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Nevada — Document Preparer For At Least 2 But Not More Than 25 Registrants Bond

For a business entity filing under NRS 240A.123, two to 25 registered document preparers fall in the $50,000 bond tier. Current law counts registered employees and independent contractors, using the greatest number who will perform services at any time during the year. The Southern Agency’s entry concerns that worker-count tier, not the number of business entities under which one registrant performs services.

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

What this bond does

The entity files the bond with the Nevada Secretary of State on behalf of its covered registered preparers. For this two-to-25 route, the business entity is the principal; the Secretary’s posted $50,000 form names the State of Nevada as obligee. It is a specific business-entity filing, not an individual or sole-proprietor application.

Who needs it
A business entity with a peak roster of two to 25 registered employees or independent contractors performing document preparation services for it under NRS 240A.123. Count temporary and seasonal registrants too. A workforce that reaches 26 belongs outside this tier.
Who it protects
The condition protects clients and other persons with determined damages from specified covered-preparer conduct, including violations, wrongful service-contract failures, fraud, and negligence. It also secures certain unpaid Secretary of State civil penalties, attorney’s fees, and suit costs. The posted form limits aggregate surety liability to $50,000; it does not promise payment of every complaint.

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.

Count the covered registrants, including contractors

NRS 240A.125 uses the greatest number of registrants who will perform services for the entity at any point during the year, including temporary or seasonal work. The current statute includes both employees and independent contractors, not only the permanent payroll on the purchase date.

This is different from NRS 240A.124 and 240A.126, which address a registrant working under a sole proprietorship or more than one business entity. Do not use that separate business-entity count to select this employee/contractor-count tier.

Use the entity’s identity and the appropriate State form

The Secretary currently links a mandatory $50,000 business-entity template specifically for two to 25 registrants. It calls for the entity’s name, principal business location, organization details, authorized surety, and execution information. Have the actual covered roster and individual registrations ready; use the Secretary’s current directions for the arrangement.

The posted form runs continuously and covers the registrants’ registration periods, subject to its release terms. The Secretary requires annual proof of renewal even when coverage is continuous. Neither the annual filing cycle nor this unlabeled purchase option establishes a particular offered term.

Loss of coverage or exhaustion suspends the affected registrations under the statute. The form’s thirty-day release notice does not erase claims from conduct occurring while it was effective, and the aggregate amount does not reset merely because another year begins.

Wait for the Secretary’s filing instructions

The Secretary’s application guidance says instructions for filing the required bond are emailed after eligibility qualifications are met and specifically says not to purchase until instructed. Follow that timing and the actual State directions for the entity filing. Current law includes registered contractors even though some explanatory web text still describes employees only.

When ready, Purchase Now opens Propeller in a new tab. Compare the actual application and intended $50,000 entity instrument with the State instructions, legal principal, roster, and effective period before completing it. Use the Secretary’s directions for the signed document; a purchase does not register workers or authorize services before their Certificates of Registration are received.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Entity legal name, principal location, organization details, and actual Secretary filing instructions.
  2. Peak annual roster of registered employees and independent contractors, including temporary or seasonal preparers.
  3. The appropriate two-to-25 $50,000 entity template and the actual covered registrations/effective periods.
  4. Secretary eligibility/filing email before purchase and current renewal/continuation instructions.

Questions about this bond

Do registered independent contractors count toward the 25-person ceiling?

Yes. Current NRS 240A.123 and 240A.125 include contracted registrants as well as employees. Count the greatest number performing services at any time during the year, including temporary and seasonal work—not only the current payroll.

Does a covered worker need a second individual bond for the same entity work?

NRS 240A.123 exempts covered employees and independent contractors from a separate NRS 240A.120 bond for services provided for that entity. That does not automatically cover outside work or remove an individual’s registration requirements.

Is this the tier for one registrant working under several business entities?

No. This tier counts registered workers for the business entity’s NRS 240A.123 filing. A registrant’s sole-proprietor or multiple-business-entity arrangement has separate provisions in NRS 240A.124 and 240A.126. Follow the Secretary’s actual instructions for that arrangement.

Does the $50,000 figure establish the actual purchase option’s term?

No. It is the statutory amount for this entity tier and the amount on the Secretary’s corresponding template. The public option supplies neither an amount label nor a duration. Confirm the actual intended instrument and dates; annual proof of renewal is not a verified offered term.

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