February 6, 2001





SENATE BILL No. 196

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DIGEST OF SB 196 (Updated February 1, 2001 12:39 PM - DI 104)



Citations Affected: IC 27-7.

Synopsis: Title insurance. Requires a title insurance company that issues a title insurance policy to perform a title search in conjunction with the issuance of the policy. Defines "title search".

Effective: July 1, 2001.





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    January 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions.
    February 5, 2001, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.







February 6, 2001

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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SENATE BILL No. 196



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 27-7-3-2; (01)SB0196.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 27-7-3-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 2. As used in this chapter and unless a different meaning appears from the context:
    (a) The term "title insurance" means a contract of insurance against loss or damage on account of encumbrances upon or defects in the title to real estate.
    (b) The term "company" shall mean and include any corporation, domestic or foreign, to which this chapter is applicable.
    (c) The term "department" shall mean the department of insurance of the state of Indiana.
    (d) The term "commissioner" shall mean the insurance commissioner.
     (e) "Public record" means a record established under state law to provide constructive notice of matters affecting real estate to a bona fide purchaser or lender for value who does not have actual knowledge of matters affecting the real estate.
    (f) "Title search" means a search and examination of the public

records sufficient to determine:
        (1) ownership of;
        (2) encumbrances on;
        (3) liens on; and
        (4) defects in the title to;
the real estate that is the subject of the search.

SOURCE: IC 27-7-3-21; (01)SB0196.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 27-7-3-21 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 21. A company described in section 3 of this chapter that issues a title insurance policy shall perform a title search for the real estate in conjunction with the issuance of the policy.