Sec. 2552.158. AUTHORITY TO DELIVER BUT NOT ISSUE POLICY

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A title attorney may deliver, but not issue, a title insurance policy in conformity with Subchapter A, Chapter 2704, if:
(1) the title attorney does not own or lease and control a licensed abstract plant, is not a participant in a bona fide joint abstract plant operation, and is unable to contract with a licensed abstract plant to obtain the required title evidence in the county in which the real property, the title to which is to be insured, is located; or
(2) the title insurance policy is based on a certified abstract of title prepared by a licensed abstract plant covering the particular real property from the sovereignty of the soil to the date of the transaction.

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

                    
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