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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN Honorable A. J. Luokett
County Attorney coma1 County
llew Braunfels, Texas
Dear Sir:
Rer Uould /ts deed eque8ting the opin- question reads aa ion of thir depar iollous c
County Clerk of attestation aats to be exeauted bj peraonr rubjeat-to mill.- tary “lav.“’
“Vernon*8 Texas Statute8 OD the artiale gov- erning persons eligible to tak;lw aaknowledgments doea not lmalude U. 9. Anag Oifioials a8 notaries publIa.
Honorable A. J. Luck&t, page 2
“The speaifia question that I vould appre- alate your ansveMng is as foll0Vsr
‘Yould an acknowledgment to deed of aon- vegance concernlug real estate taken under the foregoing be a legally suffialent aoknovledgment in the Stat0 or Texas?
‘1 hare not born able to rind satisfaotory Texas authority OR the &bove questlon.and vould appreoiate your giving ma an opinion.
Seatlon 1 or Artfclo 6602, Vernon*8 Annotated Clvll Statutes vas.:amended by House Bill Xo. 4, Acts of the 48th bglslature, Hegular Session, 1943. I:
Hoase Bill 30. 4, supra, provides: %cct10n 1. Artlole 6602, Title 115, Chapter 2 of the Revised Civil 3tatutea of Texas of 1925, Is hgreby amended so as to hereafter read as iol- lows;
g*ArLrtlole 6602.
OnThe aaknovledgment or proof or an lnstru- nmnt or vrlting for record may be ssrde oft&In this State before :
“‘1. A alerk of the dlstrlat Gouzt.
“‘2. A judge or olerk of the bounty aourt. "'3. A notary public.
‘Without the State, but within the United Staies or their territories before:
“‘1. A alark 0r some oourt 0r record having
a seal.
“2. A commissioner of deed6 duly appointed under the laws of the State,
T ;3. A notary publlt.
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