Your score email contains the link that generates your official notary application — that starts the clock. Then, inside your 90-day validity window: buy a $5,000 four-year surety bond (in duplicate) from a licensed surety, complete the application online at azsos.gov, print and sign it by hand (no electronic submission), and mail one package — signed application, original bond, and $43 in fees ($25 application + $18 bond filing) by check or money order — to the Secretary of State, with tracking. Course Lessons 24 and 25 walk every step; the full written version is How to Become an Arizona Notary in 8 Steps.
