To serve process privately in Nebraska, § 25-507 requires you to furnish a $15,000 corporate surety bond to the clerk of the court. It isn't a statewide license — it's a court-filing requirement — and one bond covers you in any state court. Ours is $150 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















This is the simplest kind of bond in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit fields.
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to provide as evidence to the clerk of each court where you serve process. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Nebraska doesn't run a statewide process-server license. Instead, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-507 lets any qualifying private person serve process if they furnish a $15,000 corporate surety bond, conditioned on faithfully and truly performing the duties of process server. It's a court requirement, not a licensing-board one.
The bond is a public-protection guarantee: if you serve process improperly and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. It is not insurance for you.
The statute is efficient about it: you provide evidence of the bond to the clerk of each court where you serve, but you're not required to furnish more than one bond to serve process in any state court in Nebraska. One $15,000 bond carries you statewide.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information at all.
Start the application →$150 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.