IN notary bonds.
$250 flat.
Indiana requires every notary public to file a $25,000 surety bond before the Secretary of State will commission them — ours is $250 flat. This bond runs the eight-year commission term, and you can add $10,000 in E&O coverage for your own protection.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 upload with your INBiz notary commission application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A notary bond is a public-protection guarantee. You take acknowledgments and administer oaths that people rely on — Indiana wants a financial backstop that you'll perform notarial acts honestly and within the law.
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 party. If a notary's misconduct or negligence in a notarization harms someone, the harmed party can recover against the $25,000 bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
The bond is not insurance for you. That's what the optional $10,000 errors & omissions policy is for — E&O covers your own legal costs and honest mistakes, while the bond protects the public. Many notaries carry both.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information, because this bond doesn't need it.
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$250 flat on the bond, short application, often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.