OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honor8ble 0. rooaroil L~~hlia
eouat~ E.ttorAay
Jlz ‘Sol18 County
‘he hate orrefully
9th raquettlnf! the opialon
lty or n notnrlal oral wblo
your lottor 10 fooOd an llq
18 IA the tort2 Qnroribotl b
la inolud&i 4n6 F-1
1 ~rorlda a 8eal 0r
grTl1.d in the oanter 8
ho roMs, ‘Siotary I-ubllo,
( around tho.msr&n (tho
name of. tho oounty for
ir rpyointad), a& k ahaX suthon-
Sl43iol rota thrrow:th.*
k le4n that the rqllLoltor or a notarlrl
re ba 8 rtrr of tire petite ia tho osnter,
t marrin tho legaid, *lWtaky l’ublia, COuAty of
Them rrqArerontr ha+0 been ‘the 8tme
81~~ the bOt Ofgt~“~~~~t LO~idltd\yO Of &!!Y 13, 1846. Aote,
Pitat lO~ill8t~0, &‘a al.
x8 tho rod lnrelld beoause the notsry@~ nom ir alSO
laeladod tberAOA? ‘48 think AOt-
‘.
it 00310n law 00 psrtioulrr lA4orlptloli
__ _ . 848 s~4eAliol
rtirs.i o:rloi4i, ootsrlsl ~1, the PStBSS DCNQ. 009 Of th. Al,-
tar '6 aholoo. As 46 C. J. !% i 83 As.. Jur. 537. In Texos,
so IA most otbw stetss, ln4orSptl4o4 ugoa notorlal ooal4 arm
a08 rotpdatod by lta tuto . 44 Gr 1. 622; .htlal.e 5360, lu>rrj
7 A. t. !I. 1668.
Tbsoo sbtutes hsro rorliiuslt bscn held dlrsotory
(sothrmd Thort~wn, 4: Arksaoor a, 4B AU. Rep. 49) 8nd ~
VS.
rsndator~ (Howltt VW. Xor~sn, 68 lore 460, Sb II. 8. 476). LS.
to Ruli~ cars ku 32a; 39 An. Jur. 226-227. x0 oa#* dLr*otllJ
ia point hsre bwA iotmd ia Taxon althou@ thr 0890 of StooksborrJr
vs. ihan, 21 :;. 5. 694 (SrrhOd, 85 tall. 5631, holds that the
us8 or a 8041 saoh 89 1s pnsorlboC by lsw Lr aootsosry for a
aotarlal authsntlartion.
Other Torn8 a8818 are KoKellsr ‘la, Peak, 55 Texas t~l,
holding an loknOa’hd~.m~At void 8kOlW tbo cotsr) laadvertanfly
used the ~41 of the ?Ounty .%utt: 6nb Str:n&~leu ~4. Thomo>,
1 Pox. A9;. sir. Gas., ::oo. IOW, boldla~ tbaro to be subnt6n-
tiS1 oorapllsaoo with tho stntuta whore the ni~&:iol ssal had
the 18tMr6 T 0, S -4 3 batwton the ;olatr of the star rather
thaa shout the outrr nf3rf.h 0: ths ooml.
?:A! odS8 or fu re Nate, %d:Cso., UO. 10,093, hold6
that tha nottrial we1 tust UOAtOiAtbo Uau6 oi.thc notary, the
court 48ylA(!r
‘Publio reals -- end s not~r)'s 4641 lo 4 pub110
SOUl -- am hrld to prows th+meelvaor IS any rtazp
rhlet: I notary ohoooos to rfilx to his slenaturo an-
tit186 to rsoocnltlon e8 bl8 Ofllolsl lool? Suoh 4
oonutruotlon rtrlkos ma us 4 burlorquo apoa the prO?i-
slono of the nct.or 3oncro(lc. rklob mak06 b o thl~~Ao -
turs 4A?. 0081 nrasssory to the 8uth4ntlostSon or the
ootory's MI. SR d if l$ l QUbliO Se@1 it JWOV66 it-
loif, w6f it n8t 8hOS OD it4 rSO0 at it 16 that
it prot@#; not it iS 0 0441~ but that it 1~
Ody thbt
t&r 4061 or 4 norcr~ publio; snd ln order to 4Gow t&et
lt la the soaL of tho notary ut;O orplOy it, that it
nust bear his nouo.w
Thlo 4:klon ~4s Clsapprored la fr! ro ihlllip~, ?oa.
Caa., NO, ll,OW, thu court boldlay tb6t the SSSl aead AOt OOA-
taia th8 notwy*t mm8 rhrn not 40 rwqulrrd by afstuto.
896
HonOra blo i . ‘1004r09; Laughlin, page 3
In Deem vs. Eata, 114 14. C. 1D4, 12 .I. ii. 146, t&m
5uptOrM Court Of h’orttl Carolina held thht e r,otarial asel JWSJ
oontrln the nwo ot the notary th0uc.h not 80 m::uiroQ by rt,a-
tuto.
tram them 8uthoritirs IO oonolaee that .rhlle l no-
tsrlal rral met be In robataatial ooupllanoe dtll Artlole
5960 by ooatalnin~ the ln8arlptlon thrrrin eat rorth, the ema
i8 not hTelt8 ir 1:: 8dditiGn it OOntUh8 the ZMIBO0s the no-
tary publlo to whoa It belonp.8.