1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in addition to other fees authorized by law, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect the following fees:

For certifying to a copy of any law, joint resolution, transcript of record or other paper on file or of record with the Secretary of State, including, but not limited to, a document required to be filed pursuant to title 24 of NRS, and use of the State Seal, for each impression........................................................................................... $20

For each passport or other document signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State 10

2. The Secretary of State:

(a) Shall charge a reasonable fee for searching records and documents kept in his or her office, including, but not limited to, records and documents that are stored on a computer database.

(b) May charge or collect any filing or other fees for services rendered by him or her to the State of Nevada, any local governmental agency or agency of the Federal Government, or any officer thereof in his or her official capacity or respecting his or her office or official duties.

(c) May not charge or collect a filing or other fee for:

(1) Attesting extradition papers or executive warrants for other states.

(2) Any commission or appointment issued or made by the Governor, either for the use of the State Seal or otherwise.

(d) May charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed:

(1) One thousand dollars, for providing service within 1 hour after the time service is requested;

(2) Five hundred dollars, for providing service more than 1 hour but within 2 hours after the time the service is requested; and

(3) One hundred twenty-five dollars, for providing any other special service, including, but not limited to, providing service more than 2 hours but within 24 hours after the time the service is requested, accepting documents filed by facsimile machine and other use of new technology.

(e) Shall charge a person, for each check or other negotiable instrument returned to the Office of the Secretary of State because the person had insufficient money or credit with the drawee to pay the check or other instrument or because the person stopped payment on the check or other instrument:

(1) A fee of $25; and

(2) If the check or other instrument that was returned had been presented for the payment of a filing fee for more than one entity, an additional fee in an amount equal to the actual cost incurred by the Office of the Secretary of State to perform the following actions as a result of the returned check or instrument:

(I) Reversing the status of the entities in the records of the Office of the Secretary of State; and

(II) Recouping any fees charged for services rendered by the Office of the Secretary of State to the entities, including, without limitation, fees charged for providing service pursuant to paragraph (d), providing copies or issuing certificates.

The Secretary of State shall, by regulation, establish procedures for the imposition of the fees authorized by this paragraph and the manner in which a fee authorized by subparagraph (2) will be calculated.

(f) May charge a reasonable fee for searching for and cancelling or removing, if requested, any filing that has been submitted to him or her but not yet processed.

3. The Secretary of State shall post a schedule of the fees authorized to be charged pursuant to this section in a conspicuous place at each office at which such fees are collected.

[Part 2:52:1933; A 1949, 409; 1943 NCL § 7421.02] + [Part 1:180:1907; RL § 4635; NCL § 7695] — (NRS A 1963, 59; 1979, 77, 178, 599; 1981, 140; 1983, 705; 1985, 1487; 1987, 1112; 1989, 988; 1991, 1310; 1993, 491; 1997, 888, 2805; 1999, 606; 2001, 582, 3193; 2003, 1951; 2003, 20th Special Session, 131; 2005, 2272; 2009, 1024)