OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable A. J. Luokett
County Attorney
coma1 County
llew Braunfels, Texas
Dear Sir:
Rer Uould
/ts a deed
eque8ting the opin-
ion of thir depar question reads aa
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.
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Honorable A. J. Luck&t, page 2
“The speaifia question that I vould appre-
alate your ansveMng is as foll0Vsr
‘Yould an acknowledgment to a 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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