A prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney may:

1. (1) take acknowledgments of deeds or other instruments in writing;
2. (2) administer oaths;
3. (3) protest notes and checks;
4. (4) take the deposition of a witness;
5. (5) take and certify affidavits and depositions; and

6. (6) perform any duty now conferred upon a notary public by a statute.

   An acknowledgment of a deed or another instrument taken by a prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney may be recorded in the same manner as though a deed or another instrument were acknowledged before a notary public.

   [Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-14-5-1.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.18.