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Nevada — Commercial Drivers License (CDL) Third Party Company & School Business License Bond

Nevada's CDL-049 bond is for a third-party company or school administering commercial skills tests. The required sum depends on annual applicant volume, starting at $35,000 for 0–100 applicants. Match DMV's actual company or school authorization and current form; this is not a bond for an individual student seeking a CDL.

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Recorded state
Nevada
Bond type
CDL Third-Party Tester Bond
Category
Vehicles, titles & transportation

What this bond does

Provide the nonexempt third-party testing company or school's required continuous security on the accepted CDL-049 condition.

Who needs it
A non-government third-party company or school applying to certify the driving skills of its employees or students under DMV approval. A training-school license alone does not establish approval to administer CDL skills tests.
Who it protects
The posted CDL-049 allows persons or entities injured by the principal's or instructors' specified fraud, fraudulent representation or NRS/NAC Chapter 483 violations to bring an action in their own name against the surety. This State condition is broader than security only for DMV's driver re-testing costs.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

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.

Details for applicant volume and the continuous bond

DMV's current company/school application lists $35,000 for testing 0–100 applicants per calendar year, $70,000 for 101–200, $100,000 for 201–300 and $175,000 for 301 or more. It exempts a third-party company or school that is a government entity. Give DMV your expected annual volume and obtain its required sum. Confirm that the provider's application and issued undertaking match that requirement before paying.

CDL-049 binds the principal and surety to the State of Nevada and gives the specified injured person or entity a direct action. When a surety disputes a claim, an application may be made to the DMV Director for good cause; after notice and hearing the Director may authorize payment. This does not mean every unsuccessful student or training complaint automatically qualifies.

The form is continuous and limits total aggregate liability to the bond's total amount. The applicant-volume measure and annual certification process do not create a new limit for each claim or make the undertaking expire at year-end.

The surety's written cancellation notice must be sent by registered mail. Cancellation becomes effective 30 days after Nevada DMV's Field Services Division receives it, not 30 days after posting. Coordinate replacement with DMV rather than assuming an annual certificate renewal settles coverage.

Match the company or school's legal and doing-business-as names, county and effective date. Complete principal and surety execution, the attorney-in-fact signature and printed name, surety seal and agent countersignature required by the accepted form. DMV separately reviews testing vehicles, examiner qualifications, approved testing facilities and records; the bond is not their approval.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Identify the authorized third-party testing company or school, legal/DBA names and actual applicant status.
  2. Give DMV the anticipated calendar-year number of applicants and confirm the required security sum.
  3. Use the current accepted CDL-049 protected condition, aggregate limit and effective date.
  4. Complete principal, surety/attorney-in-fact, seal and agent-counterexecution requirements.
  5. File as DMV directs and coordinate continuous security, receipt-based cancellation notice and any replacement alongside separate tester approvals.

Questions about this bond

Is the bond always $35,000?

No. The current application sets $35,000 for 0–100 applicants per calendar year, $70,000 for 101–200, $100,000 for 201–300 and $175,000 for 301 or more. It exempts government-entity testers. Confirm the sum for the actual company or school and anticipated volume with DMV.

Does this protect only the State's cost of re-testing drivers?

No. CDL-049 gives persons or entities injured by the principal's or instructors' specified fraud, fraudulent representation or Chapter 483 violations a direct action against the surety, subject to the aggregate limit and applicable claim requirements.

What follows Purchase Now?

Propeller's Nevada CDL Third Party Company & School Business License application opens in a new tab. Match the actual tester, DMV-required sum, CDL-049 condition, aggregate limit, effective date and execution. Deliver the issued undertaking as directed and complete the separate testing approvals. Payment does not certify a company, school, examiner or individual driver.

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