Prohibited acts; authority to refuse to perform notarial act under certain circumstances; exception

1. A notary public shall not: (a) Influence a person to enter or not enter into a lawful transaction involving a notarial act performed by the notary public. (b) Certify an instrument containing a statement known by the notary public to be false. (c) Perform any act as a notary public with intent to deceive or defraud, including, without limitation, altering the journal that the notary public is required to keep pursuant to NRS 240.120. (d) Endorse or promote any product, service or offering if his or her appointment as a notary public is used in the endorsement or promotional statement. (e) Certify photocopies of a certificate of birth, death or marriage or a divorce decree. (f) Allow any other person to use his or her notary’s stamp. (g) Allow any other person to sign the notary’s name in a notarial capacity. (h) Perform a notarial act on a document that contains only a signature. (i) Perform a notarial act on a document, including a form that requires the signer to provide information within blank spaces, unless the document has been filled out completely and has been signed. (j) Make or note a protest of a negotiable instrument unless the notary public is employed by a depository institution and the protest is made or noted within the scope of that employment. As used in this subsection, “depository institution” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 657.037. (k) Affix his or her stamp to any document which does not contain a notarial certificate. 2. A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notarial officer is not satisfied that: (a) The person executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record; or (b) The persons signature is knowingly and voluntarily made. 3. A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless a refusal to perform the notarial act is otherwise prohibited by law. 4. As used in this section, “competent” means the principal reasonably appears in possession of the mental capacity to understand the nature and consequences of the notarial act.