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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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INSURANCE CODE |
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Title 11. TITLE INSURANCE |
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Subtitle B. ORGANIZATION OF TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES |
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Chapter 2552. ATTORNEY'S TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND TITLE ATTORNEYS |
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Subchapter D. TITLE ATTORNEY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
Sec. 2552.154. BOND OR DEPOSIT REQUIRED
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(a) A title attorney shall make, file, and pay for a surety bond payable to the department in the amount of $7, 500 and issued by a corporate surety company authorized to write surety bonds in this state. The bond shall obligate the principal and surety to pay any pecuniary loss that is incurred by:
(1) a participant in a real property settlement or closing in which an attorney's title insurance policy is issued by the title attorney and that is sustained through an act of fraud, dishonesty, theft, embezzlement, or wilful misapplication by a title attorney; and
(2) any party to an escrow agreement in which the title attorney is escrowee and that is sustained through an act of fraud, dishonesty, forgery, theft, embezzlement, or wilful misapplication by the title attorney, either directly and alone or in conspiracy with another person.
(b) Instead of a surety bond, a title attorney may deposit with the department cash or securities approved by the department in the amount of $7,500, subject to the same conditions required for the bond.