A commissioned abstracter shall have authority:
1. To make search and examination of all public records and compile abstracts of title to real property or other property therefrom.
2. To make abstracts or copies of any and all instruments of record in any public office within this state, and certify the same in the official name and title of the commissioned abstracter, and under his or her official seal.
[7:180:1927; NCL § 1456]