Nevada dealer & broker bonds.
From $100.
A Nevada dealer, broker, or commission merchant handling livestock or farm products is licensed by the Department of Agriculture and must file a surety bond under NRS 576.040. The amount is keyed to your annual volume of purchases. Pricing starts from $100.
Trusted by industry leaders
How much does a Nevada dealer & broker bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard dealer bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Agriculture. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your volume requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $25,000. Above $25,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Department of Agriculture
Submit the executed bond with your dealer, broker, or commission merchant license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the dealer bond actually covers
Nevada regulates dealers, brokers, commission merchants, cash buyers, and agents who handle livestock and farm products under NRS Chapter 576, administered by the Department of Agriculture. The license is conditioned on a surety bond under NRS 576.040, so that the producers and sellers you transact with are protected.
The bond protects against non-payment, misrepresentation, and other violations of Chapter 576: if a dealer fails to pay for product or defrauds a seller, the harmed party can recover against the bond. The amount is keyed to your annual volume of purchases — the Department's schedule runs from $5,000 for smaller livestock buyers and $10,000 for farm-produce buyers, stepping up as volume grows.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. No credit check up to $25,000, and we issue whatever amount the Department assigns from $100. If you deal specifically in hay, see our hay dealer page — it is the same chapter, written for that audience.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Department of Agriculture. Submit the executed bond with your dealer, broker, or commission merchant license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount your volume requires — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Agriculture.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Nevada bonds.
Price and requirements checked on the carrier’s application, . Page updated .
The Department of Agriculture is waiting on one document.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the Department requires and file the same day.