Notary Fees
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.......... $5.00
 -For each additional signature of each signer...............................................$2.50
 -For administering an oath or affirmation without a signature....................... $2.50
 -For a certified copy..................................................................................$2.50
 -For a jurat, for each signature on the affidavit........................................... $5.00
 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:
-The person requesting the notarial act asks the notary public to travel;
-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;
-The person requesting the notarial act agrees in advance upon the hourly rate that the notary public will charge for the additional fee; and
-The additional fee does not exceed:
--Between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., $10 per hour.
--Between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., $25 per hour.
--The notary public may charge a minimum of 2 hours for such travel
--After the first 2 hours, charge on a Pro Rata basis
4. A notary public is entitled to charge the amount of the additional fee agreed to in advance if:
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The person requesting the notarial act cancels his request after the notary public begins his travel.
-The notary public is unable to perform the requested notarial act due to improper acts. 
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 keeps pursuant to NRS 240.120:
-The amount of the fee; and
-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 his employment. Such a person shall not require the notary public whom he employs to surrender to him all or part of a fee charged by the notary public for a notarial act performed outside the scope of his employment.

 [17:39:1864; B § 346; BH § 2251; C § 2418; RL § 2760; NCL § 4730] + [1:94:1865; B § 2735; BH § 2318; C § 2457; RL § 1994; NCL § 2925] + [1:49:1883; BH § 2342; C § 2468; RL § 2005; NCL § 2936] + [15:94:1865; B § 2749; BH § 2329; C § 2467; RL § 2004; NCL § 2935] + [16:49:1883; A 1889, 39; C § 2481; RL § 2018; NCL § 2949] + [Part 25:49:1883; BH § 2366; C § 2490; RL § 2027; NCL § 2958]—(NRS A 1981, 325; 1985, 1207; 1993, 261; 1995, 193; 1997, 935; 1999, 76; 2003, 607)

 NRS 240.110 Posting of table of fees. If a notary public charges fees for performing notarial acts, he shall publish and set up in some conspicuous place in his office a table of his fees, according to this chapter, for the inspection of all persons who have business in his office. The schedule must not be printed in smaller than 1/2-inch type. A notary public shall not charge fees unless he has published and set up a table of fees in accordance with this subsection.

 [Part 23:49:1883; BH § 2364; C § 2488; RL § 2025; NCL § 2956]—(NRS A 1985, 1207; 1995, 193; 1997, 936)

Thursday, November 2, 2006 2:19:29 PM, From: Jim, To: Notary