This online service allows you to either: (1) apply for a new Notary Public Commission; (2) renew a Notary Public Commission; (3) add Electronic Notary. Each Notary Public Application must include a legible photocopy of your driver's license or state ID card.Detailed interactive instructions on how to fill out an Illinois Notary application. Complete a Notary Public Application and submit it for approval directly to the Secretary of State's Index Department. If you have not already completed a bond form, click here to complete our bond form. Complete the notarization. Fill out, sign, and affix your official seal to the Notary certificate.