# Nevada — Process server licensing and bond requirements by US state — who must be licensed to serve legal papers, and the dollar bond or insurance figure the statute sets, quoted from the statute itself

For Nevada, when regulation applies is no person may: (a) Engage in the business of private investigator, private patrol officer, process server, repossessor, dog handler, security consultant, or polygraphic examiner or intern; or (b) Advertise his or her business as such, irrespective of the name or title actually used, Ê unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter; bond or insurance required is Is covered by a policy of insurance for protection against liability to third persons, with limits of liability in amounts not less than $200,000, written by an insurance company authorized to do business in this State; statute is NRS 648.060, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Nevada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **When regulation applies:** no person may: (a) Engage in the business of private investigator, private patrol officer, process server, repossessor, dog handler, security consultant, or polygraphic examiner or intern; or (b) Advertise his or her business as such, irrespective of the name or title actually used, Ê unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Bond or insurance required:** Is covered by a policy of insurance for protection against liability to third persons, with limits of liability in amounts not less than $200,000, written by an insurance company authorized to do business in this State _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** NRS 648.060 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> no person may: (a) Engage in the business of private investigator, private patrol officer, process server, repossessor, dog handler, security consultant, or polygraphic examiner or intern; or (b) Advertise his or her business as such, irrespective of the name or title actually used, Ê unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### When regulation applies

> no person may: (a) Engage in the business of private investigator, private patrol officer, process server, repossessor, dog handler, security consultant, or polygraphic examiner or intern; or (b) Advertise his or her business as such, irrespective of the name or title actually used, Ê unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter.

### Bond or insurance required

> Before issuing any license or annual renewal thereof, the Board shall require satisfactory proof that the applicant or licensee: (a) Is covered by a policy of insurance for protection against liability to third persons, with limits of liability in amounts not less than $200,000, written by an insurance company authorized to do business in this State; or (b) Possesses and will continue to possess sufficient means to act as a self-insurer against that liability.

### Statute

> NRS 648.060 License required to engage in or advertise business; registration required for employee of licensee.

## Source

- https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-648.html

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2028-09-01.
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