Illinois — Cigarette Machine Operator Bond
Illinois' cigarette-machine operator makes equipment available for customers to fabricate cigarettes for their own use. This roll-your-own operation requires its own registration and $2,500 bond per location; it is different from a vending machine selling finished packages.
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- Recorded state
- Illinois
- Bond type
- Cigarette / Tobacco Tax Bond
- Category
- Business operations & taxes
What this bond does
Match the Cigarette Machine Operators' Occupation Tax activity and physical location to IDOR's REG-4-A financial-responsibility bond. The form's bond type must match the actual tax type.
- Who needs it
- Businesses possessing cigarette-making equipment and making it available to individuals for personal-use fabrication, not resale. Existing registration for another tax does not complete this machine-operator registration.
- Who it protects
- REG-4-A binds the principal and surety to Illinois' people for all amounts becoming due to IDOR under the selected law. Use the machine-operator tax responsibility rather than substituting cigarette-distributor stamp purchases or another tax account.
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
- Illinois IDOR — complete current roll-your-own machine programme (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
- Illinois IDOR — completeREG4A (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
- Illinois IDOR — completeREG4A instructions explicitly listing machine operators (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
Have these ready
- Legal operator, actual roll-your-own equipment/activity and each physical location.
- REG-1/REG-1-C registration and matching machine-operator bond type.
- $2,500 security per location and accepted effective date.
- Entity-specific original signatures/seals and original power of attorney.
- Current IDOR bond filing and monthly RYO return/schedule directions.
Questions about this bond
Is this simply a cigarette vending-machine bond?
IDOR's machine-operator programme concerns equipment made available to customers to fabricate cigarettes for their own use, not vending finished packages.
Can I upload a photocopy as proof of REG-4-A coverage?
The bond instructions require original signatures/seals and original power of attorney, and reject copies/faxes as proof. Follow current IDOR delivery directions.
Does every LLC need both president and secretary signatures?
The instructions permit one LLC manager/member signature. Corporate and partnership requirements differ; follow the actual entity type and any stated officer exception.

