Notary Public Application Process

An Application for Michigan Notary Public Appointment must first be completed with your driver’s license number, full legal name, name as you wish to be appointed, date of birth, residential address, business address, telephone numbers, and, if a current notary, information about your current appointment.

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Notary Application Form .

To ensure that your appointment is accurately made, print or type your name on the application exactly as you intend to use it when notarizing documents. It is important that you sign the application exactly the way you wish to be appointed.

You must then obtain and file a surety bond (available through insurance agencies or bonding companies) in the amount of $10,000 with your respective county clerk. The fee for this filing at the county level is $10. At that time, the county clerk will also administer an Oath of Office, and verify that you have complied with these requirements by completing the designated area on the completed Notary Public Application. Your original signature must then be placed on the form, agreeing to all conditions stated.

After you have fulfilled the filing requirements at the county level, you must then forward your completed application (with a $10 non-refundable processing fee) to the following address:

Michigan Department of State, Office of the Great Seal
7064 Crowner Blvd.
Lansing, MI 48918.

Do not send cash; please send a check or money order payable to the "State of Michigan". Your notary commission certificate will then be mailed directly to your residence address as indicated on the application form. Your notary commission is not valid until you receive your certificate of commission in the mail.

What is a Notary Public? | Qualifications  | Application Process | Surety Bond Information | Oath of Office | Fees
Length of Appointment | Notarization of Document(s) | Foreign Language Documents | Restrictions | Notary Signing Agents
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