1. (a) The bond and statement of officer will be completed as follows.

   1. (1) All information entered on the application will be legible.
   2. (2) The name and social security number of the applicant will be entered in the space provided in the application.
   3. (3) The complete name of the insurance or bonding company will be entered in the spaces provided in the bond.
   4. (4) The name and address of the agent or agency will be entered in the space provided in the bond.
   5. (5) The applicant will sign in the space provided for signature for the principal. The surety officer or an attorney-in-fact for an insurance or bonding company will sign in the space provided and give the surety company's Texas Department of Insurance license number.
   6. (6) A bond form that is preprinted with a surety company's name may be used only by that surety for the issuance of a notary bond.
   7. (7) The applicant's name to be used as a notary public will be entered in the space provided in the statement of officer.
   8. (8) The applicant will execute the statement of officer before a notary public or other qualified officer and sign in the space provided for signature. Both the initial qualification as well as renewals require the referenced statement of officer.
2. (b) An applicant who is an officer or employee of a state agency is not required to complete the surety bond. Such applicants will follow the procedure described in §87.25 of this Chapter.
3. (c) In this Chapter, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2052.101 of the Government Code.

Source Note:The provisions of this §87.22 adopted to be effective March 20, 1980, 5 TexReg 968; amended to be effective October 7, 1992, 17 TexReg 6547; amended to be effective February 27, 1996, 21 TexReg 1269; amended to be effective September 1, 2002, 27 TexReg 7787.