Louisiana § RS 22:522 - Title insurance producer; termination

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§ RS 22:522. Title insurance producer; termination

A.  The title insurer may terminate the contract upon written notice to the title insurance producer under any of the following circumstances:

(1)  Fraud, insolvency, appointment of a receiver or conservator, bankruptcy, cancellation of the license or permit to do business of the producer, or the commencement of legal proceedings by the state of the domicile of the producer, which if successful, would lead to the cancellation of the permit or license to do business of the producer.

(2)  Material breach of any provision of the contract between the title insurer and the title insurance producer.

(3)  In accordance with any other termination provision of the contract.

B.  Upon the effective date as set forth in the notice of termination from a title insurer, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the title insurer, the producer shall immediately discontinue all title insurance business on behalf of that title insurer.

C.  Nothing in this Subsection shall relieve the title insurance producer or title insurer of any other contractual obligation.

Acts 1999, No. 192, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Redesignated from R.S. 22:2092.8.2 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.

Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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