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SD House Bill 1133

Legislation

State: South Dakota
Signed: March 11, 2025

Effective: July 01, 2025
Chapter: TBD

Summary

House Bill 1133 eliminates the $5,000 Notary Public surety bond requirement.

Affects

Amends Sections 18-1-2 and 18-1-3 of the South Dakota Century Code.

Changes
  1. Eliminates the $5,000 Notary bond.
Analysis

House Bill 1133 does away with the $5,000 Notary surety bond. The NNA wrote a letter of opposition to the House committee assigned to the bill as well as to the Governor requesting his veto. The NNA believes surety bonds protect the public and keeps Notaries aware of their financial liability when performing notarial acts, but the bill author characterized his bill as a “targeted and common-sense change.”

Read House Bill 1133.

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