(a) Every title insurance company qualifying under this chapter shall annually, on or before March 1 of each year, file an annual statement as provided in § 56-35-108, and pay to the department of commerce and insurance a sum equal to two and one half percent (2.5%) of all risk rate charges collected by it, on risks located in this state, during the year next preceding, which tax shall be subject to the same credits and exemptions as provided for the gross premiums tax on other insurance companies under §§ 56-4-211, 56-4-213 and 56-4-217, and that shall be in lieu of any privilege tax, general or special; and all other taxes, state or local, except as provided by § 56-4-213.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-35-107

  • 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
  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Risk rate: means the aggregate consideration paid, or to be paid, to a title insurance company for the insurance liability assumed under the policy of title insurance, or binder therefor, issued and delivered, or proposed to be issued and delivered, by the company, exclusive of all other charges incident to the issuance of the binder or policy for abstracting, record searching, certificates as to the record title to real estate, escrow and closing services, or other related services that may be offered by any title insurance or guaranty company and which company is authorized by law and its charter to perform, or the company's costs and expenses of procuring examinations of titles by attorneys approved or selected by it for such purpose. See Tennessee Code 56-35-102
  • 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 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
(b) Any title insurance company, qualifying under this chapter, that fails to make the returns and payments correctly and promptly on or before March 1 of each year in an electronic format approved by the commissioner, shall be subject to penalty as provided for the gross premium tax on other insurance companies under § 56-4-216.
(c) The minimum amount of tax payable for any company qualifying under this chapter for the privilege of transacting business for any calendar year shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide an exemption from the sales and use tax imposed by title 67, chapter 6.
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