Bond Form L9 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

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Application Number	Bond Number	This bond expires in		Penal Sum of Bond
				$	Plus Costs
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we
Name of Applicant		Address of Place of Business
		of
In the county of ___________________________________________________, State of _________________________________, as Principal, and
Name of Insurance Company		Address of Office or usual place of business

a surety company approved by the Superintendent of Insurance of New York State as to solvency and responsibility and authorized to transact business in New York State, as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the People of the State of New York in the penal sum set forth above and for the payment of any costs taxed or allowed in any action or proceeding to the extent of _______________for the payment of which sum or sums, well and truly to be made, we, the said principal and surety, bind ourselves, successors, and

assigns, respectively, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.

WHEREAS, the above bounden principal is making application to the New York State Liquor Authority, for a license or permit under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and the said State Liquor Authority, by Part 81 of Subtitle B of Title 9 of the Official Compilation of the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (Rule 9 of the Rules of the Authority), having required the principal to file with it a bond to the People of the State of New York, as provided in said Law aforesaid,

NOW, THEREFORE, the conditions of this obligation are such that if the said license or permit applied for, which expires on the date designated in said license or permit, is granted to the said principal and the principal will not, during the license or permit period, suffer or permit any violation of the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, or of any of the rules now or hereafter issued by said State Liquor Authority, or give cause, as provided in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law or Part 53 of Subtitle B of Title 9 of the Official Compilation of the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (Rule 36 of the Rules of the State Liquor Authority), for the cancellation, revocation or suspension of said license or permit or the issuance of an order or warning, and will pay all fines and penalties which shall accrue thereunder, together with all costs taxed or allowed in any action or proceeding brought or instituted for a violation of any of the provisions of said Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, or of any of the rules now or hereafter issued by said State Liquor Authority, or for cause for the cancellation, revocation or suspension or issuance of order of warning as provided in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law or Rules of the Authority, or costs taxed or allowed in any review pursuant to Section 121 of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; then this obligation shall be void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect; subject, however, to the following conditions:

1.An action for the breach of any condition of this bond may be maintained without previous conviction or prosecution for the violation of any provision of said Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, or of any of the rules now or hereafter issued by the State Liquor Authority, or for cause as provided by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law or Part 53 of Subtitle B of Title 9 of the Official Compilation of the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (Rule 36 of the Rules of the Authority).

2.The aggregate liability of the surety on account of any defaults hereunder shall in no event exceed the penal sum of this bond plus costs taxed or allowed in any action or proceeding to the extent of ________________________.

3.Upon the payment of any loss arising under this bond, the surety shall be subrogated to the rights and remedies of the obligee against the principal to recover from the principal any amount so paid.

4.Any action brought for the penal sum of this bond shall be commenced within twenty-four months after the expiration of the license or permit period aforementioned, or for costs within one year after final disposition of any action or proceeding. In the event of the institution of any action or proceeding to review the Authority’s determination, the period of 24 months shall not commence until the final determination of the proceeding or litigation.

5.This bond shall be effective during the time the aforementioned license or permit shall be in effect and during any extension thereof.

6.A breach of any condition of this bond shall be deemed to have been established by the revocation, cancellation or suspension of the aforesaid license or permit or the issuance of an order of warning by the State Liquor Authority unless said revocation, cancellation, suspension or order of warning shall have been reversed or annulled by a Court of competent jurisdiction.

7.In any action or proceeding to recover on this bond, the principal and the company named herein as Surety waive any defense based upon any defect in the bond, including, but not limited to, an erroneous, improper or defective insertion or omission to insert or apparent alteration of the expiration year and/or amount of the penal sum of the bond and further waive any objection that the bond bears a printed, typewritten or facsimile signature. Any bond filed with the State Liquor Authority shall be admissible in evidence in any court on application of the State Liquor Authority or People of the State of New York without the further proof of due execution thereof by or on behalf of the principal and surety and shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly executed by and on behalf of the principal and surety. Any bond filed with the State Liquor Authority and bearing the printed or facsimile name of the surety or the typewritten or facsimile signature of its representative shall be conclusively presumed to be the duly issued bond of the surety company and binding on it, its successors and assigns for the amount specified in Part 81 of Subtitle B of Title 9 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (Rule 9 of the Rules of the State Liquor Authority).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused these presents to be signed and sealed this ____________ day of _______________________________________

Name of issuing agency _____________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________

	Phone # __________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________L.S.	__________________________________________________________
Principal (Applicant/Licensee)	Surety
BY: __________________________________________________________________	BY: _________________________________________________________ L.S.
	Attorney-in-fact

Form L-9 (01/02) Website file