Sec. 2552.102. LICENSE APPLICATION

(a) Before an initial license is issued to an attorney to act as a title attorney in this state for an attorney's title insurance company, the attorney's title insurance company must file an application for a title attorney's license with the department on forms provided by the department.

(b) The application must be:

(1) accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in an amount not to exceed $50 as prescribed by the department; and

(2) signed and sworn to by the attorney's title insurance company and the proposed title attorney.

(c) The completed application must state that:

(1) the proposed title attorney:

(A) is a licensed attorney in this state and a resident of this state;

(B) is actively engaged in the practice of law;

(C) is known to the attorney's title insurance company:

(i) to have a good business reputation;

(ii) to be a current member, in good standing, of the State Bar of Texas; and

(iii) to be worthy of the public trust; and

(D) meets the qualifications for a title attorney as prescribed by this chapter; and

(2) the attorney's title insurance company does not know of any fact or condition that would disqualify the proposed title attorney from receiving a license.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.