed or any change is made on the face of the certificate or to the licensed premises for any of the following reasons, a bond rider, covering such endorsement or change, must first be obtained from the surety company which issued the bond filed in support of the license or permit, and filed with the appropriate zone office of the Liquor Authority.

Where a license or permit has been issued by the authority, the bond filed in support of the license or permit shall not be returned to the licensee or permittee. A bond may not be returned even though the license or permit was immediately surrendered for cancellation and refund and was never actually used. A bond filed in support of a license or permit may be returned only to a person whose application was disapproved or disapproved without prejudice.

This Part shall not apply to any license or permit issued to any department, board, commission or other agency of the State or to any political subdivision of the State.