NRS240.065. Restrictions on powers of notary public; exception. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

      1.  A notary public may not perform a notarial act if:

      (a) The notary public executed or is named in the instrument acknowledged, sworn to or witnessed or attested;

      (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the notary public has or will receive directly from a transaction relating to the instrument or pleading a commission, fee, advantage, right, title, interest, property or other consideration in excess of the fee authorized pursuant to NRS 240.100 for the notarial act;

      (c) The notary public and the person whose signature is to be acknowledged, sworn to or witnessed or attested are domestic partners; or

      (d) The person whose signature is to be acknowledged, sworn to or witnessed or attested is a relative of the domestic partner of the notary public or a relative of the notary public by marriage or consanguinity.

      2.  A notary public who is an attorney licensed to practice law in this State may perform a notarial act on an instrument or pleading if the notary public has or will receive directly from a transaction relating to the instrument or pleading a fee for providing legal services in excess of the fee authorized pursuant to NRS 240.100 for the notarial act.

      3.  As used in this section, “relative” includes, without limitation:

      (a) A spouse or domestic partner, parent, grandparent or stepparent;

      (b) A natural born child, stepchild or adopted child;

      (c) A grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother or stepsister;

      (d) A grandparent, parent, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother or stepsister of the spouse or domestic partner of the notary public; and

      (e) A natural born child, stepchild or adopted child of a sibling or half sibling of the notary public or of a sibling or half sibling of the spouse or domestic partner of the notary public.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 1205; A 1995, 192; 1997, 935; 2005, 67; 2013, 1376, effective January 1, 2014)