Arizona requires every notary to file a fixed $5,000 bond with the Secretary of State before the commission issues — ours is $275 flat (the $275 minimum, since 3% of $5,000 is below it). The application is five minutes, and notary bonds are the fastest thing we issue.
















Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Your details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Notary bonds are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your notary commission within 30 days of issuance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond, $275 flat (the $275 minimum applies, since 3% of $5,000 is below it). Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
An Arizona notary bond is a public-protection guarantee. You take acknowledgments and administer oaths, and the state wants a financial backstop that you'll perform your notarial duties lawfully and honestly during your commission.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Arizona (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If a notary violates Arizona notary law and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
The bond must be filed within 30 days of issuance, and the commission runs four years. We track your dates and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous so your commission never lapses over a missed email.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.