Sec. 2552.157. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE POLICY

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A title attorney may issue a title insurance policy for an attorney's title insurance company only if the title attorney:
(1) is appointed by the attorney's title insurance company as its title attorney;
(2) bases each title opinion on separate and current title evidence, provided by a licensed abstract plant, of the records of the county in which the real property, the title to which is to be insured, is located; and
(3) pays to the licensed abstract plant the portion of the premium agreed to by the title attorney and the abstract plant and approved by the department, if the title attorney contracts to obtain the title evidence from the abstract plant as provided by Section 2552.153.

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

                    
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