2021 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 240 - Notaries Public and Commissioned Abstracters
NRS 240.1997 - Electronic notarial acts using audio-video communication: Confirmation of identity.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 240.1997 (2021)

1. For the purposes of performing an electronic notarial act for a person using audio-video communication, an electronic notary public has satisfactory or documentary evidence of the identity of the person if the electronic notary public confirms the identity of the person by:

(a) Personal knowledge;

(b) Each of the following:

(1) Remote presentation by the person of a government-issued identification credential that contains a photograph and the signature of the person;

(2) Credential analysis of the government-issued identification credential and the data thereon; and

(3) A dynamic knowledge-based authentication assessment;

(c) Any other method that complies with any rules or regulations adopted by the Secretary of State; or

(d) A valid certificate that complies with any rules or regulations adopted by the Secretary of State.

2. As used in this section:

(a) "Certificate" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 720.030.

(b) "Credential analysis" means a process or service that complies with any rules or regulations adopted by the Secretary of State through which a third party affirms the validity of a government-issued identification credential or any data thereon through the review of data sources.

(c) "Remote presentation" means the transmission of a quality image of a government-issued identification credential to an electronic notary public through communication technology for the purpose of enabling the electronic notary public to identify the person appearing before the electronic notary public and to perform a credential analysis.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 3446)

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