Illinois remote notary bonds.
$130 flat.
Illinois notaries who register to perform remote or electronic notarizations must carry an additional $25,000 bond on top of the traditional $5,000 — a combined $30,000 of surety. This package covers both plus $25,000 of E&O, all for $130 flat. No credit check.
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How much does an Illinois remote notary bond cost?
$130 at the $30,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Even the remote notary package is simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Apply in the name of the person being commissioned. Your details and an effective date — that's the application, no financials, no credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Notary bonds are among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with your remote-notary registration
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your Illinois notary commission and your separate remote/electronic registration with the Secretary of State. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the remote notary bond actually covers
Illinois modernized its notary law with Public Act 102-160, effective January 1, 2024, authorizing electronic and remote (audio-video) notarization for the first time. A notary who registers to perform those notarizations must obtain and maintain a $25,000 surety bond in addition to the $5,000 traditional bond every notary already carries under 5 ILCS 312.
This package covers the full $30,000 of combined surety — the $5,000 traditional bond plus the $25,000 remote/electronic bond — so a single filing satisfies both. Like every notary bond, the surety protects the public: if the surety pays a claim, you repay it.
On top of that, the package adds $25,000 of errors-and-omissions coverage — real insurance that protects you against your own honest mistakes, which matters more when you're notarizing for people you never meet in person. The bond is the requirement; the E&O is the cushion.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $30,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The carrier issues this bond for a single 4-year term; the term cannot be changed at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with your remote-notary registration. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your Illinois notary commission and your separate remote/electronic registration with the Secretary of State. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $130 at the $30,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check. Apply in the notary's own name, then complete your remote/electronic registration with the Secretary of State.
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Register as a remote notary today.
$130 flat for $30,000 of surety plus $25,000 E&O, no credit check, often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.