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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**

Bon. Ralph L. Suell, Chief Csrtlfioate of Title seotlon riepartment 

## orTublIe sarety Auatln, Texas Dear sir:

fn which you request an o proper action to be takan 

## 0r Title **or** 

### the Klttre11 itpurebasedfroat


## or qorreepondenc boforru6 rho themotorrehiolo

ter the 0orsplete 

## ril6 ots a@we hare thenr 0 motor rehicla in



### rorhis loss and the lner **0r** any aalvago by **virtue** OS oh oorered the motor vehiole.

ary 3, 1940 Klttrell 

### .iuto Coxpanypurohassd u fromthe oilyot Dallas. OnFabruary 6, rd Insurrtnoe Companyof m&York aotiiiod the city or Dallar of tts claim to the rotor vehiols in qwstion. Onthe 7th of Pebruary Jams 3'. ?&ton, oity nanager of'Dalla6, exeouted a bill oi sale to the Kittrell Auto Conpany.

OnT,@Oh 7, 1040, the 

### tollowIngorder wild entered by the City Council of the Olty Of Dall_cia:Ron. Ralph L. Btiell, Chief, 3~6 2

*Claim ot Standard Insurvnoe Companyof ?lewYork, through 

### C-eorgeZ. ~smay, for the return oi a 1934 Ford Tudor Sedan aold by the City at public auot1on on ysbruary 3, 1940, was reported upon by the City :!anacer, and It was mved, seconded and carried that the claim be denied.” AU the abow lnforrnatlon h.zs been furnIshed your a6p+3TtCW~t. You have also been furnished with an affidavit s&ned by or. J$oksoa, to the eireot that st no tiae did he
ever have notIce oi the car having been reoovered by the 

### City of Dallas, nor has he ever been asked for the payment or uny storage oharges 

### againstthe aar. iJ%r. Jackson further states that he reported the theft to the City ~011~s an& also to the county authorities.

The application for Certifioate OSTitle is avfdently 

### .aeda

by the tittrell Auto Companyunder the authority oi SUCtion 36 of Artiale 1436-1 of +JBmon@~ ,;ncotatcd Fenal Code, coznonly oalled “The Cartificatti of Title .<ot*. Said Seetlon reads a8 

## r0il0ws:

"seation36. Whenever the ownership of a motor vehicle registered or licensed within this State Is transterred by operation or law, as u?on Inheritrinoe, devise OF

### bequest,bankruptcy receIvershIp, dudlola sale, or any other &luntary divesture oc ownership, the 

### Cepartmentshnll Issue a new oertIfIcate oi title ,upon being provided with uertlried copy of the probate 

### procraedlngs, If any (If no administration Is neoe33ary, than up03 urridavit showing such fact and all of the heira at law and rpeoIiIoatIon by the heirs as to In whose namethe e6rtIfIOute shall issue), or order, or bill or sale rroia the sffloer zaking the judlala1 8ale, exoe=t however, that where foreolosure is had under the ter?as of a llan, the aifidavlt 0r the perBon, rim, associstion, or 

### carporationor authorized @gent, of the faot of repossession and dIvaatIture of tltlb in accordance xlth the terns 0r the lien, shall ba sumelent to 

### euthsrlzet2.e isiiwince 0r 3 new Oertiiiaate or title In the rxir.~;;f t&s Turchaser at such sale, und ercspt rx-tter that in the oaae or the roreclosure or any Constltutlonal or statutory llen, the ~rrldr~vlt of 2ho holder of 

### suchlien,or ir 

### a oorporation,its agent, 0r
.~ - the fsat or the creation of 

### suahlien snd the

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Ron.Ralph L. 

### Buell,Chloi,pago 3

divestiture of title 

### byreason 

### thereofIn aadordanosrfth 1~1, shall be suffIoIent to authorize the Issuanaa 

### of a new oertlrloate 

### ortitle inthe nnme

## 0r the purohaser." It 

### my bereadily 

### men that yourDepartmat does ILet have aufiicient 

### inforrtetIonto determine that legal title has been divested by operation or law or otherwIse. The Klttroll 

### AutoCornpay stands 

### Inthe shoeaofthe City of Dallas as tar a8 It6 right tc the 

### motortehiale Is comerned. We

### do not haveany information a6 to thetypeof statutorylienthe City of Dallas attempted to roreolose. Won It the city had a valid statutory lien that was subje-ot to ioreoloaure, orIdenoe or uhioh we do not have before us, it would still be neoessary for the City of Dallao to furnish the afridevlt provided ior In Section 35, suwa. The authority or your m

### partmint In suoh a case Is outlined by Section 38 of the Certificate or Title Act, which reads aa rollows~

"Seation 36. The Depart,mnt shall re

## me Issuance 

## 0r a certificate 

## ortitle, or having Iseued 

### a certirioate 

## 0r tttle, 

### suspend or revoke 

### the .sme, won 

### any or the rollowIng graulldsr *(a) That the apglicatfon contzlns any falae or fraudulent rrtatemnt, 

### or that the appllcant ha8 railed to furnish requImd information requested by the Department, or eat the a?plloant is not entitled to the iesuance of a osrtt

### rlcsteor title under this Act. r(b) That the Department has reaeonable pund to 

### believethat the vehlale is a stolen or comerted vehlale as hereln 

### defined,or tbat the issuance 

## ora certiiloate 

## 3rtitle would oonstitute a 

### rraudsgalnst the 

### rightful 

## cwner or a nortgugse. "(Q) That the roglrtratlon of the vehlole standa 

### suspendedorrevoked. **m(d)** Thut the required fee has not baen paid.”
It is the opinion of this 3epartment, therefore, that the proper prooedure Is for you to refuse Issuance Pi a Certificate of Title on the ground S.hst pmr Apartment,. . . 

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Hon.Ralph I..3uell,Chief, pwe 4



### has railedto reoeivethe InfOnnatIonneoessaryto 8atIsiy you that a CertifiCate or Title should be Issued to the Kittroll Auto Companyon the 

### motorrehlale in qiestlon. Yours very truly .':TTQP2?;‘41

czm.ti OF?xc+s

Billy GoldberG
BIXBBB

APPROVEDAPR 1. 1940

A.TYZRNEY

GENERAL

OFTEXAS