AZ notary bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Every Arizona notary must file a $5,000 surety bond with the Secretary of State before a commission issues, under A.R.S. 41-269. Ours is $275 flat — the 3% minimum — with no credit check, issued instantly. This is the bond only, without E&O coverage.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Your name and the effective date. That’s the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up.
Pay & e-sign
Notary bonds issue right after purchase — you finish the application and have the executed bond in the same sitting.
File with the Secretary of State
Submit the original bond with your notary application within the state’s filing window (the SOS accepts a bond issued no more than 60 days before and up to 30 days after commissioning). Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which rounds up to our $275 minimum. One price, every Arizona notary, for the four-year commission term.
What it is and who needs it.
What the notary bond actually guarantees
An Arizona notary bond is a public-protection guarantee, not insurance for you. Under A.R.S. 41-269, the Secretary of State conditions a notary commission on a $5,000 surety bond — it protects members of the public who are financially harmed by a notary’s misconduct or failure to follow notary law.
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 party. If a notary improperly notarizes a signature and someone is harmed, the harmed party can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
This is the bond only, without errors-and-omissions (E&O) coverage. E&O is optional insurance that protects the notary against their own honest mistakes; the bond protects the public. Arizona commissions run a four-year term, and the SOS accepts a bond issued no more than 60 days before, or 30 days after, your commission date.
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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.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.