OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ron. Charlee Ii. Slau~htar 

County Attorney 

Stanton, Taxart 

Dear Mr. Blaughttsr: 

opinloa l?o* 

tioot Your request ,for 

Whether a Beta 

for drmwlng ’ 

whother aeae 

quarov mw. 0orpor80ion 

WSIWOiatiOU Of pTEOll8, 

who are aeabor8 of the 

and lLiaense&, to praotlao 

la fursher dofines the praotise o? law 

r (a) In a reprersntatioe oapaoi*v 

appemrs ae an edrooate or draw8 papers, plemdlng8 

mot i 

or dooument.6, or perform any aob in eonOQ with proosodin@ pending or proepeotlte 

before a oourt or a juatloe of tho peaocl or a 

body, boara, ooxaittee, oomntirelori or oikoer 

oonatltuted by law and h~vln8 author$t;P tb take 

evidence In or settle of detewbs oontroveroiar 
HOII. Charles H. Slaughter, Janwry 87, 1939, Page 2 

in the exeroise of the judlolal pow4r of the 

State or eubdlrlelon thereof; or, (b) For a 

oonelderation reward or peouniarg benefit, preimnt or sat.10 i pated, dlreot, or indireot, advises 

or oouns4la another em to seoular law, or draws 

a paper, dooument, or Instrument affeotlag or 

relating to eeoular rights; or, (0) For a oonelderatloa, reward, or peoualarg benefit, present 

OT aatiolpeted, direot or indireot, does any eot 

in a representative Oapaoity la behalf of another 

tending to obtain or seoure for suah other the 

prevention Or the redr4se of a wrong or the 4aforoemaat or l etabllabmat of a right; or, jd) 

For 4 ooneideretloe, dlmot or ladlreot, glare 

ea o p la lo n l m to the rdldlt7 of the title to rod 

or pereoalll pmp4rty, or (4) he a rooatlon, eaforoee, wonme, 84ttle8, adjust.8 or oaapraleee 

defmlted, ooatrov4rWd or d.leput.4d aoooaate, 

olalme or d4made b4tm4a poreoae with wither 

of whar be ie la prlrlt7 or in &he relatlea of 

emplo7er end lmplo7m la the ordiner menee$ 18 

pxuotlelag law. Bothlag la thle eeotion M k 

ooaetruod to prohibit an7 po%eoa, firm, eeeoolatioa or oorporetloa, oat OS oourt, from l ttenQir U 

to or oulng for him or it8 oua baeiaaae, o 

m'demaade, or the olelae, derande or tra lae8e'of eald~oorporatlon or ot the lndlrf 

berm of enld sorporatloae or amoolatloae; nor from 

preparing abetreota ef tltla, oertlfplag, ~lursateeing or %eurfng tltlre to prapsrtf, r8el or 

p4reoa41, or ea Intenet therein, or a lien or eno umb r ethereon; a oo nor l hrll anything la thlm eeotloa be ooaotruod em prohibitlag an7 beak 01: trust 

ocnpany without reeortlng to oourt action fPa eotlag for it8 owtomer la sntorolng, 84aurlag, eettlin or adjusting en7 item meatloned in mbdl~ielou 

(47 above nor shell 4aything in this seotfoa prohibit say'p4recta or 4saoOlatioa of p4reoae fran 

pur8olag em a roocltfoa the btlsiaees of edjtut~ 

lnear4nOo or fr4lght rate olsims; provld4d SurEher 

that nothiag in thle Aot shnll prohibit any p4reoa 

or essooietloa of p4reoae rrom appearing b4for4 

any Board, Comniesloa or &dmiaietratlt4 BOd7 ia 

o4aa4otioa with their rooetion of adjusting Inearanoe or ?xvight Bate oleims; provided thet eubdlvieioa (4) hersof l hall not prohibit ea7 iadirldual, omnpany, oorporetion or e88OOiatlOa owalag, 

opsretlag, maaaglng or ooatrolllng ew-&sating 
Hon. Charles H. Slaughter, January 27, 1939, Page 3 

agenoy, oommeroial ag4noy, or oommeroial report- . 

lng credit agency within thla State, subjeot to 

an occupation tax undsr Article 7061, Cpapter 2, 

65.tle 122, Revised Clrll Statutes, 1925, of Texas, 

from furnlshfnp reports and collecting, seourfng, 

settling, aCjusting or oompromlaln~, out of oourt, 

defaulted, oontroverted or disputed aocounte or 

claims growing out of aontraotual relationa, provided that said individual, oompanp, oorporat$oa 

or aseooiatlon com9li4s with the above statute; 

and provided further that nothing In this Aot shell 

be oonstrued es proklbltlng Fsal estate agent8 from 

oolleotiag rent8 for th4ir eaplo74re; provided that 

nothing hersla ohall prevent Hoterlee Pub114 fra 

drawing ooaveyanoee for or rithout aompsneatioa. 

“Preotfoe -pr oomoretioa t&lawful; eotin& em flduciarg. 

