Sec. 1. (a) A legislative notary may do any of the following:
(1) Take acknowledgment to a deed or any other instrument in writing.
(2) Administer oaths, protest notes, and checks.
(3) Take the deposition of a witness.
(4) Take and certify an affidavit or a deposition.
(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.