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Expenditures Related to State Officers and Employees — Licensing Fees and Occupation Taxes
Notary License Fees and Bond Fees

A state agency may pay a notary license fee or notary bond fee for an employee of the agency, if providing notary services is part of the employee’s official duties.

State employees designated by a state agency to be a notary public are not required to purchase a notary bond. See Notary Without Bond Forms for Texas found on the State Office of Risk Management website.

Source [+]

Opinion of the Texas Attorney General No. MW-251 (1980).

Documentation Requirements [+]

  1. A state agency must retain documentation in its files that states if the employee for whom the notary license fees or notary bond fees are paid provides notary services as part of the employee’s official duties.
  2. Comptroller object 7205 must be used for the payment of a notary bond fee. Comptroller object 7210 must be used for the payment of a notary license fee. Comptroller object 7334 must be used for the purchase of a notary stamp or a notary record book.