A Nevada cosmetology school files a fixed $10,000 bond with the State Board of Cosmetology to protect students’ prepaid tuition. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, identical for every school. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















School bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
License 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 file with your cosmetology school license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Nevada licenses cosmetology schools through the State Board of Cosmetology under NRS Chapter 644A. The school bond is a tuition-protection guarantee: it stands behind students’ unearned, prepaid tuition so that if a school closes or fails to deliver the training paid for, students are not left empty-handed.
It is a three-party arrangement: the school (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Board together with the school’s students. If a school violates Chapter 644A or fails to refund unearned tuition, a harmed student can recover against the bond.
One honest note on the statute. NRS 644A.720, which had spelled out the school surety-bond requirement, was repealed when Chapter 644 was reorganized into 644A — but the Board still requires a $10,000 school bond as a condition of licensure by rule. Confirm the current requirement with the Board; if it ever no longer applies to you, you should not be sold a bond you don't need.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.