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Yes, and Nevada does not publish a table. The bond runs anywhere from $1,000 to $500,000, and the Board fixes your amount from your license type, your monetary limit, your financial responsibility, your experience, and your character.
Yes. Nevada requires a contractor license, and the Board sets both your monetary limit and your bond amount as part of licensure.
The bond can vary in amount from $1,000 to $500,000 based on the type of license, the monetary limit granted, past, present or future financial responsibility, and the experience and character of the applicant. Where a consumer protection bond or cash deposit applies, the Board fixes the amount with reference to the contractor's financial and professional responsibility and the magnitude of operations, but it must be not less than $10,000 and not more than $400,000.
This is the most underwriting-driven license bond in our footprint. Because the Board reads your financial statements to set both the bond and your monetary limit, the quality of those statements is the whole conversation. A contractor who treats financial reporting as a compliance chore gets a lower limit and a larger bond than one who treats it as a growth tool - and the same statements are what a surety reads for performance and payment bonds.
Nevada also sets a monetary limit on each license, which caps the size of a single contract you may take. Raising that limit is a separate application supported by financial statements, so the bond and the limit move together.
You do not pay the face amount of the bond. You pay a premium, which is a percentage of it, and that percentage is set by underwriting - primarily your personal credit, how long you have been in business, and your financial position. A contractor with strong credit pays a small fraction of the bond amount. A contractor with credit problems pays more, and sometimes needs a market built for that situation, which we have.
We do not quote rates on a web page, and anyone who does is guessing at your file. For the mechanics of how bond pricing works, see how much contractor bonds cost. For a real number, call us.
This is the distinction that costs Nevada contractors work. A license bond is what the state or the city requires before it will let you operate. It is a fixed amount, it renews annually, and it protects the public. It says nothing about whether you can bond a job.
A performance bond is different. That is job-specific, written at the full contract value, and it is what an owner requires before awarding you the work. Contractors who assume their license bond makes them "bonded" find out otherwise the first time they try to bid public work.
The two are connected in one direction that matters: the financial file that gets you a license bond easily is the same file a surety underwriter reads when you ask for a performance bond. Building it properly now is what makes the bigger bond reachable later. See how contractors qualify for bonds and how a bond program gets built.
A license bond is also not insurance. It does not protect you - if a claim is paid, you reimburse the surety. See surety bonds versus insurance.
Our team writes contractor license bonds nationally and we never decline a submission - our job is to find the path to yes. Tell us the classification you are applying for and we will tell you what it takes. If you are building toward bigger work, we will look at the whole program, not just the bond in front of you.
Call the Grit team: (801) 505-5500
Yes, and Nevada does not publish a table. The bond runs anywhere from $1,000 to $500,000, and the Board fixes your amount from your license type, your monetary limit, your financial responsibility, your experience, and your character.
Nevada does not use a single amount. The bond can vary in amount from $1,000 to $500,000 based on the type of license, the monetary limit granted, past, present or future financial responsibility, and the experience and character of the applicant. Where a consumer protection bond or cash deposit applies, the Board fixes the amount with reference to the contractor's financial and professional responsibility and the magnitude of operations, but it must be not less than $10,000 and not more than $400,000.
No. A license bond is a fixed annual requirement to hold your license and it protects the public. A performance bond is job-specific, written at the full contract value, and required by the project owner before award. Holding a license bond does not mean you can bond a job.
No. A surety bond protects the party the bond runs to. If a claim is paid on your bond, you reimburse the surety. Liability insurance protects your business; a bond does not.
A note on the details: Bond amounts, licensing thresholds, and filing rules change, and they vary by classification and by the agency issuing the license. Use this page as a starting point, not as legal advice. Confirm the current requirement with the licensing authority before you file, and confirm your own bond requirement with a licensed member of our team.
Already licensed and looking for work to bid? See where to find public construction work to bid on in Nevada, and the national guide to contractor license and permit bonds.