(a) No person within this state shall act as or hold out to be a title insurance agent unless properly licensed in accordance with chapter 6, part 1 of this title.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-35-201

  • Person: means an individual, firm, association, partnership, estate, trust, fiduciary, syndicate or corporation. 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 agency: means a firm, association, trust, corporation, cooperative, joint stock company or other legal entity authorized in writing by a title insurance company to solicit title insurance, collect premiums, determine insurability in accordance with the underwriting rules and standards prescribed by the title insurance company that the agency represents, and issue title insurance policies, title insurance binders, commitments to insure and endorsements thereto in its behalf. See Tennessee Code 56-35-102
  • Title insurance agent: means either:
    (A) A natural person who meets the requirements of or performs the same functions as a "title insurance agency". See Tennessee Code 56-35-102
(b) The examination administered to applicants for a title insurance agent’s license shall include questions regarding the search and examination of title to real property.
(c) Any title insurance agent who is employed by a title insurance agency or company shall not be required to enter into any agreement, term or condition as set forth in § 56-35-131 insofar as the agent’s employment with the title insurance agency or company is concerned; provided, that the agent meets all other licensing requirements.