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Cal. Insurance Code § 12340.5 (2026)

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“Underwritten title company” means any corporation engaged in the business of preparing title searches, title examinations, title reports, certificates or abstracts of title upon the basis of which a title insurer writes title policies.

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Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Title Ins.. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization, 842 P.2d 121 (Cal. 1992).
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Title Ins.. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization, 842 P.2d 121 (Cal. 1992). · cites it 2× “(Ins. Code, §§ 12340.5, 12389.) To the extent that a title company has any role in the title insurance function, it can only be as an agent of an admitted title insurer.”
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