Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
cams, Fish & Oyster ComSsslon
A~ustin, %'~StW3
1940, requfBstlllg the ogl
aaoesa~ty or htwi~ aokn
ontored into brtwa r Oomdmaion and lanl¶OwA~ru. nt nalo8od dth
8Srq this aatter tith you outed are plaoad of M- 1s rltuated, amI ytm da- still be plao& re- urb of tm witnesses ob- ult by the lesnor.
, B6vSqd CSrSl Statutea, as nb Ls&ilaturo, Ch. 817, p. 871, xoadr haya bacm aoknowlulged or grovad aooorditzg to law, era authorized to bo reoorded, t&t alldomIs, mart- &Vi&We OOAY8JW7C8, dWBd@ Of tXW3t, bOAUS iOr tit.10, oooennant~, dOr00Oan008 OS 0thOr immtim8 0i mtilrg oonoerrdnfi 0Ay l.anQs tenemu3ti8, ox goods end ohat- telar, or mwable property 0r any dwOri.ptsOA; protided, *2 Game, F:sh & Ofater (lOEtZiSSf~@A, Page 2 that In oa~ee cl aubUivlsIon or rs-sob-
howevar, dSvIaIon of real no map or plat of an suoh aubdivirioa qr m-mbdivSrIon shall be fS f et& or meorded unless and until the eame ha6 beut au- thorized by the Coti~Sonerr’ Court ot the oounty IA wbloh the real e@tato Sr sStuat64 by ardor duly eAt6,rd In the ?JIInutae *al& Court, sroept In oaso8 or partItSoon QT other embdSylaIon through a court or rooord: prorldod, that with&n Inoorporated oltlee and toma the gotaming body thereor In lima of the CoraaSsoloners~ Court @hall portom th8 dutiu herelna~ve Smpoeed upon the CormSe8Ioners* Coulrt.’ Note that an Instrument I8 antitled be reoordeid un$sr the provlrSo~ of Lrtiete 66M when St *shall hare bean aoknowle4dgod or proved aoovrdSag to law”. ArtSolo bbO9, Vernontr Annotated CSrIl Btatutee method ot aok~owleding an Inmtrument in writ&
providea rbr the purpoao 0r being riworhi roads as follnrrt
WI* aoknowl~ont of an Instrumfit et wrlt- ln(t for the PUrJMPb of beI&? rooorded 8hall ba by tho gmntor or person who l xeout*d the 8aae l ppmr- lag b&ore 801~ ortlorr authorIt& to take mob l o knouloQ&Elenf, and stits that ha had xaoutod 7 the 6-e for tlu aonsidbn Son au6 purpoxba thwala
8tstatl; and the offSerr taking ruoh eoknowXe@eat #hall make a o*rtIfso~t~ tboxwt, US&n tIAd wal t&a MEI~ with bfa seal OS’ of0.80.’
Artlole 6609, Vtmmn~a Annotated USvSl rJtatutU, pm- Vi&M the awthod Qf provillg an SMtruQmnt In WrSfSng roa the parpoao 0r noordatlon whm tha SUPO bar AOt been aokuowked ad aoaordauoe with the grorlslonr Artiblb b6OS. ThIr A 24 idle
o rlde~ ior an aknowleU#wmt by one or more OS the oubsdrSb- &I ~Itnhmsrr eatI reads as mi0=8:
“The proof or ant In#trtimant or writing for jxrposs of bolrrg rcloorded shall by ono more of the subsorIbSng witnwaea appearing ba- pw8onally rors MFM OiiSoer rutbotIsw3 takb 8Wh pc~bf, and on oath thaO hs or they sea gmntor or stating person who axatouted nuoh SImtrum*at ot wrItIn@, sab- tsarSbe the aanm that the gmntar or ~areon Mx? *3 executed auoh instrument or writing acknowled$ed in hi6 Or their prO66AO8 tbnt he had eXe0Ut.d th0 aama ror tho ptupow8 and mnaldaretion therein atatod; and that he tbay hab aigped the ama afi wlt~suell at thu mquut or the grantor or per- eon W&J exaoutrd auoh lnatruaant ; and the cifrloer taking such roof ahall imko a oertltloatcl theraoh, sign aaa Ip tha aam with hIa e.fiIoIal aeel.”
hrt1010 1394, Varnonta izinotat*d Civil Statutaa, ~~68 as rouows;
“Every e00a or co~veyf3noo of oral eetata must be afgnad and aobrewledgod by tha grantor in tha pmaenor cU at laarrt two oredlbla aubaoribe Uq wltnuaea therato; mat ba duly aokaowlodgetd baforo aoma offloor authorized to take aoknowledg- manta, properly oertlrlad by him Sor rag- latration.”
