who operate8 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSWN 

Honorable D. C. Oreer 

wate Elghv4y mgineer 

2esas Hlghwgy De)epartment 

Au@tIln, ‘POxa@ 

Dew Sirr 

ifs are mtwnllq 

y o u l ttr 6hed %o y a w r ep uu 

quertien. 

rrerpondeaoo vhloh 

1942, on the above 

ln Qlertlon ia 

aadBluoWbQ 

on at 1eut on 

ment loned. 

that the inditfdual 

operator oi “mite 

ed to rwh anl8Prhlp 

he ovner of the vahlolem 

l uthoritier in Peu8 on tha 

authoritior frcm other 

pew to be rimllrr regirolopedia of Automobile Law (9th Rd.), Vol. 

371, it ir 8ridr 

*Inarmuoh aI a oorporation, ilam or krdirldu8l 

MJ adopt a traae-name under vhioh bwlmrr PUT be 

trazuaoted, a regiatratlon in the n&m 80 adapted 

may be proper, UOept that, Of QOWSO, 4 fiOtitbN# 

mma mnnot be a&opted by an lndirldua~, under tho 

gui8e of a tr4d?hDUU), for the purpore of ocmeealiq his identitr. So a plaintiff vho bu thw sop 

isterod hia autorpoblle war ~444~4~ tw tiJurler dw 
Hoaorablo Di C. Oreo)?, page P 

to the n4gllg4noo of mothmr, and him right to reoover will not be defeated b the faot that the 

plaintiff hmm failed to o -PI 7 with 4 statute requiring m oertifioate of oertain faotm to be filed 

by muoh a trmder, the l tatute being Intended solely 

for the Information mnd the groteotlon of oredltorm 

vlth whom he ml&t oontraot. 

In Berry on hutomobllem, (6th Ed.) Vol. 1, Seation 295. 

page 266, it lm fwther maid: 

Wd4r a ot4tute providing th4t 4n applloatlon for the reglmtrmtion of a motor vehlole mmy be 

made by the owner, and requiring the appllmmtlon 

to oontaln a l t4toment oi th4 name, plaoe of remldenoe, and mddremm of thm l pplloant, an applloation 

by au ovnor giving m fiotltioum pmrtnermhip name, 

under vhioh ho had been oondwtlng budnsrr for 

mmny pax-8 mnd vam well-known, warn held to be auffloient oompllwAi54*. It mm furthmr held lmimatorlml 

that l umh owner had not oomplled with 4 mt4tute requiring t&t lndlrldualm 4ng$4g4d in bumlnemm mnder 

nammm other than their own mhall file with the 

olerk of the oity or town ln vhioh the plaoe of 

bumS.nnemm 18 l ltumted, 4 aertlflorte stating the full 

name mnd r4mldenoe of eaoh pmrmoti by vhom it 18 

aonduoted, 

'She oowt deolued, hoverer, thmt regtmtration uuder 4 fiotitioum nmae mdoptod for thm pwpore of aonoeallng identity would not ba a oonipllanoe vith the l tmtute ~b404u44 the ceoord would 

not l hov, nor the oertifiomte oontmia, a demarlptive mtmtement by which the true owner oould bm 

mma4rtrlned.t 

3.03, ?i. E. 298. 

Co-ton V. uilli4n8, 216 #tams, 184, 

See also ;ikene v. Wmhmm, 100 

Irti. 938, PuPted V. Hutmpkwey, 188 B. x. 391; 

Brewer v. Ilhyem, 188 U. E. 600." 

We call yew attention to the f'aat that the statutes 

oonaerning the regl8tretion of automobile8 (6675a, R.C.S.) and 

the Certifloate of Title A0t (1436-1, P.C.) require the lndlrldual owner of a motor wehiole to dl8olo8e hi8 identity ln the 

folloving lengumge: 

J.’ 
Honorable D. 0. fkmer, pago 3 

Artlale 66754-3 provider; "Applloatlon for the 

registration of a motmr vehlale . . . shall bm signmd by the ouner of the vehicle, end ah411 give him 

name end pddremrr ln full. . . ." 

Article 1436-1, Section 94, provl&mr "The 

term fCertiflaste of Title( . . . mumt glveg 

"(i) A epace for th8 migllatwe o? the owner 

and the Owner 8h4u writ9 him nmme . . . in 811ch 

mpaoe. . . ." 

Art1010 X436-1, Beotlon 33, provl&mm: "Ilo 

motor,vehIole nury be dimporod of . . . aalrmm the 

owner demlgnated . ) . shall tr4n8fer the aertlfleate of title on form . . . vhlmh folln l hmll inmlude . . . 4n rffldavlt to the effoot that the 

signer 18 the owner of the sotop vehicle. . . .# 

Blnoe the suthorities clted hold that ths identity of 

the ovner la the lllaln purpose Involved In motor registration 

statutes 4nd minae the Texa8 strtute8 dealing with registration 

md the oortlfioate of title to motor vehicles roqulre that the 

actwl ounermhlp of much vehIalem be dlmolomed In the fom POqulr@ wader e4oh, we belleve that the lndivldtlal ia question 

nary reglata and obtsin a certlfioate of title to motw vehlrlsm 

operated in him buminemm under the trade pupe by uhich much buminemm 18 kamwn.