Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 416-A:3

  • business of title insurance: means the making or proposing to make, as insurer, guarantor, or surety, or any contract or policy of title insurance; or the transacting or proposing to transact, as insurer, guarantor, or surety, any phase of title insurance, including solicitation, negotiation preliminary to execution, execution of a contract of title insurance, and transacting matters subsequent to the execution of the contract and arising out of it, including reinsurance. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 416-A:2
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Title insurance: means insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying owners of real property or others interested therein against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens, encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to said property. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 416-A:2
No company shall underwrite or issue a policy of title insurance or otherwise engage in the business of title insurance in this state unless authorized by the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 416-A to transact such a business.