"Sea. 3. It *hall b4 aalawfolfor uy 44rparetioa to pr4otlo4 lev em dofla4d bp this Act or fo 

appear em en eQtora47 ior ea7 person other Wma iteelf la any ooart la thin Btrt8, or .b4for4 aa tadlolel body or any hoti or oomiee~on Of th4 fBWt4 Of 

Texan; or hold ltwl? out fo the publlo oc adrmtlee 

am being entltl4d te praetioo Lawa and no oorperatlon shell pr4psm 40 ret0 

thereto, or other 1464 T 

&ertsrs or ueadaqte 

644mat8 not xvlatiag to If8 

authorin busiasse a draw wlll.s;.or hold ite4lf 

out in any manner dlrocrtly~or la4ir4otly am b4ia( eatitled to do any of the iormgelryt eote$ provided, that 

the foregoi~ ehell not pnr*at 8 oorpwetlon, puson or ae8oolatloa of p4reone from 4mplo7lag na ettoraey or other agent ef r4 rcswntativw in ngerd to 

Its owa effelre in 4ay hear lp ag or iar4etlgetloa befor4 ma7 admlnletratlt4 offl4lel or body. 

DProvlded, furth4r, that the above provieloas of 

this Aot shall,not b4 oonstru4d to prohibit a pereon 

or oorporetioa eotlag in a fiduciary oapaoity frCm 

transaotlng the neo4eearp oleriael busla4ee iaoldeatel to the routins or ueual admlaietration of 48tet48, 

trusts, guerdianehlpe, or other elnllar fiduoiery 

oapaoltlee, or filing e000unt8, preparing and filing 

tax rsturae of every aature, and other euoh edminletrative mote, nor from partidlpatlag through him or 

its own agent or attorney, in ooopsretloa with t4etator'a attorney, in the prsperetlon of teetetor*e will., 

where no oorPpeasatioa la oherged for auah serrios end 
Hon. Bharles H. Slaughter, J&wary 27, 1939, Page 4 

no compensation whatever is aharged or reoeivad, 

other than the usual aommisslon allowed by the 

court for edznlnistering the estate or trust, or 

provided lor by the instrument oreating the truSt 

or other fiduolary relationship. 

PAnd provided, rurther, that nothing herein 

shall prohibit any insuranoe oompany rrom oausing 

to be defended, or proeeouted, or from offering 

to oause to be d&ended, through lawyers of its 

own selection, the issureds or assureds In polioies 

issued or to be issued by 'it, in aooordanoe rith 

the tsrms of suoh polioiss; and shall not prohibit 

ona suoh lioaneed attorney at law from aoting for 

several oommon oarrisrr or mother eorporatiom 

and assosietione or any of its eubsidlarle8 pursuant to arrangement bstwaea said oorporatlons or 

assoolatlons.w 

Seation 5 of aald aot provide8: 

Vhe oounty attqmey and/or Diatriot Attorney 

and/or Criminal Diatrlot Attorney of any WUaty 

in Tera6 shall on his own inltlatlrs or upon tha 

appliaation of any Bar Aeaoslation In the Btato o? 

Texas bring uoh aotion in the name o? the Stata 

Or Texas in the proper oourt to enJOin any muoh 

p er so n, oorpor a tlor o n, l ~~oofation OS per8on.s 

from violating any or the provlrrlon8 of this Aot, 

and It 8hall be the duty of the oounty attoPnsy8 

and/or District Attorney and/or Oririnal Diatriot 

'Attorney of this State to file oorplaint8 in the 

proper oourt against l aj pomon, oarporatlon, Or 

aseooiation or pereoiu upon the reasipt or InfOrmation of the violation of:any of the prorislons 

Of this Aot." 

:* 

i. 

Seotion 6 of said aot provides: 

*Any person, rim, oorporatlon, or assooiatlon 

or persons violating any or the pro~l6lons or thlu 

Aot ahall be guilty of a misdemsanOP. fr amy prorision or this Aot is violated by any person individually or by any person or persons representing 

a oorporation, or essooiation, or by a oorporation, 

the defendant or darendants upon oonrlotlon shall be 

umlahed by a fine of not mom than Five Hundred 

g;SrgO& Dollars nor less than One Hundred ($100.00) 

. 
Hon. Charles H. Slaughter, Janu::ry 27, 1939, Page 5 

In view of the foregoing statute, you are reppeotfully advised t!lat it is the opinion of this Department that 

a Notary Publio who is not duly licensed to praotioe law 

'has no authority to prepare any instrument end receive O~JJ+ 

peneation therefor except a Notary fee for the eoknowledgment 

of suoh lnstraments and that a Notary Publio acting as an 

orrioer of a National Bank would be pemitted to prepara 

auoh instruments in connection with the business of the bank 

or any other Notaries Publio employed by any iinn, oorporstion or assoaiation would have the right to prepare lnatrumants in oonneotion ~5th the bUBiIIeB8 of such corporation, 

fira or aeBOOiatiOll but would not be entitled to oharge a 

faa for the praparatlon of such instruments and oould maka 

no eherge other than Notary fee for the aoknowled@mnt of 

auoh instrumenta. 

Trusting that the roragolng answarm your InwIry, 

I ramaln 

Very truly yew8 

ATTOltHET OESBRAL CF TBXAB 

BYCL.fhMUL 

Aaaiataat