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If a complaint is filed against a Notary, the Notary must respond within
10 days
If you perform an acknowledgement for a document signer who is identified by a credible
witness, you must complete notarial wording
for someone identified by a credible witness
Jenny Walker tells you she needs a certified copy of a handwritten personal letter. In order for
you to do so:
You must add or attach notarial wording for a certified copy
If a document you notarized requires authentication, the Secretary of State will not
authenticate it if:
you failed to properly notarize the document
If you perform an acknowledgement for someone who is signing on his or her own behalf, you
must complete notarial wording
for someone signing an individual capactiy
You may charge for certified copies
$2.50, for whatever the number of pages
When you perform a standard jurat
the signer must sign the document in your presence
the signer must swear or affirm that the contents of the document are true
you must identify the signer
Unacceptable forms of identification include:
a Nevada driver authorization card
a credible witness whom you do not personally know
an ID document with the signer's physical description and signature, but no photo
, If a signer presents an ID card issued to "Jeffrey Sharp" but is named in his document as "Jeff
Sharp," you must
enter "Jeffrey Sharp" in the notarial wording and your journal
If you use a credible witness to identify a document signer
the credible witness must swear to or affirm the signers identity
the credible witness must sign your journal
the document signer must sign your journal
If you perform an acknowledgement for a vice president who is signing on behalf of her
corporation, you must complete notarial wording
for someone signing in a representative capacity
When you notarize the signature of a subscribing witness, you must use notarial wording for
a subscribing witness jurat
The notarial wording
tells a thrid party what you and the signer did
tells you what actions you need to take
identifies the state and county in which the notarization took place
If a signer presents an already-signed document with notarial wording for a standard jurat on
it
the signer must re-sign the document in your presence
The notarial wording
tells you what type of notarization to perform
You may charge an additional fee for travel if, among other things
you tell the person requesting the notarization that a travel fee is not required by law
As a Nevada Notary, you may
notarize a personal statement
take acknowledgements
certify copies of some documents
perform jurats