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Illinois notary bonds, with E&O.
$50 flat.
Illinois requires every notary to file a $5,000 surety bond with the Secretary of State as a condition of the commission. This is the lean package — the required bond plus $5,000 of errors-and-omissions coverage — for $50 flat. The price you see is the checkout price, and the bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Apply in the name of the person being commissioned as the notary. Your details and an effective date — that's the application, no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Notary bonds are among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with your commission application
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your Illinois notary application to the Secretary of State. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees (and what the E&O does)
An Illinois notary bond is a public-protection guarantee. Under 5 ILCS 312/2-105, every notary must file a $5,000 surety bond with the Secretary of State before being commissioned. If a notary's misconduct or negligence causes someone a financial loss, the harmed member of the public can recover against the bond — up to $5,000.
The bond protects the public, not you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The $5,000 of errors-and-omissions coverage in this package is real insurance that protects you against your own honest mistakes, with no repayment. This is the lean tier — if you want a bigger cushion, the $25,000 E&O package is the upgrade.
Illinois modernized its notary law with Public Act 102-160, effective January 1, 2024 — adding education, an exam, and a journal requirement, plus a separate $25,000 bond for notaries who register to perform remote or electronic notarizations. This $5,000 package is for traditional, in-person commissions.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information. Apply in the notary's own name.
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Other Illinois notary bonds.
Not sure this is the one your license calls for? These are the other notary bonds we write in Illinois. Each has its own statute and bond amount.
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$50 flat for the $5,000 bond plus $5,000 E&O, no credit review, often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.