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Maryland — Other Tobacco Products (OTP) Bond

If Maryland's Comptroller requests security from an other-tobacco-products wholesaler, section 13-825 uses $5,000 plus any amount by which one month's tobacco tax exceeds $5,000. Use the actual account request rather than a cigarette wholesaler's different figure.

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Recorded state
Maryland
Bond type
Cigarette / Tobacco Tax Bond
Category
Business operations & taxes

What this bond does

Secure the requested OTP tax account. The law says the Comptroller may require tobacco security; it does not make this bond an automatic requirement for every tobacco business.

Who needs it
OTP wholesalers responding to a Maryland tax-security request. An out-of-state seller has a separate reporting-period calculation even though its starting figure is also $5,000.
Who it protects
Section 13-824 permits security to protect Maryland tax revenue for the tax, interest and penalty already due or that may become due. Section 13-826 accepts a bond from a State-authorized surety approved for solvency and responsibility.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

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.

Details for requested Maryland OTP security

For an OTP wholesaler, the extra security tracks tax due in any one month above $5,000. For the separately defined out-of-state seller, it tracks any reporting period above $5,000. Match the licensed activity and assigned sum; neither is a universal $5,000 cap.

A qualifying exemption needs five years of the applicable licensing, continuous tax-law compliance and compliance with security conditions. The Comptroller must also find solvency and ability to pay potential tax liability. Five years alone does not authorize cancellation.

An exemption covers only potential liability up to the Comptroller's determined amount and may be revoked for noncompliance. For an exempt corporation, officers with direct fiscal-management control are personally liable for its tobacco tax, interest and penalties.

Use the authority's accepted instrument, legal account holder, actual period, signatures and filing directions. The statute's irrevocable-letter-of-credit alternative has its own approved amount and definite coverage date; it does not supply a universal term or cancellation clause for a surety bond.

Purchase Now opens Propeller's Maryland OTP application in a new tab. Match the actual security request, wholesale/out-of-state role, required sum and accepted dates, then complete the requesting tax authority's filing. Provider payment does not issue a license or grant an exemption.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Actual Comptroller/tax-authority OTP security request.
  2. Legal account holder, license and wholesale versus out-of-state reporting role.
  3. Monthly or reporting-period tax exposure and assigned sum.
  4. Accepted instrument, period, execution and filing directions.
  5. Written exemption determination if applicable, not only five-year business history.

Questions about this bond

Is $5,000 always enough for an OTP wholesaler?

Section 13-825 adds the excess over $5,000 of tobacco tax due in any one month. Use the actual account's required security, not a universal cap.

Can I cancel after five years?

Not on that fact alone. The qualifying licensing/compliance history, solvency and financial ability require the Comptroller's determination, and an exemption is exposure-limited.

Does an out-of-state seller use exactly the same measurement?

The statute measures that class by any reporting period, while an OTP wholesaler's calculation refers to any one month. Identify the actual licensed role.

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