**OFFICE QF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL** 

### OF TEXAS

**GROVER SELLERS**  **#rTORNEY GENERAL** 

Bonorable 9. I!. CountTAuditor 

### 1or c;ounty 3 

### A lemo,Texar **D8ar sir:**  **AUSTIN** 

### 557

he of youxletteroi this departamnt:

18 and Company

6 that R party or reoor4 

### In th8 J rhatl pay the re

### orb f& tide.

n apparfdnt

oonflict iq the Statof the oourt in the above

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### 55s

i?oaorable

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pa@ e

The 

### applloabls

part of ArtloleS9Sf2, RevisedQlvll statutes,alaa ret forthin your lettar, 

### ia in the.followlng laneuager

a. l . . No oounty olerk shall be 

### oompelled to 

### file or reoord any i.nstrumnt of writing permlttsd or required **by** law to b0 reoordoduntil the paent or tender of paym65t or all 10gal fe88 tot suoh ffling 

### or reoor&lagbar b0.n m&o. Notihg JbenLn shall be 

### held to lnoldo paper8 ar~lnatrument8 ffled or moomlwl Ln aultc pscdl~ 

### in the oounty oourt." 

### Thla departmat, in an o loion n54pr9d in 

### 1931ad again in 

### 1939held that 

### it 1s the 

### Puty oi theoountyolerk 

### to ohargo and oolleot th0 

### logal few in f'ull bofora rooomllng 

### $+ rtrum6ntsleftnith the **olerk** f0r **that** purp000. **A** oopy ai 

### tho .lattoropiplon, b0Icy O-93@, 

### approvedDoeomber 

### lS, 1939,**and** oltittg tbs rormer oplnioa Ie h0&th 

### onolomod.

s6otloa 

### s of AXtid.9 

### SQl.8e. VorElon'L

maetated Qlvll 

### atatutas,oq2rmaa~~srkes it tb duty 

### ot all ofri06ra 

### to ehar60 amloolloot+n the faanmr authorleed by law all feoa ad4 om- ~LmaIonr whioh are peralttod by law ~MI be asseaebd nnd oollsoto&tor all Oifioial aenlco per~ommd **by** .t&om,



### .?helanguagcl

wed.by the.

oourt 15 the ~aso 

### oltodin your letter do00 not oonfllotdth tho duty Lslpoaod by law qpon 

### tho oountroffiolalr. In t&p oame the deed la 

### puemtlon wan rii04 with ard6E6*Qta by the Qlimk for 3FWJoraation. 9?h0 aour-d that the purohassr ra(roharwd with notim of Its oriatenosby.reaum 

### OS 'tho

### ?lli~, aotwlthrtandlng the fallum of the olerk to enter It upon th0 deed **reoorde** of the 00unty. It might readily bs aurmia0d **that** the party slalaing titlea0 **lM00~nt** pumhaesr of th0 lslldthere iarolred was attaoking the validSty of th0 d-6 on the ground 'that**tb** re**COrdbIg** fee had not beer 

### paid. ~b0 courtwas apparently 

### diepoalng of th1.a



### contention

by the language sot 

### forth in your letter a0 above **stated,** having in mind doubtlrrse ~rtlal0 6632 whlah providea thatwhen suah lmtrglaent is delivered to the Clerk of the proper **aounty** to be 

### reoordedsame shall take 0fteat and be valid aa to all subsequcmtpurohecsers for a valuable aonslderatfonwithout notioo.

### 559

Undor~tha profialoao of Art1010 6596, Rerlmd Clril gtatuteo or Toxaa, l tery 15etnam5t authoritod to bo roqwdod is conaldawd 

### as reoorded frofithe time it 

### warn dopoaltob for rtloofl. AnmweriIq yous question it is t!!e opinion of thlo department that there is 50 duty impocod upon the oounty olork to aooopt a5d IUe a5 lnstzqmt authorlzod to bo rUe& 15 tho county **olork*8** offloo UYO whew6 eamm is aoaompanlad by paynmt or t45dor of payment OS the proper statutory foot authorlsod to be Obarged theroior. Yourr! rory tmly