Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:511

  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

A.  This Subpart shall be known and cited as the “Louisiana Title Insurance Act”.

B.  The purpose of this Subpart is to provide the state of Louisiana with a comprehensive body of law for the effective regulation and supervision of title insurance, title insurers licensed to write title insurance in this state, title insurance producers, and the escrow, accounting, closing, and settlement practices of insurers and producers wherein title insurance is issued or contemplated to be issued.

Acts 1997, No. 1427, §1; Acts 1999, No. 192, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:2092.1 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.