Your notary bond does not protect you. It protects the public, and if the surety pays a claim it comes after you for the money. Errors and omissions is the one that pays for your own mistake.

Available in 35 states, with the coverage amount chosen at checkout. Most notaries buy and download the policy in a few minutes.

Lower limits are usually the right call

E&O is sold in steps, and the lowest ones cover the mistake a notary actually makes: a missed journal entry, a wrong date, an improper identification. The smaller policies handle those at a fraction of the cost of the high limits.

Buy a higher limit when someone else sets the number. Signing services and title companies often require a specific amount before they will add you to their list, and a lender may name a figure in writing. Short of that, the low end is usually enough.

Bond and E&O are not the same thing.

The bond is required by your state. It pays the public, and then you repay the surety. E&O is optional, it pays your defence and the claim, and you do not pay it back. Carrying one does not cover the other.

Where you can buy it

Every link below goes straight to checkout, where you pick your coverage amount.

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States where the bond already includes E&O

In these 9 states the notary bond comes with an E&O amount built in, so you buy once rather than twice.

StateProductE&O included
35 statesNotary Errors & Omissions Insuranceincluded
ArizonaNotary Public Bond ($35.00 includes $5,000 Errors and Omissions Policy)$5,000
FloridaNotary ONLINE Bond with $25,000 E&O$25,000
IndianaNotary Bond (with optional E&O)included
KansasNotary Public Bond w/ $10,000 E&O$10,000
KansasNotary Public Bond w/ $15,000 E&O$15,000
NebraskaNotary Bond with $15,000 E&O$15,000
NevadaNotary Public Bond ($50.00 includes $10,000 Errors and Omissions Policy)$10,000
New MexicoNotary Public Bond ($50.00 includes $10,000 Errors and Omissions Policy)$10,000
WashingtonNotary Bond w/ $5,000 E&O$5,000

Not listed?

Not every state has a notary E&O policy we can issue online. Tell us your state and the limit you were asked for, and we will come back with what is available.

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Disclaimer. This page is a general summary and is not legal advice. Notary requirements are set by each state and change. Coverage amounts shown are policy limits, not prices. What a policy covers, excludes and pays is governed by the policy itself, and this page does not create coverage or alter any policy. Availability and eligibility are subject to underwriting review and approval. Confirm your state's current requirement with its commissioning authority before you buy.