CHAPTER 5. AUTHORITY OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE TO PERFORM NOTARIAL ACTS

IC 33-42-5

    

Chapter 5. Authority of Township Trustee to Perform Notarial
Acts

IC 33-42-5-1

Authorization; recording

    

Sec. 1. A township trustee may perform any act that a notary
public may perform in Indiana. Acknowledgments to deeds or other
instruments taken by a trustee shall be recorded as if the
acknowledgments had been acknowledged before a notary public.

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.21.

IC 33-42-5-2

Seal; requirements

    

Sec. 2. Before a trustee may perform a notarial act, the trustee
must obtain a seal that can stamp upon paper a distinct impression
that indicates the trustee's official character, along with any other
information that the trustee chooses. A notarial act of a trustee that
is not attested by a seal is void.

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.21.

IC 33-42-5-3

Appendage of trustee's date of election

    

Sec. 3. When signing any certificate of acknowledgment, jurat, or
other official document, the trustee must append to it the trustee's
date of election as a trustee.

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.21.

IC 33-42-5-4

Prohibition on collecting fee

    

Sec. 4. A trustee may not receive a fee for performing a notarial
act.

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.21.

IC 33-42-5-5

Prohibited acts

    

Sec. 5. A trustee may not perform an act that is prohibited to a
notary public.

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.21.