NAC427A.665. Liability for damages caused by use of stamp by person other than owner.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the owner of a signature stamp is liable for any damages caused by the use of the signature stamp by a person other than the owner of the signature stamp.

     2. The owner of a signature stamp is not liable for damages caused by the use of the signature stamp by a person other than the owner of the signature stamp if the signature stamp was lost or stolen and the owner reported the loss or theft of the signature stamp to:

     (a) The appropriate law enforcement agency;

     (b) The financial institutions with which the owner of the signature stamp has accounts;

     (c) The registrar of voters of the county in which the owner of the signature stamp resides or the county clerk of the county in which the owner of the signature stamp resides if the owner of the signature stamp resides in a county in which a registrar of voters has not been appointed pursuant to NRS 244.164; and

     (d) The county recorder of the county in which the owner of the signature stamp resides,

Ê within 10 days after the date of discovery of the loss or theft.

     3. A person, government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government is liable for any damages caused by the use of a signature stamp by a person other than the owner of the signature stamp if the person, government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government had an opportunity to verify, in person, the identity of the person who used the signature stamp and the person, government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government failed to verify the identity of the person who used the signature stamp.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Health & Human Services by R004-06, eff. 5-4-2006)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 426.665)