Nebraska — Private Detective Or Private Detective Agency Bond
Nebraska requires $10,000 security to be filed with the Secretary of State before the covered detective licence is issued or renewed and maintained continuously. Prepare your actual private-detective or agency file through The Southern Agency, keeping the legal licensee and employed investigators distinct.
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- Recorded state
- Nebraska
- Bond type
- Private Investigator / Detective Bond
- Category
- Professional & occupational licenses
What this bond does
Meet Nebraska Revised Statute §71-3207 with a surety company authorized in Nebraska. The Secretary of State receives the filing; use the accepted instrument’s formal recipient and principal wording, rather than assuming the State Patrol investigation makes that agency the obligee.
- Who needs it
- The private-detective or private-detective-agency applicant matching this licence and financial file. The condition expressly reaches plain-clothes investigators employed by the applicant/licensee; that does not establish that every employee should buy this product as a separate agency principal.
- Who it protects
- The condition covers faithful and honest conduct and compliance with §§71-3201–71-3213 by the applicant/licensee and employed plain-clothes investigators. A person injured by a willful, malicious or wrongful act of the licensee or an employee within the licence’s scope may bring an action. The statute caps the surety’s aggregate liability for all breaches at the stated sum; it does not promise $10,000 for every claimant.
Your bond option
This is the option on record for this bond.
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The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.
Sources
Have these ready
- Actual private-detective or agency licensee, legal/trade names and employed-investigator structure.
- Accepted $10,000 instrument and formal recipient wording for the Secretary of State file, through a Nebraska-authorized surety.
- Initial versus renewal instructions, both required signatures and original execution; check whether a continuation certificate fits existing security.
- Actual dates, continuous maintenance and current Secretary of State submission instructions, separate from the State Patrol licensing investigation.
Questions about this bond
Does renewal necessarily mean buying a new instrument?
No. The published Secretary of State instructions list a $10,000 bond or continuation certificate. Check the existing security and accepted renewal evidence before assuming a replacement purchase is necessary.
Is the financial document filed with the State Patrol?
Section 71-3207 identifies the secretary as the filing office; the Secretary of State instructions separately describe the State Patrol investigation. Follow the Licensing Office’s current directions and accepted formal recipient wording.
Is $10,000 available separately for every claimant?
The statute says the surety’s aggregate liability for all breaches cannot exceed the sum of the instrument. That is not a fresh $10,000 promise for every claim or an assurance that a complaint will be paid.
Does cancellation erase liability for earlier conduct?
No. The statute permits cancellation with thirty days’ notice to the secretary but expressly preserves liability that accrued before cancellation. Continuous maintenance remains a licensing duty.