(a) A legislative notary may do any of the following:

1. (1) Take acknowledgment to a deed or any other instrument in writing.
2. (2) Administer oaths, protest notes, and checks.
3. (3) Take the deposition of a witness.
4. (4) Take and certify an affidavit or a deposition.
5. (5) Perform any other duty conferred upon a notary public by Indiana statutes.

(b) An acknowledgment to a deed or other instrument taken by a legislative notary entitles the deed or other instrument to be recorded the same as though acknowledged before a notary public.

Formerly: Acts 1909, c.65, s.1. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.6, SEC.1; P.L.2-1985, SEC.1; P.L.130-2024, SEC.2.