NE motor vehicle dealer bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
Nebraska requires every licensed motor vehicle, trailer, wholesale, or motorcycle dealer to file a $50,000 bond with the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board. Ours is $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every dealer. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the Licensing Board
Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond, ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Board insists.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Nebraska dealer licenses run on a calendar year and renew December 31; pick the term that matches.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Nebraska licenses motor vehicle, trailer, wholesale, and motorcycle dealers through the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, and conditions the license on a $50,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee backing your compliance with the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State together with harmed buyers and dealers (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, misapplies a customer’s money, or otherwise violates the Act, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Dealers who deliver clean title and keep good records treat the bond as a license formality.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other New York bonds.
The Licensing Board is waiting on one document.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.