Tex. Ins. Code § 2501.006 · Chapter 2501. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CLOSING THE TRANSACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For purposes of this title, "closing the transaction" describes the investigation that is made:
(1) on behalf of a title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation before the title insurance policy is issued; and
(2) to determine proper execution, acknowledgment, and delivery of all conveyances, mortgage papers, and other title instruments necessary to consummate a transaction.
(b) Closing the transaction includes a determination that:
(1) all delinquent taxes have been paid;
(2) in the case of an owner title insurance policy, all current taxes, based on the latest available information, have been properly prorated between the purchaser and seller;
(3) the consideration has been passed;
(4) all proceeds have been properly disbursed;
(5) a final search of the title has been made; and
(6) all necessary papers have been filed for record.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- 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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