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.