Nevada wrecker bonds.
$500 flat.
Nevada will not issue an automobile-wrecker license until the wrecker files a $50,000 bond with the DMV under NRS 487.060. Ours is $500 flat — identical for every wrecker, the price you see is the checkout price. A soft credit check may apply — never a hard inquiry; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does a Nevada wrecker bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to licensed.
Your wrecker license is waiting on this bond. Here's the whole thing — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the DMV
Pay online and receive the executed bond (form OBL269), ready to file with your wrecker license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the wrecker bond actually guarantees
Nevada licenses automobile wreckers through the DMV under NRS Chapter 487. NRS 487.060 provides that no wrecker license issues until the applicant files a $50,000 corporate surety bond, approved as to form by the Attorney General, conditioned on conducting business without fraud or fraudulent representation and without violating the wrecker provisions of the chapter.
The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: any person injured by the wrecker’s violation of those provisions may apply to the Director for compensation from the bond. It’s a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Nevada with harmed parties as beneficiaries.
A wrecker licensed for five years or more in good standing may, by agreement with the Department, qualify for a reduced bond — but never below $5,000. Until then the amount is $50,000. We issue it at $500 flat with a quick soft credit check that never affects your score; if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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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 $50,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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
E-sign & file with the DMV. Pay online and receive the executed bond (form OBL269), ready to file with your wrecker license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.