423.080 Powers of commissioners. (Repealed Effective until January 1, 2020) Any commissioner of deeds appointed and qualified pursuant to KRS 423.070 may take the acknowledgment of proof of any instrument of writing, except wills, which instrument is required by the laws of this state to be recorded. The examination, acknowledgment or proof of any such instrument taken by a commissioner, and certified under his official seal, in the manner required by the laws of this state, shall authorize the instrument to be recorded in the proper office. A commissioner of deeds may administer any oath or take any affirmation necessary to discharge his official duties, and may take and certify depositions to be read on the trial of any action or proceeding in any of the courts of this state. History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 386, sec. 99. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 390, 391.