Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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.