Nevada CDL third-party tester bonds.
From $350.
A Nevada third-party company or school that administers commercial-driver skills tests must hold a bond with the Department of Motor Vehicles under the NAC Chapter 483 third-party certification rules. The amount is keyed to how many applicants you test each year — $35,000 to $175,000. Pricing starts from $350.
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How much does a Nevada CDL third-party tester bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $350 at the $35,000 minimum. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard third-party tester bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the DMV. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your testing 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 DMV
Submit the executed bond with your third-party company or school application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the DMV insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the third-party tester bond actually covers
Nevada lets approved third-party companies and schools administer the skills test for a commercial driver's license, under the certification rules in NAC Chapter 483 and the DMV's third-party program. To be certified, a company or school must maintain a bond that backs the integrity of the testing it performs.
The bond pays to retest drivers and covers monetary damages if the company or school — or one of its certifiers — fraudulently administers skills tests or otherwise violates Chapter 483. Its amount is keyed to your annual testing volume: not less than $35,000 for up to 100 applicants a year, $70,000 up to 200, $100,000 up to 300, and $175,000 above 300.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Testers who run honest exams treat the bond as a certification formality; no credit check up to $25,000, and we issue whatever amount your volume requires from $350.
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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 DMV. Submit the executed bond with your third-party company or school application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the DMV 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 testing volume requires — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the DMV.
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CDL third-party tester bond, issued today.
Pricing from $350. Enter the amount the DMV requires and file the same day.