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Missouri notary bonds.
$50. Four-year term.
Missouri requires every notary public to file a $10,000 surety bond with the Secretary of State for the four-year commission. Ours is $50 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond — and this one includes $10,000 of errors-and-omissions coverage to protect you, not just the public.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Notary bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Request the bond in the name of the individual being appointed as notary, add an effective date, and you're done — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Notary bonds issue right after purchase in most cases. The $10,000 E&O rides along with the bond.
File with the Secretary of State
Your executed bond arrives by email. File your signed oath and bond with the Secretary of State Notaries & Commissions unit within the deadline after you are sworn in by your county clerk. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Missouri notary bond is a public-protection guarantee. If a notary makes a serious error or commits misconduct in a notarial act that causes someone financial harm, that person can claim against the bond, and the surety may pay up to $10,000 to the injured party.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Missouri (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If the surety pays a claim on the bond, you repay the surety — the bond protects the public, not you.
That's why this bond also includes $10,000 of errors-and-omissions coverage: E&O is insurance that protects you if an honest mistake leads to a claim. The bond and the E&O together are the standard package Missouri notaries carry for the four-year commission.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — request the bond in the name of the person being appointed. No credit section, because this bond doesn't need one.
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Other Missouri notary bonds.
Not sure this is the one your license calls for? These are the other notary bonds we write in Missouri. Each has its own statute and bond amount.
Other Missouri bonds.
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$50 flat for the full four-year term, $10,000 E&O included, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.