Alaska § 21.66.170 - Determination of insurability required.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 21.66.170 — Determination of insurability required., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21.66.170. Determination of insurability required.
(a) A policy or contract of title insurance may not be written until the title insurance company has, through a licensed title insurance limited producer, conducted a reasonable search and examination of the title and the company has made a determination of insurability of title in accordance with its established underwriting practices. Evidence of the determination shall be preserved and retained in the files of the title insurance company or its agent for a period of not less than 15 years after the policy or contract of title insurance has been issued. In lieu of retaining the original evidence, the title insurance company or the title insurance limited producer, may, in the regular course of business, establish a system by which all or part of these writings are recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, or other process that accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for reproducing the original.
(b) This section does not apply to (1) a company assuming no primary liability in a contract of reinsurance; or
(2) a company acting as a co-insurer if one of the other co-insuring companies has complied with this section.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Alaska Statutes § 21.66.170 cover?
Section 21.66.170 ("Determination of insurability required.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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