SD notary bonds.
Now optional — $275 if you want it.
Heads up: South Dakota no longer requires a notary bond. HB 1133 repealed the $5,000 bond requirement effective July 1, 2025, so a notary commission from the Secretary of State no longer needs one. If an employer, title company, or signing service still asks you to carry the $5,000 bond, we issue it at $275 flat, no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
If you still want the bond, it's the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your name, residential county, 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.
Hand it to whoever asked
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to give to the employer, title company, or signing service that requested it. Wet-ink original mailed on request. The Secretary of State no longer collects it.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our minimum premium is $275 — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What changed, and what the bond does
Through June 30, 2025, South Dakota required every notary to file a $5,000 surety bond before being commissioned. HB 1133 repealed that requirement effective July 1, 2025 — so a notary commission under SDCL Title 18, Chapter 18-1 no longer needs a bond. The application, oath of office, and $30 fee filed with the Secretary of State all remain; the bond does not.
Where the bond still shows up, it's by private contract, not state law. Employers, banks, title companies, and signing services sometimes require their notaries to carry a $5,000 bond as a condition of the work. If that's you, the bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it covers people harmed by an improper or negligent notarization.
It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and whoever required it, with the public as the protected party. If a claim is paid, you repay the surety, so it is not personal insurance for you. If nobody is requiring it, you don't need to buy one. We'd rather tell you that than sell you a bond the state stopped asking for.
You might still want this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one. And remember: the state no longer requires it.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Does South Dakota still require a notary bond? +
Then why would I buy one? +
How much is it if I do want it? +
Is there a credit check? +
How fast will I have the bond? +
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Only if someone asked you for it.
South Dakota dropped the mandate July 1, 2025. If your employer or signing service still wants the $5,000 bond, it is $275 flat, issued in one sitting. Free until issued.