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NRS 240.001 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 240.001 to 240.206, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 240.002 - "Acknowledgment" defined. - "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by a person that he or...
NRS 240.0025 - "Credible witness" defined. - "Credible witness" means a person who: 1. Swears or affirms...
NRS 240.0028 - "Domestic partners" defined. - "Domestic partners" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 240.003 - "In a representative capacity" defined. - "In a representative capacity" means: 1. For and on behalf...
NRS 240.0035 - "Jurat" defined. - "Jurat" means a declaration by a notarial officer that the...
NRS 240.004 - "Notarial act" defined. - "Notarial act" means an act that a notarial officer of...
NRS 240.005 - "Notarial officer" defined. - "Notarial officer" means a notary public or an officer authorized...
NRS 240.0055 - "Notarial record" defined. - "Notarial record" means: 1. The journal that a notary public...
NRS 240.0063 - "Notary public" defined. - "Notary public" means a person appointed to perform a notarial...
NRS 240.0065 - "Person" defined. - "Person" means a natural person. (Added to NRS by 2013,...
NRS 240.0067 - "State" defined. - "State" means a state of the United States, the District...
NRS 240.007 - Information and documents filed with or obtained by Secretary of State: Public examination; confidentiality; disclosure. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 240.010 - Appointment by Secretary of State; cancellation of appointment; unlawful acts; injunctive relief. - 1. The Secretary of State may appoint notaries public in...
NRS 240.015 - General qualifications; conditions for appointment of resident of adjoining state. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person...
NRS 240.0155 - Prohibition on collecting social security numbers or alternative personally identifying number from notary public or applicant for appointment as notary public. - The Secretary of State shall not collect the social security...
NRS 240.017 - Regulations of Secretary of State. - The Secretary of State: 1. May adopt regulations: (a) Prescribing...
NRS 240.018 - Courses of study for mandatory training of notaries public; fees; persons required to enroll in and successfully complete course of study; Notary Public Training Account; disposition of excess fees. - 1. The Secretary of State may: (a) Provide courses of...
NRS 240.020 - Powers limited to areas within this State; term of office. - A person appointed as a notary public pursuant to this...
NRS 240.030 - Application for appointment; oath and bond; fingerprints; additional requirements for resident of adjoining state; commencement of term; fee for original, duplicate or amended certificate of appointment. - 1. Each person applying for appointment as a notary public...
NRS 240.031 - Annual submission of copy of business license by resident of adjoining state. - A notary public who is a resident of an adjoining...
NRS 240.033 - Requirements for bond; notification of exhaustion of penal sum; release of surety; suspension of appointment; reinstatement of appointment. - 1. The bond required to be filed pursuant to NRS...
NRS 240.036 - Amended certificate of appointment: Required for certain changes in information; suspension for failure to obtain; fee; issuance. - 1. If, at any time during his or her appointment,...
NRS 240.040 - Use of stamp; embossed notarial seal not required; requirements of stamp; storage of stamp. - 1. The statement required by paragraph (d) of subsection 1...
NRS 240.045 - Replacement of lost or inoperable stamp; prerequisite to production of stamp. - 1. If the stamp of a notary public is lost,...
NRS 240.051 - Actions required upon resignation or death of notary public. - 1. If a notary public resigns or dies during his...
NRS 240.060 - Powers of notary public. - A notary public may, during normal business hours, perform notarial...
NRS 240.061 - Performance of authorized notarial acts; restricted notarial acts. - 1. A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized...
NRS 240.062 - Personal knowledge of identity. - For the purposes of NRS 240.001 to 240.169, inclusive, a...
NRS 240.063 - Evidentiary effect of signature; limitations on evidentiary effect of certification of documents. - 1. The signature of a notary public on a document...
NRS 240.065 - Restrictions on powers of notary public; exceptions. - 1. A notary public may not perform a notarial act...
NRS 240.075 - Prohibited acts. - A notary public shall not: 1. Influence a person to...
