2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 240 - Notaries Public and Commissioned Abstracters
NRS 240.197 - Fees for services; additional fees for travel expenses; notarial acts performed within and outside scope of employment.

1. An electronic notary public may charge the following fees and no more:

(a) For taking an acknowledgment, for each signature........................................ $10

(b) For executing a jurat, for each signature........................................................... $10

(c) For administering an oath or affirmation without a signature...................... $10

2. An electronic notary public shall not charge a fee to perform a service unless he or she is authorized to charge a fee for such a service pursuant to this section.

3. All fees prescribed in this section are payable in advance, if demanded.

4. An electronic notary public may charge an additional fee for traveling to perform an electronic notarial act if:

(a) The person requesting the electronic notarial act asks the electronic notary public to travel;

(b) The electronic notary public explains to the person requesting the electronic notarial act that the fee for travel is in addition to the fee authorized in subsection 1 and is not required by law;

(c) The person requesting the electronic notarial act agrees in advance upon the hourly rate that the electronic notary public will charge for the additional fee for travel; and

(d) The additional fee for travel does not exceed:

(1) If the person requesting the electronic notarial act asks the electronic notary public to travel between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., $10 per hour.

(2) If the person requesting the electronic notarial act asks the electronic notary public to travel between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., $25 per hour.

↪ The § 2 hours for such travel and shall charge on a pro rata basis after the first 2 hours.

5. An electronic notary public is entitled to charge the amount of the additional fee for travel agreed to in advance by the person requesting the electronic notarial act pursuant to subsection 4 if:

(a) The person requesting the electronic notarial act cancels the request after the electronic notary public begins traveling to perform the requested electronic notarial act.

(b) The electronic notary public is unable to perform the requested electronic notarial act as a result of the actions of the person who requested the electronic notarial act or any other person who is necessary for the performance of the electronic notarial act.

6. For each additional fee for travel that an electronic notary public charges pursuant to subsection 4, the electronic notary public shall enter in the journal that he or she keeps pursuant to NRS 240.201:

(a) The amount of the fee; and

(b) The date and time that the electronic notary public began and ended such travel.

7. A person who employs an electronic notary public may prohibit the electronic notary public from charging a fee for an electronic notarial act that the electronic notary public performs within the scope of the employment. Such a person shall not require the electronic notary public whom the person employs to surrender to the person all or part of a fee charged by the electronic notary public for an electronic notarial act performed outside the scope of the employment of the electronic notary public.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 3022)