MT notary bonds.
$750. Five minutes.
Montana requires every notary public to file a $25,000 surety bond with the Secretary of State for the full term of the commission. This one bundles in $10,000 of errors & omissions coverage to protect you personally, and it’s $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Your details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up.
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 Secretary of State
Your executed $25,000 bond and E&O documentation arrive by email, ready to file with your notary application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, including $10,000 of E&O coverage. Note: a Montana notary commission runs four years, so most notaries buy the bond to match the full term.
What it is and who needs it.
What the notary bond actually guarantees
Montana conditions a notary commission on a $25,000 surety bond filed with the Secretary of State under MCA 1-5-619, on the form the Secretary prescribes, for the full four-year term of the commission. The bond is a public-protection guarantee: it backs your faithful performance of notarial duties.
If a notary harms someone by violating notary law — notarizing without the signer present, helping a fraud, or other misconduct — the harmed party can recover against the $25,000 bond. The surety pays the public, then looks to the notary to repay it. So the bond does not protect you personally.
That is why this package adds $10,000 of errors & omissions (E&O) coverage. E&O is insurance for you — it helps defend and cover honest mistakes, where the bond only protects the public. Together they cover both sides for the life of your commission.
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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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$750 flat with $10,000 E&O included, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.