Florida — Cigarettes Distributing Agent Bond
Florida's cigarette distributing agent receives and stores a principal's cigarettes for delivery on that principal's orders. This warehousing role is different from owning and selling cigarettes or acting as a stamp-purchasing agent.
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- Recorded state
- Florida
- Bond type
- Cigarette / Tobacco Tax Bond
- Category
- Business operations & taxes
What this bond does
Match the CDA public-warehousing class and ABT-6032's Distributing Agent selection to the actual cigarette operation. The cigarette undertaking uses Chapter 210, Part I, not the separate tobacco-products condition.
- Who needs it
- Agents in Florida receiving cigarettes in interstate or intrastate commerce and storing them for a principal's ordered delivery. The principal can be inside or outside Florida; do not import another state's interstate-only agent definition.
- Who it protects
- The posted ABT-6032 binds the principal and surety jointly and severally to Florida for prompt accounting/payment of operational tax money due or becoming due, together with compliance with the selected cigarette laws in Part I. It is not warehouse inventory or cargo insurance.
Your bond option
This is the option on record for this bond.
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The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.
Sources
- ABT — complete posted ABT-6032 application/model, printedSeptember2010 (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
- Florida Chapter210 — complete selected actual210.01/.08/.085/.09 (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
Have these ready
- Legal agent, CDA account and Florida warehouse details.
- Principal, permitted supply/recipient parties and actual ordered delivery activity.
- ABT's accepted Distributing Agent/Cigarette Part I instrument and required sum.
- Sworn application, signatures and certified surety-agent power of attorney.
- Current bond/license filing, electronic reports and transaction records.
Questions about this bond
Can a distributing agent own and sell the cigarettes?
Section 210.085 says the distributing agent may receive for transfer to a permitted dealer but may not own or sell the cigarettes. Identify an actual dealer business separately with ABT.
Must every transaction be interstate?
Florida's definition includes receipt in interstate or intrastate commerce and principals inside or outside the state. Its role should not be replaced with another state's interstate-only definition.
Is this the stamping-charge application?
No. CDA public warehousing/distributing-agent activity is distinct from a stamp-purchasing agent or stamping-distributor charge arrangement.

