OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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%eo. 27.
ly u,otor
whlolo rr*lrad ta b* re.glrtmed or
Uoenred in thh 3tat-e Q11eny hiflhmy Or cublid
pm. withla thir Stete, @X0+ ri2b drler’a
mtal or oardbeord lloonas numberthemto at-
kehed as ntw prooidod by law, tha annrr rhnll
#Am qtplloatlofa to thr darignated agut in tb
oowlty or his 4o5lolle
saribed br tb Demrtr;;
ltle for #uOh ~otcr vaNole.* (%phaola added)
Seotlon 33 of the 80310 Act roods aa tollow6r
‘SCO. 3s. 50 rotor iahlolo my be dia,yosed
of at rubs0 uent aale unless the owner derignatod
la tho 001%pr lost@ oi tltlb ,&al tmmBt@r the
vsh~elo, and that, there tare .no llena azainrt 6uoh
+.otor rahiolr sroept ruoh 88 are lhava oti~‘the
oortiiloatr oi title and no title to any notor
vehlola ahall pa08 or reqt until ruoh transfer
b e80 lx e o u%ed.* (kphasis add.&)
20 l88uam thet the appllcatlon,oentloned In Seotlon
87 18 the lnatrwaart to W&oh your tint qusbttoa relatecr, and
tlmt -thr OnnaMer mntlonad la sootion 33 lo the object or your
mooad quutl~cu. This opl~11a1 i6 predioatetl upon mioh aosubp-
rl..gnd is 1lnilt.d to the instrumenta requlrra by seotfonr 27
.
iwor to it8 amendrrent In 1941, :brticlo 72488, V.A.C.S.
roads as icllrnll
-Thr A88emot and aollaotor oi Tkaxrr,
ehorirr, or sherirf aad riBaemor aml Colleotar
or Taxer are heroby eutherited on& mpowrmb,
to adzlnfrtcr ill octha noorrsary iOr the die-
s-• 1. A. Bolgor, Isgo 3
oharee or tbo dotlea or thrlr roapootlte of-
fler~, mod to ldalnlater
_ 811 osthr ropulrod
ror tna tnnoaotlon or bu8lne~s or their roe
8pe0th 0rri008.-
*la wtlalo me pa8814 la 1935. srotlon 33 wsa pama~ la
3~9 804 auoh Seotlos apeoilioally raqulrea tbet the trenefer
~~aorlbad tbrrola k lr eo uted -berote a NotaryXubllO.” COB-
a~~aontly', we bald ln our GplJOn tic.G4S77 that Yeotloa 33
eon~~8 Ed8~~0.181priwlal~a wbiOh ftUa8 an lxoeptlon to the
ornor ptiVi8iOaa oontalned in Art1010 7264s and that the
&tar protlalona yield to the iornsr.
.. fn 1941, rrtiolo 7P46a warnlondad by add& tithe
abole qUOtrtioB l lengthy.proviso whloh read8 in pert sa iol-
1mIa: ‘~
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..*~oVidrd that in coriotlar oonta$nlag l pogplatioa-;
or tits hundred thouun4 (500,000) or aorwlnhabl- ...
tanta 8000Tdiag to the laet prsoodlo&or lnr tuturo~
Iadoral Caaaaa,~ auob Aaaesrora 8na Col1rotora or i
Tax08 and their 3o?atlee are lxpreaaly authorired~
to edailnlatem . c . my oath or dimat. oov*rlng.-;: I
Sor trsnsrwof l
for a .- .
my xotor.tob$cl~
61~08 thla lwdmo nt lx&ialy 001~s rpplloatlona f6T iianrfer
ri motorvohlolea and llno otN8 smwxlnmt warn psred subsequent
to tho paarago Oc tieotlon 33, so ieel tbat the amendm~t governa
ee6 eoatrola tbs prorlalone of Srotion 35 to thr ortest lndloated
thsnln.
Coneeqacntly, in enamor to your raoond queatlon, you
em mp00trimy led80d thst in couatlrr b~tfng l population of
loss thrn rlvr hundred thousand, neither the tax ssoerssr-ool-
lrotor nor him dR:utirs tay tska the arfldsvits rrqulrod by
3ootioo 23 or the Cortlfloste oi Title hot, but t&t in OOUnti08
porar~eln~ a populetlon &rgsr than t!da figurr, l tax l acamor-
#@# J. A4 9elger. I’ogo 4
‘&,&or and Ma dorutlaa are e~rowared to tclco auah lr r lea tita
,, ofstua of tha 1941 raon4mnt to Artlolo 7Uda.
~eotloa 67 oon~elaa n0 roquiru+nt relatln @ithor to
-4 p,of\u'lbtlon, this at,andnoct ?rGloated that no ouoh powor
UC ~oatwac~ed by cny tax taaeaaor-oolleotor, rrlor to the pcona.~
a? tha amndmmt. Tht ~~?lArtfirst hold that the duties 0r P
tcx accaccor-oollsotor 61th rmsptot to 8uoh rrctterc are *&fiaial
mica rttaohiini: to thut offlosn and th&l diapoaed of the above
6catcntlon ln thm tollowti lan~un~at
VImover we tPhk that the aa6oaaor and oollootar
already had tbnt authority by rlrtua ab Art. 7W8a~
prior to the above amen&ant . . . . That tha Act Gr
1941 4tdAI With th0 FAttOT in ~03 CPaOitiOt@XZE 60~
not LWUI t&at the outhorlty 414 cot ‘alrcudg exist under
the brad I.GZUUA~O oi the oorlier athtuta.w
in enawcr to your rlrrt~ quoation, you
consequently,
am mOpe0thlly sdvhked
tbt ii the Kt&w~y lk~rtmnt rrqulrws
In ooaneotloa with the a:.~lloationa ~rovlde4 for 3xi
U’?ldttrlta
&&m 27 of tb Certitioato of Yt.10 Aot and lf the
mprttzat doer not desigmte the perrm8 &ore rhw~ swh
,ffldalitll rhall be taken, ruoh affidavita exy be taken by
w tex ar~esror-oollaotor or hle dewtie&
Txu8tlne that the iorogooinr, fkllt umwem your
inq uir la ,*e lm