Nevada Notary Requirements

NRS 240.1655 (Notarial acts; satisfactory evidence of identity), subsection 4. 4. For the purposes of paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of subsection 2, a notarial officer has satisfactory evidence that a person is the person whose signature is on a document if the person: (a) Is personally known to the notarial officer; (b) Is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness who personally appears before the notarial officer; (c) Is identified on the basis of an identifying document which contains a signature and a photograph; (d) Is identified on the basis of a consular identification card; (e) Is identified upon an oath or affirmation of a subscribing witness who is personally known to the notarial officer; (f) In the case of a person who is 65 years of age or older and cannot satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, is identified upon the basis of an identification card issued by a governmental agency or a senior citizen center; or (g) In the case of a person who is incarcerated in the state prison and cannot satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, is identified upon the basis of: (1) An inmate identification card which: (I) Is issued to the person by the Department of Corrections in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department; and (II) Includes the name of the person and a picture of the person; or (2) A declaration signed by the person under penalty of perjury in accordance with NRS 208.165 attesting to his or her identity.

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 public shall keep a journal in his or her office in which the notary public shall enter for each notarial act performed, at the time the act is performed: (a) The fees charged, if any; (b) The title of the document; (c) The date on which the notary public performed the act; (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the name and signature of the person whose signature is being notarized; (e) Subject to the provisions of subsection 4, a description of the evidence used by the notary public to verify the identification of the person whose signature is being notarized; (f) An indication of whether the notary public administered an oath; and (g) The type of certificate used to evidence the notarial act, as required pursuant to NRS 240.1655. 2. A notary public may make one entry in the journal which documents more than one notarial act if the notarial acts documented are performed: (a) For the same person and at the same time; and (b) On one document or on similar documents. 3. When performing a notarial act for a person, a notary public need not require the person to sign the journal if: (a) The notary public has performed a notarial act for the person within the previous 6 months; (b) The notary public has personal knowledge of the identity of the person; and (c) The person is an employer or coworker of the notary public and the notarial act relates to a transaction performed in the ordinary course of the person's business. 4. If, pursuant to subsection 3, a notary public does not require a person to sign the journal, the notary public shall enter 'known personally' as the description required to be entered into the journal pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 1. 5. If the notary verifies the identification of the person whose signature is being notarized on the basis of a credible witness, the notary public shall: (a) Require the witness to sign the journal in the space provided for the description of the evidence used; and (b) Make a notation in the journal that the witness is a credible witness. 6. The journal must: (a) Be open to public inspection. (b) Be in a bound volume with preprinted page numbers. 7. A notary public shall, upon request and payment of the fee set forth in NRS 240.100, provide a certified copy of an entry in his or her journal. 8. A notary public shall keep his or her journal in a secure location during any period in which the notary public is not making an entry or notation in the journal pursuant to this section. 9. A notary public shall retain each journal that the notary public has kept pursuant to this section until 7 years after the date on which he or she ceases to be a notary public. 10. A notary public shall file a report with the Secretary of State and the appropriate law enforcement agency if the journal of the notary public is lost or stolen. 11. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who is authorized to perform a notarial act pursuant to paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 240.1635.

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 public may charge the following fees and no more: For taking an acknowledgment, for the first signature of each signer, $15.00; For each additional signature of each signer, $7.50; For administering an oath or affirmation, $7.50; For a certified copy, $7.50; For a jurat, for each signature on the affidavit, $15.00; For performing a marriage ceremony, $75.00. 2. All fees prescribed in this section are payable in advance, if demanded. 3. A notary public may charge an additional fee for traveling to perform a notarial act if: (a) The person requesting the notarial act asks the notary public to travel; (b) The notary public explains to the person requesting the notarial act that the fee is in addition to the fee authorized in subsection 1 and is not required by law; (c) The person requesting the notarial act agrees in advance upon the hourly rate that the notary public will charge for the additional fee; and (d) The additional fee does not exceed: (1) If the person requesting the notarial act asks the notary public to travel between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., $15 per hour. (2) If the person requesting the notarial act asks the notary public to travel between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., $30 per hour. The notary public may charge a minimum of 2 hours for such travel and shall charge on a pro rata basis after the first 2 hours. 4. A notary public is entitled to charge the amount of the additional fee agreed to in advance by the person requesting the notarial act pursuant to subsection 3 if: (a) The person requesting the notarial act cancels the request after the notary public begins his or her travel to perform the requested notarial act. (b) The notary public is unable to perform the requested notarial act as a result of the actions of the person who requested the notarial act or any other person who is necessary for the performance of the notarial act. 5. For each additional fee that a notary public charges for traveling to perform a notarial act pursuant to subsection 3, the notary public shall enter in the journal that he or she keeps pursuant to NRS 240.120: (a) The amount of the fee; and (b) The date and time that the notary public began and ended such travel. 6. A person who employs a notary public may prohibit the notary public from charging a fee for a notarial act that the notary public performs within the scope of the employment. Such a person shall not require the notary public whom the person employs to surrender to the person all or part of a fee charged by the notary public for a notarial act performed outside the scope of the employment of the notary public.