AnalysisAssembly Bill 178 exempts attorneys from a law preventing a Notary form charging more than that statutory fee for a notarial act. Nevada’s disqualifying interest law is perhaps the toughest in the nation. Evidently, the attorneys’ lobby believed the existing law would prevent an attorney from charging legal fees if the attorney also performed notarizations on documents for a client. The bill was passed unanimously by both chambers without amendment. Unfortunately, the statute modified by this legislation is still interpreted to prohibit Notary Signing Agents from charging more than the fee allowed by law for the notarial act and the travel fee also stipulated in the law. An attempt to amend the bill to add Notary Signing Agents to the exemption along with attorneys proved unsuccessful.
Read Assembly Bill 178.