AL notary public bonds.
$275 flat. Four years.
Alabama requires every notary to file a $50,000 surety bond, payable to the State of Alabama and approved by your county probate judge, before you perform any notarial acts. Ours is $275 flat for the full four-year term — not per year. This page is the bond without E&O coverage.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Notary bonds are about as simple as surety gets. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your name as it will appear on the commission, your county, and an effective date. No financials and no credit-check section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Notary bonds are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your probate judge
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to be approved, filed, and recorded in the probate office of your resident county. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond, $275 flat for the full four-year commission term. Not per year — one price, four years.
What it is and who needs it.
What the notary bond actually guarantees
An Alabama notary bond is a public-protection guarantee, not insurance for you. The bond stands behind your faithful performance of notarial duties — if you make an error or commit misconduct that financially harms someone relying on your notarization, that person can recover against the bond, up to $50,000.
Effective September 1, 2023, Alabama doubled the required bond from $25,000 to $50,000. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Alabama (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. The bond is approved by your county probate judge and recorded in that office.
This is the bond without E&O. Errors-and-omissions coverage is a separate, optional policy that protects you personally — the bond protects the public, and if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Many notaries add E&O for their own protection, but the state only requires the bond.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit-check section, because this bond doesn't have one. Request the bond in the name of the individual being appointed.
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Get commissioned without the wait.
$275 flat for four years, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.