2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 240A - Document Preparation Services
NRS 240A.030 - “Document preparation service” defined.

1. “Document preparation service” means a person who:

(a) For compensation and at the direction of a client, provides assistance to the client in a legal matter, including, without limitation:

(1) Preparing or completing any pleading, application or other document for the client;

(2) Translating an answer to a question posed in such a document;

(3) Securing any supporting document, such as a birth certificate, required in connection with the legal matter; or

(4) Submitting a completed document on behalf of the client to a court or administrative agency; or

(b) Holds himself or herself out as a person who provides such services.

2. The term does not include:

(a) A person who provides only secretarial or receptionist services.

(b) An attorney authorized to practice law in this State, or an employee of such an attorney who is paid directly by the attorney or law firm with whom the attorney is associated and who is acting in the course and scope of that employment.

(c) A law student certified by the State Bar of Nevada for training in the practice of law.

(d) A governmental entity or an employee of such an entity who is acting in the course and scope of that employment.

(e) A nonprofit organization which qualifies as a tax-exempt organization pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c) and which provides legal services to persons free of charge, or an employee of such an organization who is acting in the course and scope of that employment.

(f) A legal aid office or lawyer referral service operated, sponsored or approved by a duly accredited law school, a governmental entity, the State Bar of Nevada or any other bar association which is representative of the general bar of the geographical area in which the bar association exists, or an employee of such an office or service who is acting in the course and scope of that employment.

(g) A military legal assistance office or a person assigned to such an office who is acting in the course and scope of that assignment.

(h) A person licensed by or registered with an agency or entity of the United States Government acting within the scope of his or her license or registration, including, without limitation, an accredited immigration representative and an enrolled agent authorized to practice before the Internal Revenue Service, but not including a bankruptcy petition preparer as defined by section 110 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 110.

(i) A corporation, limited-liability company or other entity representing or acting for itself through an officer, manager, member or employee of the entity, or any such officer, manager, member or employee who is acting in the course and scope of that employment.

(j) A commercial wedding chapel.

(k) A person who provides legal forms or computer programs that enable another person to create legal documents.

(l) A commercial registered agent.

(m) A person who holds a license, permit, certificate, registration or any other type of authorization required by chapter 645 or 692A of NRS, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, and is acting within the scope of that authorization.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Commercial registered agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 77.040.

(b) “Commercial wedding chapel” means a permanently affixed structure which operates a business principally for the performance of weddings and which is licensed for that purpose.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 3465)