*hi10 the oourta have we an eoknowl*dgPrnt nd neouury fbr the ralldl 0r a oontmot and tbmt Ita ab8anoo will
sot its bindi- iam0 and otieot ea between the partlea thoroto (idondragon va. Mondragoo, 115 Tax. 404, ES4 s. W. 8115; HIU va. MoIntpe DrillIn Caqpany, (C. C. A. 1933) 59 8. 7i. (6%) 198, writ roiuaod; Montgolwry va. l3uth (C. C. A. lQ8b) S85 8. Vi. SW, EQl 3. W. 855, (Corn.. State Buak C8ldwall Stubba, (C. C. A. lose), A p.); Firat 4i 8. iy. (84) 44b; WtLana ~a* Canulss (C. C. 1694) 85 5. Vi. 89). it must navcrthaleaa aolraorledgad or provod in aoaord- anoe with tha provIaion8 of krtlolr6 6503 or ordar to bo admItto rooord urdar Artiole Sor auah inatrumont 66&b, vernon’6 Anuot4tlBe GIvSl statutra. This general rule &an not apply to oonvoyanoua by
ELNTIO~ women and your attuntion la dlreoted mtiole Sootion 59 of 0r tha Cenatitutlon 0r Teraa, and to nrtlolo Varnon*e mnotatod CSvIl stututoa, wNah read;: In part, au tollowar
‘Sea. 50, Art. 15:- * * * Elor ahall if a. martied mu, sell hozaeat8ad rlth- ol*ller, out tha conaa~t or the wirr, given in auoh menuar us muy be praaoribrd by law * + **
Art 101s 1300:
Oaae, Bl6h & Oyeter Comnistaion, Pago 4
"The hoametead or the ft&ly shall lloibe sold and conveyed by tha ouner, if a sarried Sal, without the aonaent or the wire. Suoh aonsmt ehallbe rviefknod by the wife fOillb6 ~&i@ning bar mime there- in the oonveymae, to, and by her wgarate acrkmwled&mmt there- taken aortiflod before tha proper orfbxr, and in the RLO& pointed out in artialm 6605 ana 6608."
Under there prorlaionr lt haa barn held thatw bon the lease aoicnowlebgmsnt of the wife au pro?ided for le ior a terri% or mom than one w the aoprate
in Artiolee and 6608 is naomasuy for the aonr,yanco of oag titereat in hameatsad or npamts or the wire. PIepar ~8. Esaalara (C. C. A. 1910), 121 6. W. 681; Yaseen VS. 01*en, (C. c. A. 19l.l) 140 8. 'ir. 834, wit reumd; stophsnn0n YE. !dallat, (Cc C. A. 19W MO B. W. 653, trio reNwd; Croa8r. EITefiB, 86 Tax. 5838 Callahan Patterox, 4 TO%. 6111 mrity ~69 Dorlty, 96 Tar. US, 60 L. B. A. 94l, 'I1 8. WY, 05Oi Emil. VU. &iilO, (c. C. 1906) 93 8. W. (138; 33UiS VB. BinghM, (C. 0. A. i918) 150 s. xi. 608.
You are th0rami rwbp0atruuy advim and it lo the opinion or thl8 aapertnsat thtriidur0 loarr ~ementr QL- te;nd into by the Oamq, Blah b Oy8t.r Coldmdon auat be ekmwl- leraor or proved aaaording law in oiler to entitle orl%ed by the to thoa admission reoord in the county inwhleh the land la sit- uated. fncrorar as tharalidity of muah lmues 16 ormmrned, mu are advised that it ia not neoeerary that the lmtrummtr be ao- Thla with the l xceptiau t&t when the 6XUfitOr l.a a kILOW1d6Ob. aParried W~YMII, the zpust aoknowle(lged iu eowdaaoo with itatuta8 mt forth above.
Y&arm vary truly ATTORNEY OEHBiAL OF TEXAS