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OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
HonorableRalph Flliott
&$&.nel District .btt~meg
uraymon county
sherman, Texee
Deer Slrt
30 have your request for
queetlonr
the County Clsr
.,$ii unty required
to file end rsoord io atea of immfoe
.DenlsonL&m and
of the Federal
endsr oi peyxiont
r recording Baa
riaa or 8aiQ
?mber such notloes abatraota or statercants in
the order in whioh they am ttled, and If th&
are required to be reoorded, ha ehsll.reoord them
in e well bound book to be etyled,*Faderar% LLen
Record,* and 5.~3
either 0898 he ah811 index thsa
alphabstlosllyu.Mkr the flenmaof the peoooltll
named thareln or affcotod thereby, euch lnder to
be kept in a well bound book rtgled, *Iedsz %e
Fedwal Liens,‘ anil for ths p~srPOlwime0 Of WeSO
HonorableRalph Elliott, page 2
services be shall not oharge a fee, but ehall be
oomp%nsstedby the oounty, as provided for in Ar-
tiole 3931. His failure to file, reoord or In-
dex properly any suoh notice, abmtraot or stata-
mant an herein required, or to ba oompensated
therefor, shall not effect the Palldlty or lsgal-
ity of any suoh lien or claim, or release or dla-
oharge thereof."
This article requires the oountiyolerk or eaob oounty to
file, or file end record, without oharglng a fee for euoh servloes,
any Inetrumentrof the oharacter onumsratad below in favor of the
United States of Amerioe or any department or bureau thereoir
1. Notloe of any lien or 01aIm.
2. Abatraot of an7 lien or olalm.
3. Statement 0r any lien or olaim.
4. Release of an7 lletnor olaIm.
5. giaaharge of any 1Ien or alaIm.
IS the Instrumentsprenented for filing, or for filing an6
recording are of the oharaoter mentioned above, and are In favor
Of th* United Stateo or any department or bureau thereof, a rounty
alark Is required by the provisionsof auoh article to file, or
file snd reoord, suoh lnetrumentawithout oherglng a fee therefor.
On the other hand, If the instrumentpresented for fIlIngI or for
filing and reoordlng, does not la11 within the oate;orIeamentioned
in Article 64M, there Is no requirementthat the olerk file, or
file and reoord the same, wIthout abargin(! any fee for his sartioee.
For your further fnrormatlonwe enolose herewith oopiea of
our OpinionsNoa. O-1393 and O-1393-Supplement.
Your8 very truly
AFDI,O\!i:;
MAR 1, 1941 ATTORNEY O&NERAL OF TNXAS
I ATTORNEY GENZRAJ. OF TEXAS
BY
Riohard W.
Rl0rlE.P
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