Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-35-106

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance, and includes all deputies legally appointed and constituted to act in the commissioner's place and stead by other applicable law of the state. See Tennessee Code 56-35-102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreign: when used without limitation, includes all companies formed by authority of any other state or government. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Title insurance business: means the insuring or guaranteeing of titles to real property, or interests in real property, or the validity, accuracy or sufficiency of liens or encumbrances on real property. See Tennessee Code 56-35-102
  • Title insurance company: means any corporation, foreign or domestic, authorized by its charter to conduct a "title insurance business" as defined by this chapter and is sometimes referred to as "insurer" or "insurers. See Tennessee Code 56-35-102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Whenever any title insurance company has made the deposit of money or securities, as required by this chapter, or, if a foreign title insurance company, has duly filed the certificate referred to in § 56-35-112 and satisfied the commissioner that it has on deposit with the proper officer of some other state cash or authorized securities, which, when added to any sums so deposited in this state, are sufficient to meet the deposit requirements of § 56-35-112, submitted satisfactory evidence to the commissioner that it has complied with this chapter, and paid a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for issuance of a certificate to do business, then the commissioner shall issue a certificate renewable July 1 of each year, reciting that the insurer has complied with the title insurance law of this state and is authorized to do a title insurance business in this state.