State Act
Section 85
Art. 85 – The clerk (escrivão) shall furnish a security, before the administrator of 12.000$, 6.000$ and 3.000$, according to whether they are of 1st, 2nd or 3rd class comunidades, respectively, of immovable properties situated in this State, shares of the comunidades, pledge or cash, and based only on this document proving the said pledge, the Directorate of Civil Administration Services shall issue the necessary orders for taking charge of the office. Sole § In the case of transfer of the former from one comunidade to another, the security furnished in the former comunidade shall be considered as valid and subsist for the second, on a declaration to that effect, without prejudice to the liabilities which the clerk might have incurred at the same, reinforcement of the security being required, if necessary.