UT notary bonds.
$50 flat.
Utah requires every notary to file a $5,000 surety bond with the Lieutenant Governor before the commission takes effect — for a four-year term. Ours is $50, and notary bonds issue instantly: short application, no credit section. This is the bond without errors-and-omissions coverage.
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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 section, no follow-up.
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 the Lieutenant Governor
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your notary commission application. Wet-ink original mailed on request. Your commission takes effect once the bond is on file.
What it is and who needs it.
What the notary bond actually guarantees
Under the Notaries Public Reform Act (Utah Code Title 46, Chapter 1), an individual's commission as a notary is effective only once they file a $5,000 surety bond with the Lieutenant Governor, for a four-year term that runs with the commission.
The bond is a public-protection guarantee, not insurance for the notary. It conditions payment to any person who is harmed by the notary's misconduct while acting within the scope of the commission — for example, an improper or fraudulent notarization.
If the surety pays a claim, the notary must repay the surety. This page covers the bond without errors-and-omissions (E&O) coverage — E&O is optional protection for the notary's own mistakes, separate from the required public bond.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond's application doesn't collect one.
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$50, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.