Tex. Ins. Code § 2501.004 · Chapter 2501. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ABSTRACT PLANT; JOINT ABSTRACT PLANT OPERATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For purposes of this title, the department shall define "abstract plant" and "joint abstract plant operation."
(b) To provide for the safety and protection of policyholders, the department shall require that an abstract plant:
(1) be geographically arranged;
(2) cover a period beginning not later than January 1, 1979, and be kept current; and
(3) be adequate for use in insuring titles, as determined by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1025 (H.B. 4338), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2501.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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