Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTllJLl xmomble Joe Earnest coulltyAttorney Utob.11 County Oolorado CSJ, Texu krr Sir1 Oplnlon no. o-6gyg lb1 UDdor Art&la 1.9 mlBt an ex-* Your mquut of recant %nder Artlelo ed State@ oFkeria8, or t’no thorato, lnoludtag the Narltti r&ant Marlno, &all upon the re- ah person, hle grurdtm, or hio at lav, be fuwalshed vltbwt authntlaated aepr ob copi*m of any instnoent, pub110 record or doaurnt tmaem- atry to prove or lstablish suoh clrlr. whlob is la the custody or on file %n the offlao of County Clork~, Dlrtrlct Clerks and other publlo offlclala of this State, by ouch off~cialo. Provided, the txa : ,..(,. .., ,. sarrmble Joa Earnut, pi&~ 2 188uaaoo of auuh aertlfled or rutbentiaated copy or coplu by suah offlolal8 shall not bo son8Idemd In de- teml.nhq the maxImum fee of much officer. *Art. 2. Tbo right8 aonfw~8d bf thla Act 8hall lxtwd to ray parson, hi8 cgurirdlan or hI8 dependentr, Or heirs-at-lav rho am lllglble by ~8on of urv- 100 homtotora or heroafter rwdarod In the Amod Forao8 of the Unltod Mat08 of Amriua, or the ler v- ices auxlllary thereto, lnaluding ttm IiarrItImZkrv- lee and the Norahant JIarlw, vhon ruab per80n, hl8 -rdUn, or hl8 depmderrts, or helm-at-lav l re .llglblo to m8ke ulnlm against the Oovwwwt of the unltod Stat08 of hmmrlor a8 a nault OS ruch 8ervIo0.~ Wun &-8tatuti, oIvIl or ortlml, 18 upru8ul in p~ir~and urmmbl~ou8 w@,ti It8 lwnln$ I8 olurand &vIla\u, t.h*r# 18 no m901 ror oon8tructlon. Omddy v. First y;waal~ or Buuwt, 28Y 5. u. 4721 Spa-k8 v. mat*, 174 . . . xt vlll he noted that APt101* 193*, l IpEa, xvqUlrr8 tbo county Clorkr end DirtrliotClerk8 to fuml8h u=8ervIcwen, rho mm lllglbls to make (L 03rlm wln8t the Oovwnment of the lJaitedState8 of ,Awrba a8 a nrult oi 8*rvke In the Aswd lo-8 of th. thi.tOd 8trte8 Of &rim, Uitbwt o@8t a emrtlfled 8ad rutbntluatod oopy or ooplu 0S uq In8trmont nmmaury to . prow muah alaim. In *I*v oi the plain proVirior~8of Artlalm 19398, lupra, it la the oplnlon of t&I8 dopartwnt that l p8r8on who h8 served in the Armed Forau o? the United lRate8 of Awrloa is not xv- QUII& to my the County Clerk for l oortlilod copy of hi8 dI@- &mgo ln ordar to pro*0 hlr 0UIa for prlorlt~ in pumboo of rwplu8 war wterirl. Yours vow tmlf ATl’ORllXY OBIBRAL OFTXXAS rrr :i,s Aasl8tant JR/JCP