Ind. Code § 36-2-12-6
Administration of oaths; appointment to offices of commissioner for partition or viewer; acknowledgments of mortgages and deeds
(a) The surveyor may:
- (1) administer oaths necessary in the discharge of the surveyor's duties; and
(2) administer and certify any oath required to be taken by:
- (A) a commissioner for the partition of real property; or
- (B) a commissioner to view, mark, locate, or relocate a public highway.
- (b) If the surveyor is appointed to one (1) of the offices covered by subsection (a)(2), the surveyor is not required to take an oath under that provision. The surveyor's duties as a commissioner comprise part of the surveyor's official duties, and the surveyor's signature on any proceedings required of a commissioner is sufficient.
(c) The surveyor may take, and certify with the surveyor's seal and signature, acknowledgments of mortgages and deeds for the conveyance of real property.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-58-4; 17-3-58-7; 17-3-58-8 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1989, SEC.227.