Indiana notary bonds.
$50 flat.
Indiana requires every notary to file a $25,000 surety bond to get a commission from the Secretary of State. Ours is $50 flat, one-time, and it covers your full 8-year commission. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does an Indiana notary bond cost?
$50 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Your name and details (request the bond in the name of the individual becoming a notary) and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Notary bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with your commission application
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Indiana Secretary of State notary commission application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the notary bond actually guarantees
An Indiana notary bond is a public-protection guarantee. As a notary you verify identities and witness signatures on important documents — the state wants a financial backstop in case a notary’s misconduct or negligence harms a member of the public.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Indiana (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If a notary acts improperly — notarizing for someone committing fraud, or failing to witness a signature — a harmed person can recover against the $25,000 bond.
The bond is required for your commission and runs the full 8-year term under IC 33-42-12-1. It protects the public, not you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. (Want coverage for your own honest mistakes? See our notary bond with E&O.)
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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 $25,000 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 8-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 commission application. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Indiana Secretary of State notary commission application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $50 at the $25,000 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 — request the bond in the name of the individual becoming a notary. No credit check.
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Other Indiana notary bonds.
Not sure this is the one your license calls for? These are the other notary bonds we write in Indiana. Each has its own statute and bond amount.
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$50 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.