Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

nr OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN State nhould reoeLve oredlt fox'this money. Rl8 anther to Our lettap of April 7 rmdn an followsr 'Regardin%your 1ett.s of April 7, 1941, Peque8tUlg ?urtheP lnfOPmBtiaaon the Jloaa J. Vattn Cm uheok for $59.37 for rontal8 4aanting 00 property rroldfor temin after the resdsmiptimpmrlod brd expired and prior to thlr,prqorty be- sold to a third P-tY*” At the time the property in quertiar in thh ame YM SOreolored under 8 tu juaeaglt the follovingArtioles oaptrolled 8uoh aales and redemptlme: "Artiiole 7288. %hould the tu oolleator f83.1to mke aale of uky real eatate for mat of e purahuer, he rhrll bid the aarm off for the State for the tbx.8 and paulties due, and all co8t8 eoalrulng thereon, and oxeaute a deed to the 8t8toj and am deed &all lnalude all tmtn of land bid off to the 8tate et rush tex arle,~dmke due -turn tbezeof,uader 8uah foam md direatiane UI the Comptroller m8y furnish and dlmat. After 8ale and pureh~e by the Btats of ay ml estate, It 8h8llnot ba lawful TOP 8Ud aolloctm to levy upon OP ad- vo@tlne OS 8.11 the 8mw iOF any mmlning or rOsrubd tax88 due thereon rsltiltbe 88mo 8hsl1 p8,%btiT redeened b the owner or 18 8Old by %aid co19ee&&;sball, 01 fln8l set- tlQment Oi hi8 &aoOunt8 with the Oo1m&881oneP8 court end the Comptroller,be antitled to & omdlt fo~tha rmrotmtof -08 due the 8t8te end oomty, resspeatlvely, for rhlah the land8 end 10t8 vere bid off to the 8trte. "Article 7289. The uuner ofurglrad8 that mny here been aonveyed to the %tato under the prOYi8iOIt8 Of the fOregOing WtiOlO, OI hi8 rg*at, d98lring to medeem the mme, mar do ao by de- positing with the oollwtor O? the county in vhiah the land8 vere 8old double the ankountof the pwahaoe wmsy md 411 raox'udtiase8 thma, vlthln tvo yewa froa the data of the deed to the IImorablr CbrP1.y LoaldLut, Pqa 3 State; Md 8Wh CO1lOOtOF 8a1 *XeOUtO 8 FO- aeipt to such ovnbr, Or 8gQt8, @VIag tbon& th e uuo wt of a mne yM a o ived,a nd l de8arIp- tlaa of the laad 80 a8 to idmtify the @ame, urd 81s pnd 8-1 th8 8W Offioidiy; Md, upcp pl'O8G&&tIO?B of rwh raoelpt to the OOarp- troller, he 8Wl execute to the owmr a re- l%lU+8hWII¶tWIdO~hi8 8%@0.8tUMMd 8u1of offlao, rhioh my be admItted to reooml Sn like meanerwith other aaavlryWaoo8 of Und. "ArtIale 7290. In 0888 8tid land 8h11 not MY. been Podo8@8& 88 prwl~ in Art101e 7089, then the 8m w k 8Old 88 provided ln ~tlalo 7a80: Artlole 7328 prov3.d.dthe method of -10 by & shwiff after property had o~l.gballybwm bld in by the State~dthe lwthod ofpw3ngthowaby8ftor 8ald8ale. %Ud htlah lWSd8 fn pWt M fOlhU8, * If Wky Of the had thU8 8Olid tb the itit; i8kBt rmdeemd W1thS.n th8 t&W pP080rlbed by thi@ lW, the $hWiff 8bl1 S.11 the aam8 et publlcr out0 totha hl.@mtblddw ff3rcwhrtth*pMnoIpa 1 alzaioeto th8 aowt howe in tha oowty whwo& the lend 1108, eftw @*ins notloa of sale ia tha manor now pro- 8oribod ?Ol!8aO Of w 08t8tO UtkdW UMUtiQII, pwvldad wh8n notbe 18 egm by poatbg notiaw, me of the 88ld notio88 -11 k po8ted In 8 oolepiawma plus up~l tha lard to ba rold. Se&daotIao 8heU a-t&In a legal de8oriptlQn of the lend to b8 #old1 the d&o of it8 ~uWamo by the bteto, the prlae ferwbioh the lmdru rold te thr %tata# th8t it vi11 b. 8Old 8t pub110 Out- arg to the -8t bidder for O&8& dRte md flUSO Of 8tiO. Al.1lui1*8OOnte3E$~tOdhoreln 8-1 be We ia t&l mWUl.r proscribed fW th9 oale OfwalerUt~ lmlor axwut~,~t~ 8heriff 18 hereby 8Utbl’i8&, md It ir horoby prds hI8 duty to wjeat any rtldall bid8 fox' ad lnndvhm Inhl8 $.ad@mntthe UIL)MtbIdIa ia8uffIoiantor in&%quto, crad la event *rid bid or bid8 are njootod the lend dU.3. be I’e-dVw- ti8Od and offoNd Tel’ 881e 88 pPOV%dsd fW hWOin, ,, Hworable Ohuley Lookhert, Paga 4 but the aaoeptamm by the 8herlff of tha bid 8hrl1b8 canol~:~eW~dblnaiD~ m the qW8tlCZi of the SUffiCi8IlC~of thm bid, and no a&Ian 8hSll be 8ullt8ill@d in Ury OOUl'tOf tdd.8 State to ret aialdeueid earl@an growads of the in- 8uffIclenoy of th8 Munt bid aad maopted. nothing hwein Sh311 b0 am8trwd U prablblt- in/~the Btotr, rating thx'oqb the oowty attor- ney of the oounty vhoroln thQ land 11.8, or it8 Attorney 0BII4X81,f’P0m in8trtUtw u1 E#tiCRl t0 88t asida the aaId 8ti@ 0 th@ gPOM& Cl?fF8Ud or aolluslm b&wan the offla~ mUbg the saleandthe purCbae~'. The 8hsPiffsUL18ad the 8m0wt WGOIW~ f~an8~htileto the 8t8te TreMureP ester ludwtlng the UlQlmt of th8 aoulty tams, Sntorost aad penalty of the aouI- ty taxvhiahhe 8bai1 pay to the oountytrMU- uxwr. The 8hWiff, irkbOh81f Of tb0 %t8tO, ahal execute l dud 000-g title to mid property Whan 8old end paid for." orlginrlly brought.