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Application Procedures
New and Renewing Notary Packages
Renewing Notary Packages do not come with a notary journal
Our New and Renewal Notary Packages include your required $7,500 North Dakota Notary Bond. The State of North Dakota requires purchasing your notary bond, which you will need to send along with your notary application. The price for this notary bond is the same if purchased with one of our packages or purchased separately.
Step 1: Order the required $7,500 Surety Bond from The Notary's Store
Please visit The Notary's Store you will be entering the North Dakota section for your official surety bond and other notary supplies. We offer a New Notary Supply Package and a Renewing Notary Supply Package which include your required $7,500 North Dakota Notary Bond, North Dakota Notary Seal/Stamp and officially recommended North Dakota Notary Journal which can provide records of your notarial acts, in case a notarial act is ever called into question, and other needed notary supplies at a special reduced price. To order, enter the required information and scroll down through the page to locate the notary packages, or purchase your required $7,500 North Dakota notary bond, notary seal stamp and officially recommended notary journal separately, and any other products you would like to purchase. Follow the instructions through checkout. If you decide to purchase one of our Notary Packages which has your notary seal in it, this seal can not be sent to you until we have your "Certificate of Authorization" from the state. When this is mailed to us we then can legally make your official seal (Refer to Step 3 below). Once you have your official bond you may proceed with step 2.
When you receive your surety bond make a copy for your records, as the original will be sent with the application.
Note: An Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy does not replace a bond, but will help to repay the bonding company if a claim is ever made. Errors and Omissions is not required by law, but may be purchased as it protects the notary public and pays for any charges the notary might owe for legal fees and costs should the notary be sued.
Step 2: Download and complete the North Dakota Notary Public Application
North Dakota Notary Application
Complete the application according to the instructions provided. You will need to contact a commissioned notary public to complete the affidavit of qualifications and oath of office. Make arrangements to have a notary public take your acknowledgment under oath or affirmation that the information provided in the application is true. The Notary Search feature from Notary-services.com can be helpful in contacting a notary public. Simply click the link below, enter your home ZIP code and click search for a list of notaries public in your area: Click here Notary Search
The completed application, your surety bond and a $36.00 filing fee made payable to the "Secretary of State" should be sent to the following address:
Secretary of State
State of North Dakota
600 E Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 108, 1st Floor
Bismarck, ND 58505-0500
After the receipt of the fee, application and surety bond, you will be issued an authorization letter which authorizes a vendor to provide you with an official notary seal/stamp.
Step 3: Order your Official Seal from The Notary's Store
The State of North Dakota requires all notaries public to purchase a North Dakota notary seal/stamp to authenticate their notarial acts. Please revisit The Notary's Store you will be entering the North Dakota section for your official notary seal/stamp. If you haven't already purchased your required North Dakota notary seal stamp you can do so now. To order, enter the required information and scroll down through the page to locate the notary seal stamp and then follow the instructions through checkout. Once you have your official notary seal/stamp you may proceed with step 4.
You will need to mail the original certificate of authorization letter you received from the state to us before we may legally make your official seal or stamp. Certificates should be mailed to:
Notary Learning Center
PO Box 41400
Des Moines, IA 50311-0507
Step 4: File your official seal impression with the Secretary of State's office
Once you receive your official seal/stamp, an impression of the seal/stamp must be affixed to the Certificate of Authorization and returned to the Secretary of State's office. After the certificate is received, approved and filed, the Secretary of State will issue an official notary commission. Under no circumstances may an applicant commence with the duties of the notary public until such time their official commission has been issued by the Secretary of State.
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