Nevada Code § 240.065

Restrictions on powers of notary public; exceptions
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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 subsections 2
and 3, 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. A notary public who is registered to
engage in the business of a document preparation service may perform a notarial
act on a document if the notary public has received or will receive directly
from a transaction relating to the document a fee for providing document
preparation services in addition to the fee authorized pursuant to NRS 240.100 for the notarial act.
4. 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.

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