Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Ernest Gulm
County Attorney,
El Poe0 county
El Paso, texaa
Dear Sir.
pt orfourlet~r
r a legal opinim
City and State reoelved an offer of @MO.
00 for tho property* Tbie offer 8aa
ma8.e larder secthl 9 of'Art101e 7346 (8).
The State and City, throu@ the pro
authorities, ooneented to the die r
the part7 rprsine:the offer of $600.00~
Bonorable Erwst Cuirm - page 2
aud a deed was mmde to thlr party by the
st8te ami uty . *o nmth8 after thi8
ptr8ha88, tho orlglnal ommr of the pro-
pePty malo 8n offcu to redeem th4 peoperty.
80OtiOn u Of’ &tiOl0 7aUb (b) i8 BOt Cl0Or
on the qllestlon of the amount papble w
the OrIginal owner in order to redma t&i8
p c o P =w l
.Tbe 8~01fiO qUOlrt&On is a8 fOllOTs:
Can the owner redeem the property by pq-
lng to the lart purcha8or the amount of
$600.00, p1U8 25 , Iakiag a total o? $S22.
00, or
would it $ e Ile808m f OC the Omep
to pay the $625.00to fho1astnammd par-
chaser and pay the &Lffarenee of $5aoO.O0
to the State and City, making 8 total pap
ment Of ~1,l2s.00?
*We have found no authoritle8 upon the
question and me beX1o.m that the qUO8tiO2l
raqutres morl@aal c0aetmothnot the
seotione OS the stiStUt68 reftkrredto here-
in. We have not been 83118 to fM atq 0-8
deoldlng the ~eetlotu mnt1oned.*
@Of&On u Ot &'tiOh 73&b, 7WllO¶l’8 &3Yi88d
CiYil IltstUt88, $8 99 fOltOWS1
*Xn all wit8 horetofor'e OX'hareafter
?&led t0 0OlkOCt dew4Qt tU08 8@b8t
propart~,#Idgmentiabaid~tcBull~o-
tide fOt’ 188tUUlOO Oi rrit Of ~CitMMNSbtl
dthln &by* after the pedod
tront~ (20)
of redomptlon shall have qd.red to Ubo
parahaser at Poreclosure 8alb Q hi8, as-
8lgtms but whenever land lo sold tmaer
judgcmentinsinoh 6mitfortaxes,the.own-
et? of ouch property, or anyone hatlxg aa
interest thoreia,'or~t?mir heir*, aa+grm
or legal repre8entatlrOs, mqs rifhin two
(2) j0C3l.8 ,f’POm the dafo Of ttftdl Sti4, h?Y4
the right to~redmln 8aid pro rty on the
SollowLng basile, to-witt (1p"rithia tbo
tlret year of the redmptl0n period, upon
tho papent of the amaunt bid ior the PO-
perty by the pulthaser at cuoh sale, in&id-
Honorable Brnost Gulnn - page 3
lng a One ($1.00) Dollar tax deed re-
oordlag foe and all taxes, peaaltloo,
intereet and cost8 therea?ter paid
thsreOn, plus twenty-five per oent
(23 ) of the aggregate total ; (2)
rl tl in the last year of the redemption
perlod,upon the paynnmto? the amount
bib for the property by the parohastw
at such tale, lnclndlng a One ($1.00)
Dollar tax deed reoordlng fee aad all
taxes, penalties, interest and costs
thercsfter paid thereon; plus flity
par cent (60$) o? the aggregate total.
8I.n addition to redeemlug dir6ot
?ron the pprohrrsor as a?oresald, Fe-
demption may also be made upon the basis
herozlnabeve de?Aned, a8 provi.dtd in,&tl-
oles 7284 and 9286 of the Revised Clrll
Statutes e? Texas Of 1925..
Ue think this statute Is reasonably fr6e ?rolp
-?Jl& *Y
It s&ins whom
l
there has been 8 JudlolaJ fow-
closure and sole of the property, the ouner o? such pro-
perty, or anyone having an interest therein, psy tithin
two years from the aate of such sale redeeau the property.
If the redemption 18 maa within the first ye8r Of~the
r8clemptlon period, It laupon the payment Of the amount
bib far tho property by the. parohaser at such sale, ln-
eluding a $1.00 tax deed recording foe all taies;pfmal-
t1ea, interest as&i Oo8t8 tbsresfter paid thereon, @ti8
22% of the we&ate total l? the r*emptlqn 18 mfbde
aurlng the second year of lh e redmption period, tho
aa6 re uironente Of pRymf?nt aWe lead6 save there sust
be a s # Instead of a 26s.added t&the 8ggregate total.
m08e payments are to be made to the -chaser, 0~ his
vendee In e proper case.
dsSu~&Ig that the'purohasers -- the Stste a&
the city -- have ?mt since the plrchase paid any taxes,
penalties, Interest or Costs , muI assuming that the re-
demption is cede during t;he first year O? t&s-Fedemptioh
period, the amount to.be paid by the oIoer .v.%llbe ‘$1251.
26, this being the amount of the purchaser's bld.pltas
$1.00 tax deed reoordlng fee, sad plus the 26$,.yonalty.
Upon reoeipt of such amount a prop& redemption
deed should be exeouted.
Bonorable Ernest Gulnn - page 4
lo have not been furnished a oopy of the deed
executed by the purchasers to their vendee; neither does
your statement give us the nature or content8 of that
iostrummt, so that we are unable to deters&m the rola-
tire rights of the State, the city, and their vendee, If
in m event such vendee has any right In sueb redenrptlon
m-Y*
The redemption ordinarily Is to be made from
the one uho holds the tax title at the tlmo (61 C. J. p.
1276, Sec. 176) where there is no statute upon the sub-
jeot ,(and we have nonej, but the matter rests entirely
In the term .o? the deed from the purchaser to his ven-
dee. (See our Opinion 80. o-960). We are not advised
ln thls respect in the present ease, and therefore ex-
press no opinion as to whether the redemption paymont
8hould be made to the purchasers or to their vendee, or
as to their respectiveIntereststherein.
v'eq tl'llly
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ATTORNEY GNZAL OF TEXAS