LA notary public bonds.
$1,500. Five minutes.
Louisiana requires every notary public to file a $50,000 bond with the Secretary of State — ours is $1,500 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License 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
License bonds like this 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 and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Louisiana Secretary of State for your notary commission. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Louisiana notary public bond is a public-protection guarantee. Louisiana notaries hold unusually broad powers — they can draft and execute authentic acts — so the state wants a financial backstop that you'll perform your notarial duties faithfully and honestly.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Louisiana (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If a notary's error or misconduct harms someone, the harmed party can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
Note the 2026 change: effective February 1, 2026, the required bond rose from $10,000 to $50,000, and an errors-and-omissions policy no longer substitutes for the bond at the Secretary of State. You may still carry E&O for your own protection, but the $50,000 surety bond is what satisfies the filing.
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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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your notary filing today.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.