NRS 240.085 - Advertisements in language other than English to contain notice if notary public is not an attorney; use of certain non-English terms in advertisements prohibited; penalties. - 1. Every notary public who is not an attorney licensed...
NRS 240.100 - Fees for services; additional fees for travel expenses; notarial acts performed within and outside scope of employment. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a notary...
NRS 240.110 - Posting of table of fees. - If a notary public charges fees for performing notarial acts,...
NRS 240.120 - Journal of notarial acts: Duty to maintain; contents; verification based upon credible witness; copy of entry; storage; period of retention; report of loss or theft; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each notary...
NRS 240.130 - Only authorized fees to be charged. - A notary public shall not charge a fee to perform...
NRS 240.143 - Unlawful possession of certain personal property of notary public. - 1. The following items are the personal property of a...
NRS 240.145 - Unlawful reproduction or use of completed notarial certificate; penalty. - 1. It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Photocopy...
NRS 240.147 - Unlawful destruction, defacement or concealment of notarial record. - It is unlawful for a person to knowingly destroy, deface...
NRS 240.150 - Liability for misconduct or neglect; liability of employer; penalties for willful violation or neglect of duty; procedure upon revocation or suspension. - 1. For misconduct or neglect in a case in which...
NRS 240.155 - Notarization of signature of person not in presence of notary public unlawful; penalty. - 1. A notary public who is appointed pursuant to this...
NRS 240.161 - Short title; uniformity of application and construction. - 1. NRS 240.161 to 240.169, inclusive, may be cited as...
NRS 240.1635 - Notarial acts in this State. - 1. A notarial act may be performed within this State...
NRS 240.164 - Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of United States. - 1. A notarial act has the same effect under the...
NRS 240.1645 - Notarial acts under federal authority. - 1. A notarial act has the same effect under the...
NRS 240.165 - Foreign notarial acts. - 1. A notarial act has the same effect under the...
NRS 240.1655 - Notarial acts. - 1. A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate...
NRS 240.1657 - Authentication of signature of notarial officer by Secretary of State; limitation on actions brought against Secretary of State; prohibited acts; penalties; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Secretary...
NRS 240.166 - Short form for acknowledgment in individual capacity. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.1663 - Short form for administering oath or affirmation of office. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.1665 - Short form for acknowledgment in representative capacity. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.1667 - Short form for acknowledgment containing power of attorney. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.167 - Short form for execution of jurat. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.168 - Short form for certifying copy of document. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.1685 - Short form for jurat of subscribing witness. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.169 - Short form for acknowledgment of credible witness. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.1655, the following...
NRS 240.175 - Criminal penalties. - A person who willfully violates a provision of NRS 240.001...
NRS 240.181 - Short title. - NRS 240.181 to 240.206, inclusive, may be cited as the...
NRS 240.182 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 240.181 to 240.206, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 240.1821 - "Audio-video communication" defined. - "Audio-video communication" means communication by which a person is able...
NRS 240.1823 - "Credential" defined. - "Credential" means a tangible record evidencing the identity of a...
NRS 240.1825 - "Dynamic knowledge-based authentication assessment" defined. - "Dynamic knowledge-based authentication assessment" means an identity assessment that is...
NRS 240.183 - "Electronic" defined. - "Electronic" means of or relating to technology having electrical, digital,...
NRS 240.184 - "Electronic document" defined. - "Electronic document" means a document that is created, generated, sent,...
NRS 240.185 - "Electronic notarial act" defined. - "Electronic notarial act" means an act that an electronic notary...
NRS 240.186 - "Electronic notary public" defined. - "Electronic notary public" means a person registered with the Secretary...
NRS 240.187 - "Electronic seal" defined. - "Electronic seal" means information within a notarized electronic document that...
NRS 240.188 - "Electronic signature" defined. - "Electronic signature" means an electronic symbol or process attached to...
NRS 240.1882 - "In the presence of" or "appear before" defined. - "In the presence of" or "appear before" means being: 1....
