Insurance Code section 12389.5

Every person engaged in the business of preparing title searches, title examinations, title reports, and certificates of abstracts of title, upon which a title insurer writes title policies, is required to be licensed as an underwritten title company in compliance with the licensing requirements of this article.

Source: Section 12389.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=12389.5. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/insurance_code_section_12389.5

Original Source: Section 12389.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=12389.5. (last accessed May 12, 2025).