Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-2-12-6

Sec. 6. (a) The surveyor may:

(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.