LA notary bonds.
$1,500. Five minutes.
Since February 1, 2026, every non-attorney Louisiana notary must carry a $50,000 surety bond under R.S. 35:71 — and errors-and-omissions insurance no longer satisfies the filing. Ours is $1,500 flat, 3% of the bond amount, and it issues fast.
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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 like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Clerk of Court
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Clerk of Court (with the state’s filing fee). Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. The notary commission runs five years; you can buy a term to match.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Louisiana notary holds broad authority — far broader than in most states — to draft and execute legal acts. The state requires a notary bond as a public-protection guarantee: it stands behind the people who rely on the notary’s work if the notary commits a wrongful or negligent act in office.
Act 258 of 2025 (HB 259) amended R.S. 35:71, raising the required bond from $10,000 to $50,000 effective February 1, 2026, and eliminating the option to file errors-and-omissions insurance in its place. A notary may still carry E&O privately, but it no longer satisfies the state filing — a surety bond does.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond is filed with the Clerk of Court, and a Louisiana notary commission runs for five years, so most notaries set the bond up once per commission cycle.
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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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Meet the new notary bond rule today.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.