Powers and duties

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