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Nebraska motor vehicle dealer bonds.
$500 flat.
Also known as the Nebraska auto dealer bond or car dealer bond.
Nebraska requires every licensed motor vehicle, trailer, wholesale, or motorcycle dealer to file a $50,000 bond with the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board. Ours is $500 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book, identical for every dealer. A quick soft credit check may apply; the bond is issued when you pay.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a quick soft credit check.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Licensing Board
Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond, ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Board insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Nebraska licenses motor vehicle, trailer, wholesale, and motorcycle dealers through the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, and conditions the license on a $50,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee backing your compliance with the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Act.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State together with harmed buyers and dealers (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, misapplies a customer’s money, or otherwise violates the Act, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Dealers who deliver clean title and keep good records treat the bond as a license formality.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a quick soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Other Nebraska motor vehicle dealer bonds.
Not sure this is the one your license calls for? These are the other motor vehicle dealer bonds we write in Nebraska. Each has its own statute and bond amount.
Other Nebraska bonds.
The Licensing Board is waiting on one document.
$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.