NRS 240.189 - Applicability. - An electronic notary public shall comply with those provisions of...
NRS 240.191 - Unlawful acts; injunctive relief. - 1. It is unlawful for a person to: (a) Represent...
NRS 240.192 - Registration; oath and bond; fee; electronic notary public. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each person...
NRS 240.194 - Period of registration; suspension of registration by operation of law; changes of information. - 1. The period of registration of an electronic notary public...
NRS 240.1943 - Course of study for registration. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a notary...
NRS 240.195 - Courses of study required; persons required to successfully complete course of study; fees; regulations. - 1. In addition to any courses of study a notary...
NRS 240.196 - Powers of electronic notary public. - A person registered as an electronic notary public pursuant to...
NRS 240.197 - Fees for services; additional fees for travel expenses; electronic notarial acts performed within and outside scope of employment; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) An...
NRS 240.198 - Notarization of signature of person not in presence of notary public unlawful; penalty; powers limited to areas within this State; certain notarial acts deemed performed within this State. - Except as otherwise specifically provided by law: 1. An electronic...
NRS 240.199 - Evidence of electronic notarial act; electronic document to be tamper-evident. - 1. An electronic notarial act must be evidenced by the...
NRS 240.19902 - Short form for certifying copy of electronic document. - Upon compliance with the requirements of NRS 240.199, the following...
NRS 240.1991 - Requirements for use of audio-video communication: Technology. - 1. An electronic notary public may perform any of the...
NRS 240.1993 - Requirements for use of audio-video communication: Location. - 1. An electronic notary public may perform an electronic notarial...
NRS 240.1995 - Duty to record electronic notarial acts performed using audio-video communication; identification by personal knowledge or credible witness; period of retention. - 1. An electronic notary public shall arrange for a recording...
NRS 240.1997 - Electronic notarial acts using audio-video communication: Confirmation of identity. - 1. For the purposes of performing an electronic notarial act...
NRS 240.1999 - Recording certain electronic documents relating to real property. - 1. If an electronic document relating to real property located...
NRS 240.201 - Duty to keep electronic journal of electronic notarial acts; suspension of registration for failure to produce electronic journal entry; period of retention of notarial records upon surrender, revocation or expiration of registration. - 1. An electronic notary public shall keep an electronic journal...
NRS 240.202 - Use of electronic signature and electronic seal; safeguarding of electronic signature, electronic seal and notarial records; maintenance of technology or device used to create electronic signature. - 1. The electronic signature and electronic seal of an electronic...
NRS 240.203 - Notice to Secretary of State of death of electronic notary public or surrender, revocation or expiration of registration; duty to erase, delete, destroy or otherwise render ineffective notary’s electronic signature technology or device. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an...
NRS 240.204 - Unlawful acts. - 1. A person who knowingly creates, manufactures or distributes software...
NRS 240.205 - Authentication of signature of electronic notary public by Secretary of State; penalty; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Secretary...
NRS 240.206 - Regulations. - The Secretary of State may adopt regulations to carry out...
NRS 240.240 - Creation of office. - The office of commissioned abstracter, in and for the several...
NRS 240.250 - Appointment and commission. - The Secretary of State is empowered to appoint and commission...
NRS 240.260 - Term of office. - The term of office of a commissioned abstracter shall be...
NRS 240.270 - Fee for commission; oath and bond. - 1. Each commissioned abstracter, before entering upon the acts authorized...
NRS 240.280 - Seal. - 1. Each commissioned abstracter shall provide an official seal with...
NRS 240.290 - Acts may be performed anywhere in State. - All acts of any commissioned abstracter performed anywhere within this...
NRS 240.300 - Powers. - A commissioned abstracter shall have authority: 1. To make search...
NRS 240.310 - Fees. - Each commissioned abstracter shall be entitled to charge and receive,...
NRS 240.320 - Revocation of commission. - The Secretary of State may at any time, for cause,...
NRS 240.330 - Penalties. - 1. For any misconduct or neglect in any of the...