OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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%eo. 27. Beic cl ee lllaor g 4 1 8poro f hg 

l y u,otor whlolo rr*lrad ta b* re.glrtmed or 

Uoenred in thh 3tat-e Q11 eny hiflhmy Or cublid 

pm. withla thir Stete, @X0+ ri2b drler’a 

mtal or oardbeord lloonas number themto atkehed as ntw prooidod by law, tha annrr rhnll 

#Am qtplloatlofa to thr darignated agut in tb 

oowlty or his 4o5lolle 

saribed br tb Demrtr;; 

ltle for #uOh ~otcr vaNole.* (%phaola added) 

Seotlon 33 of the 80310 Act roods aa tollow6r 

‘SCO. 3s. 50 rotor iahlolo my be dia,yosed 

of at rubs0 uent aale unless the owner derignatod 

la tho 001% pr lost@ oi tltlb ,&al tmmBt@r the 

vsh~elo, and that, there tare .no llena azainrt 6uoh 

+.otor rahiolr sroept ruoh 88 are l hava oti~‘the 

oortiiloatr oi title and no title to any notor 

vehlola ahall pa08 or reqt until ruoh transfer 

b e 80 l xeo u%ed.* (kphasis add.&) 

20 l 88uam thet the appllcatlon,oentloned In Seotlon 

87 18 the lnatrwaart to W&oh your tint qusbttoa relatecr, and 

tlmt -thr OnnaMer mntlonad la sootion 33 lo the object or your 

mooad quutl~cu. This opl~11a1 i6 predioatetl upon mioh aosubprl..gnd is 1lnilt.d to the instrumenta requlrra by seotfonr 27 

. 

iwor to it8 amendrrent In 1941, :brticlo 72488, V.A.C.S. 

roads as icllrnll 

-Thr A88emot and aollaotor oi Tkaxrr, 

ehorirr, or sherirf aad riBaemor aml Colleotar 

or Taxer are heroby eutherited on& mpowrmb, 

to adzlnfrtcr ill octha noorrsary iOr the die- 
s-• 

1. A. Bolgor, 

oharee or tbo 

fler~, mod to 

Isgo 3 

dotlea or thrlr roapootlte ofl dalnlater 811 osthr ropulrod _ 

ror tna tnnoaotlon or bu8lne~s or their roe 

8pe0th 0rri008.- 

*la wtlalo me pa8814 la 1935. srotlon 33 wsa pama~ la 

3~9 804 auoh Seotlos apeoilioally raqulrea tbet the trenefer 

~~aorlbad tbrrola k l r eo uted -berote a Notary XubllO.” COBa~~aontly', we bald ln our GplJOn tic. G4S77 that Yeotloa 33 

eon~~8 Ed 8~~0.181 priwlal~a wbiOh ftUa8 an l xoeptlon to the 

ornor ptiVi8iOaa oontalned in Art1010 7264s and that the 

&tar protlalona yield to the iornsr. 

. . fn 1941, rrtiolo 7P46a warn l ondad by add& tithe 

abole qUOtrtioB l lengthy.proviso whloh read8 in pert sa iol1mIa: ‘~ ‘., x5: ,-; ~< 

..*~oVidrd that in coriotlar oonta$nlag l pogplatioa-; 

or tits hundred thouun4 (500,000) or aorwlnhabl- . . 

tanta 8000Tdiag to the laet prsoodlo&or l nr tuturo~ 

Iadoral Caaaaa,~ auob Aaaesrora 8na Col1rotora or i 

Tax08 and their 3o?atlee are l xpreaaly authorired~ 

to edailnlatem . c . my oath or dimat. oov*rlng.-;: I 

Sor trsnsrwof l 

for a .- . 

my xotor.tob$cl~ 

61~08 thla l wdmo nt l x&ialy 001~s rpplloatlona f6T iianrfer 

ri motor vohlolea and l lnoo tN8 smwxlnmt warn psred subsequent 

to tho paarago Oc tieotlon 33, so ieel tbat the amendm~t governa 

ee6 eoatrola tbs prorlalone of Srotion 35 to thr ortest lndloated 

thsnln. 

Coneeqacntly, in enamor to your raoond queatlon, you 

em mp00trimy l ed80d thst in couatlrr b~tfng l population of 

loss thrn rlvr hundred thousand, neither the tax ssoerssr-oollrotor nor him dR:utirs tay tska the arfldsvits rrqulrod by 

3ootioo 23 or the Cortlfloste oi Title hot, but t&t in OOUnti08 

porar~eln~ a populetlon &rgsr than t!da figurr, l tax l acamor- 
#@# J. A4 9elger. I’ogo 4 

‘&,&or and Ma dorutlaa are e~rowared to tclco auah l r r lea tita 

,, ofstua of tha 1941 raon4mnt to Artlolo 7Uda. 

~eotloa 67 oon~elaa n0 roquiru+nt relatln @ithor to 

-4 p,of\u'lbtlon, this at,andnoct ?rGloated that no ouoh powor 

UC ~oatwac~ed by cny tax taaeaaor-oolleotor, rrlor to the pcona.~ 

a? tha amndmmt. Tht ~~?lArt first hold that the duties 0r P 

tcx accaccor-oollsotor 61th rmsptot to 8uoh rrctterc are *&fiaial 

mica rttaohiini: to thut offlosn and th&l diapoaed of the above 

6catcntlon ln thm tollowti lan~un~at 

VImover we tPhk that the aa6oaaor and oollootar 

already had tbnt authority by rlrtua ab Art. 7W8a~ 

prior to the above amen&ant . . . . That tha Act Gr 

1941 4tdAI With th0 FAttOT in ~03 CPaOitiO t@XZE 60~ 

not LWUI t&at the outhorlty 414 cot ‘alrcudg exist under 

the brad I.GZUUA~O oithe oorlier athtuta.w 

consequently, in enawcr to your rlrrt~ quoation, you 

am mOpe0thlly sdvhked tbt ii the Kt&w~y lk~rtmnt rrqulrws 

U’?ldttrlta In ooaneotloa with the a:.~lloationa ~rovlde4 for 3xi 
&&m 27 of tb Certitioato of Yt.10 Aot and lf the 

mprttzat doer not desigmte the perrm8 &ore rhw~ swh 

,ffldalitll rhall be taken, ruoh affidavita exy be taken by 

w tex ar~esror-oollaotor or hle dewtie& 

Txu8tlne that the iorogooinr, fkllt umwem your 

inq uir la , *e l m