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764 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Ernest Gulm 

County Attorney, 

El Poe0 county 

El Paso, texaa 

Dear Sir. 

pt orfourlet~r 

r a legal opinim 

City and State reoelved an offer of 

00 for tho property* Tbie offer 8aa 

@MO. 

ma8.e larder secthl 9 of'Art101e 7346 (8). 

The State and City, throu@ the pro 

authorities, ooneented to the die r 

the part7 rprsine: the offer of $600.00~ 
Bonorable Erwst Cuirm - page 2 

aud a deed was mmde to thlr party by the 

st8te ami uty . *o nmth8 after thi8 

ptr8ha88, tho orlglnal ommr of the propePty malo 8n offcu to redeem th4 peoperty. 

80OtiOn u Of’ &tiOl0 7aUb (b) i8 BOt Cl0Or 

on the qllestlon of the amount papble w 

the OrIginal owner in order to redma t&i8 

pco P =w l 

.Tbe 8~01fiO qUOlrt&On is a8 fOllOTs: 

Can the owner redeem the property by pqlng to the lart purcha8or the amount of 

$600.00, p1U8 25 

00, or would it $ 

, Iakiag a total o? $S22. 

e Ile808m f OC the Omep 

to pay the $625.00to fho1astnammd parchaser and pay the &Lffarenee of $5aoO.O0 

to the State and City, making 8 total pap 

ment Of ~1,l2s.00? 

*We have found no authoritle8 upon the 

question and me beX1o.m that the qUO8tiO2l 

raqutres morl@aal c0aetmothnot the 

seotione OS the stiStUt68 reftkrred to herein. We have not been 83118 to fM atq 0-8 

deoldlng the ~eetlotu mnt1oned.* 

@Of&On u Ot &'tiOh 73&b, 7WllO¶l’8 &3Yi88d 

CiYil IltstUt88, $8 99 fOltOWS1 

*Xn all wit8 horetofor'e OX' hareafter 

?&led t0 0OlkOCt dew4Qt tU08 8@b8t 

propart~,#Idgmentiabaid~tcBull~otide fOt’ 188tUUlOO Oi rrit Of ~CitMMNSbtl 

dthln tront~ (20) &by* after the pedod 

of redomptlon shall have qd.red to Ubo 

parahaser at Poreclosure 8alb Q hi8, as8lgtms but whenever land lo sold tmaer 

judgcmentinsinoh 6mitfortaxes,the.ownet? of ouch property, or anyone hatlxg aa 

interest thoreia,'or~t?mir heir*, aa+grm 

or legal repre8entatlrOs, mqs rifhin two 

(2) j0C3l.8 ,f’POm the dafo Of ttftdl Sti4, h?Y4 

the right to~redmln 8aid pro rty on the 

SollowLng basile, to-witt (1 p" rithia tbo 

tlret year of the redmptl0n period, upon 

tho papent of the amaunt bid ior the POperty by the pulthaser at cuoh sale, in&id- 
Honorable Brnost Gulnn - page 3 

lng a One ($1.00) Dollar tax deed reoordlag foe and all taxes, peaaltloo, 

intereet and cost8 therea?ter paid 

thsreOn, plus twenty-five per oent 

(23 

rl tl 

) of the aggregate total ; (2) 

in the last year of the redemption 

perlod,upon the paynnmto? the amount 

bib for the property by the parohastw 

at such tale, lnclndlng a One ($1.00) 

Dollar tax deed reoordlng fee aad all 

taxes, penalties, interest and costs 

thercsfter paid thereon; plus flity 

par cent (60$) o? the aggregate total. 

8I.n addition to redeemlug dir6ot 

?ron the pprohrrsor as a?oresald, Fedemption may also be made upon the basis 

herozlnabeve de?Aned, a8 provi.dtd in,&tloles 7284 and 9286 of the Revised Clrll 

Statutes e? Texas Of 1925.. 

Ue think this statute Is reasonably fr6e ?rolp 

-?Jl& *Y l It s&ins whom there has been 8 JudlolaJ fowclosure and sole of the property, the ouner o? such property, or anyone having an interest therein, psy tithin 

two years from the aate of such sale redeeau the property. 

If the redemption 18 maa within the first ye8r Of~the 

r8clemptlon period, It laupon the payment Of the amount 

bib far tho property by the. parohaser at such sale, lneluding a $1.00 tax deed recording foe all taies;pfmalt1ea, interest as&i Oo8t8 tbsresfter paid thereon, @ti8 

22% of the we&ate total 

aurlng the second year of lh 

l? the r*emptlqn 18 mfbde 

e redmption period, tho 

aa6 re uironente Of pRymf?nt aWe lead6 save there sust 

be a s # Instead of a 26s.added t&the 8ggregate total. 

m08e payments are to be made to the -chaser, 0~ his 

vendee In e proper case. 

dsSu~&Ig that the'purohasers -- the Stste a& 

the city -- have ?mt since the plrchase paid any taxes, 

penalties, Interest or Costs , muI assuming that the redemption is cede during t;he first year O? t&s-Fedemptioh 

period, the amount to.be paid by the oIoer .v.%ll be ‘$1251. 

26, this being the amount of the purchaser's bld.pltas 

$1.00 tax deed reoordlng fee, sad plus the 26$,.yonalty. 

Upon reoeipt of such amount a prop& redemption 

deed should be exeouted. 
Bonorable Ernest Gulnn - page 4 

lo have not been furnished a oopy of the deed 

executed by the purchasers to their vendee; neither does 

your statement give us the nature or content8 of that 

iostrummt, so that we are unable to deters&m the rolatire rights of the State, the city, and their vendee, If 

in m event such vendee has any right In sueb redenrptlon 

m-Y* 

The redemption ordinarily Is to be made from 

the one uho holds the tax title at the tlmo (61 C. J. p. 

1276, Sec. 176) where there is no statute upon the subjeot ,(and we have nonej, but the matter rests entirely 

In the term .o? the deed from the purchaser to his vendee. (See our Opinion 80. o-960). We are not advised 

ln thls respect in the present ease, and therefore express no opinion as to whether the redemption paymont 

8hould be made to the purchasers or to their vendee, or 

as to their respective Interests therein. 

v'eq tl'llly yOuI. 

&l'TOlUtEX 6EllJBUL OF TE$$S 

h.- 

ATTORNEY GNZAL OF TEXAS