Tex. Ins. Code § 2704.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ISSUANCE OF POLICY OR CONTRACT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A title insurance policy or contract may not be written unless:
(1) Sections 2502.053, 2502.054, and 2502.055 have been complied with;
(2) the policy or contract is based on an examination of title made from title evidence prepared from an abstract plant owned, or leased and operated by a title insurance agent or direct operation for the county in which the real property is located, except as provided by Section 2704.002;
(3) insurability of title has been determined in accordance with sound title underwriting practices; and
(4) evidence thereof is preserved and retained in the files of the title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation for a period of not less than 15 years after the date of issuance of the policy or contract.
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.2704.htm
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2502.053CERTAIN COMPENSATORY PAYMENTS NOT PROHIBITED.Printed as Sections 2502.053, 2502.054, and 2502.055
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2502.054CERTAIN DIVISIONS OF PREMIUMS NOT PROHIBITED.Printed as Sections 2502.053, 2502.054, and 2502.055
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2502.055PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES NOT REBATES.Printed as Sections 2502.053, 2502.054, and 2502.055
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2704.002DIRECT ISSUANCE OF POLICY OR CONTRACT.Printed as Section 2704.002
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