ID notary bonds.
$125 flat.
Idaho requires every notary applicant to file a $10,000 assurance — a surety bond — with the Secretary of State under Idaho Code §51-121. The price you see is the checkout price: $125 flat, and it covers the entire six-year commission.
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Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your details, your commission expiration date, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit fields.
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 the Secretary of State
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your notary commission application to the Secretary of State. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the notary bond actually guarantees
An Idaho notary bond is a $10,000 assurance that protects the public against financial loss from a notary's misconduct. Under Idaho Code §51-121, an applicant for a commission must submit the assurance — a surety bond or its functional equivalent — to the Secretary of State at the time of application.
It is a three-party guarantee: you (the principal), the surety, and the public of Idaho as the protected parties. If a notary violates the law governing notaries and someone is harmed, that party can recover against the assurance, and the surety is liable up to the $10,000 penal sum.
The assurance covers acts performed during the term of your commission, which the Secretary of State issues for six years. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. One $125 bond covers the whole commission.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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$125 flat for the full six-year commission, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.