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Tex. Ins. Code § 2702.052

DUTY TO PRESCRIBE UNIFORM CLOSING AND SETTLEMENT STATEMENT FORMS

Known as the Texas Title Insurance Act

The act spans §§ 2501.001 to 2751.104 (197 sections).

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

(a) The department, after notice and hearing, shall prescribe uniform closing and settlement statement forms to be used in connection with the closing and settlement of a transaction involving:

(1) the conveyance or mortgage of real property; and

(2) the issuance of a title insurance policy by a title insurance company or title insurance agent.

(b) The department may prescribe separate forms under this section for transactions involving improved residential real property and for all other real property transactions.

(c) The department shall design the forms under this section to enable each party to the transaction to be provided with a dual or separate form identifying only the charges made to that party.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.