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Nevada — Document Preparer For An Individual Bond

For Nevada’s ordinary $25,000 individual surety filing, use the Secretary of State’s prescribed template with the individual as principal and any document-preparation DBA included. Entity coverage and a registrant’s multiple-business-entity arrangement have separate provisions. Wait for the Secretary’s filing instructions before purchasing through The Southern Agency; its application page expressly says not to buy until instructed.

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Recorded state
Nevada
Bond type
Legal Document Assistant Bond
Category
Professional & occupational licenses

What this bond does

The approved individual form names the State of Nevada as obligee. It benefits people determined in an action or proceeding to have suffered damage from the specified violations, wrongful failure to provide contracted services, fraud, negligence or other wrongful conduct, and covers specified unpaid amounts owed to the Secretary under NRS 240A.

Who needs it
An individual whom the Secretary instructs to use the ordinary $25,000 individual route, including the applicable sole-proprietor filing. Covered registered employees and independent contractors of an entity are exempt from a separate individual bond for that entity’s services. A registrant working under multiple business entities has separate provisions; this entry is not a universal $25,000 rule.
Who it protects
The form secures the stated document-service obligations and has an aggregate $25,000 limit. It does not authorize legal representation, guarantee a customer’s result or grant registration. The template provides for final, nonappealable Nevada judgments after written notice; State claim guidance also permits the surety to pay without awaiting court action.

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.

Use the individual’s name and the correct arrangement

For an NT7 sole proprietorship, the Secretary requires an individual principal and inclusion of any fictitious name used to conduct or advertise document-preparation services. Do not substitute a DBA alone or select a company form just because the work has a business name.

If you work for a business entity, current NRS 240A.123 exempts covered registered employees and independent contractors from a separate NRS 240A.120 bond for services provided for that entity. The Secretary’s guidance distinguishes a sole-proprietor employer from an eligible entity. Follow the actual arrangement-specific instructions rather than buying duplicate individual evidence automatically.

NRS 240A.124 and 240A.126 separately address a registrant performing services under a sole proprietorship or more than one business entity, with amounts tied to that arrangement. Obtain the Secretary’s current instructions before assuming the ordinary $25,000 template fits a multiple-entity filing.

The form covers defined misconduct and service duties

The mandatory individual template covers specified Chapter 240A/regulatory violations, wrongful refusal or failure to provide contracted services, fraud, dishonesty, negligence and other wrongful conduct. It also describes other-law awards by a competent Nevada court and specified unpaid civil penalties or attorney/court costs owed to the Secretary. A complaint alone does not establish an automatic payment.

The State’s claim instructions require written notice to the Secretary when an action is filed, allow court action for covered damages and state a three-year limit from the underlying act. Claims have equal priority and share proportionately if the amount is insufficient; a claimant may pursue the registrant for an unpaid balance. That three-year claim window is not an offered purchase term.

Wait for the State’s instruction, then file the original

The published application process says eligibility is checked first and filing instructions are emailed when qualifications are met. Do not purchase until instructed. If entity coverage applies, follow the Secretary’s current notification instructions for the covered arrangement. You cannot conduct the activity until the Certificate of Registration is received.

When the Secretary confirms this is the appropriate individual filing, Purchase Now opens Propeller in a new tab. Match the individual principal, DBA, $25,000 sum, State obligee, prescribed wording, and actual effective date. Nevada requires the original signed instrument for a new filing. The template includes surety/agent license details and principal/surety signatures; match the State’s actual execution instructions.

Provide annual evidence without assuming a one-year instrument

The registration is annual, with a renewal application at least 30 days before expiry. The instrument runs continuously unless canceled or exhausted, must cover registration and has a noncumulative aggregate limit. This public option does not label a term. The State requires annual renewal evidence and accepts a continuation certificate; obtain the currently accepted documentation from the issuer.

The individual form allows termination after 30 days’ written notice to the Secretary at its Las Vegas office by certified mail and to the principal, preserving claims from acts or omissions alleged during the effective period. Loss of required coverage or exhaustion suspends registration by operation of law. Replacing an instrument does not itself authorize work while registration remains suspended.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Secretary of State instructions confirming the ordinary $25,000 individual route and that it is time to obtain the instrument.
  2. Individual legal name, relevant DBA, actual entities under which services are performed, and any eligible entity coverage.
  3. Mandatory individual $25,000 template, State obligee, and accepted effective date.
  4. Original signed filing and issuer execution/license details; accepted annual continuation evidence when renewing.

Questions about this bond

Should I purchase before applying to register?

No. The Secretary’s published process says to wait until eligibility qualifications are met and its bond-filing instructions arrive.

Can a sole proprietor use a business-entity form?

The Secretary says no. An NT7 sole proprietor uses the individual form with the individual named as principal and the relevant DBA included. Its guidance also requires separate individual instruments for sole-proprietor employees and each spouse/domestic partner in that arrangement.

Does the $25,000 limit reset every year?

The individual template says the instrument runs continuously with an aggregate limit. Annual registration/continuation evidence does not promise a newly restored $25,000 every year.

Does cancellation end earlier covered claims?

The template preserves claims arising from acts or omissions alleged while it was effective. Follow the actual 30-day notice provisions and maintain required coverage; registration is suspended if required coverage ends or the amount is exhausted.

Does one individual always use a $25,000 bond?

No. NRS 240A.120 states a default subject to the entity-coverage and other provisions. Covered workers have the limited NRS 240A.123 exception, and NRS 240A.124 and 240A.126 address sole-proprietor or multiple-business-entity arrangements. Use the Secretary’s instructions for the actual filing, not a universal amount inferred from this title.

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