KS notary bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Kansas requires every notary to file a $12,000 bond with the Secretary of State under K.S.A. 53-5a22, for the four-year commission term. At a flat 3% that math lands below our floor, so the price is our $275 minimum — and notary bonds are the fastest thing we issue.
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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 check 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 your commission
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Secretary of State notary appointment application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$12,000 bond × 3% = $360, but for notaries we hold the price at our $275 minimum — one-time for the commission term. The Kansas commission runs four years.
What it is and who needs it.
What the notary bond actually guarantees
A Kansas notary bond is a public-protection guarantee. The Secretary of State commissions you to witness signatures and administer oaths, and the state wants a financial backstop standing behind your official acts under K.S.A. 53-5a22.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Kansas (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If a notary's misconduct or negligence harms someone, the harmed person can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. The bond is not insurance for you, which is why many notaries add errors-and-omissions coverage that protects them directly.
The Kansas notary bond amount rose to $12,000 effective January 1, 2022, and the bond is written for the four-year commission term. The form on this page also carries optional E&O coverage — confirm the amount and coverage you want on the application.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.