IL remote notary bonds.
$130. Five minutes.
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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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 section.
Pay & e-sign
Notary bonds are among the bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
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$30,000 combined surety + $25,000 E&O = $130 flat per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section. 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, five-minute application, often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.