NAC240.270. Courses of study for mandatory training of notaries public.

     1. The Secretary of State will provide at least one course of study per month for the mandatory training of notaries public. The Secretary of State may prepare a workbook for each course containing such documents, forms and instructions as the Secretary of State deems necessary. No workbook is required as a prerequisite to attend any course of study.

     2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an applicant for appointment as a notary public who is required pursuant to NRS 240.018 to enroll in and successfully complete a course of study for the mandatory training of notaries public must include with his or her application a certificate of successful completion of such a course, which must contain a validation stamp from the Secretary of State. A certificate of successful completion of a course of study for the mandatory training of notaries public is valid for 90 days after the date of its issuance.

     3. The Secretary of State or a designee of the Secretary of State may, upon good cause shown by an applicant for appointment as a notary public who is required pursuant to NRS 240.018 to enroll in and successfully complete a course of study for the mandatory training of notaries public, appoint the applicant as a notary public subject to the condition that the applicant successfully complete the course of study within a period specified by the Secretary of State or the designee of the Secretary of State. Good cause includes, without limitation, the inability of the applicant to attend a course of study because of weather conditions, the medical condition of the applicant or the geographic proximity of the applicant to the offered courses of study.

     4. The Secretary of State may authorize the provision of a course of study for the mandatory training of notaries public by a qualified third party subject to the terms and conditions established by the Secretary of State or a designee of the Secretary of State.

     (Added to NAC by Sec’y of State, eff. 11-3-95; A by R114-07, 4-17-2008)