Tex. Insurance Code § 2702.102: DUTY TO PROVIDE ADVANCE DISCLOSURE OF CLOSING AND SETTLEMENT COSTS.

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on the written request of the buyer, seller, or borrower before the closing and settlement of a transaction involving improved residential real property, a title insurance company or title insurance agent shall, in connection with the issuance of any kind of title insurance policy guaranteeing a lien on or the title to the property, provide to the requesting party an itemized disclosure of each charge to be made to that party that arises in connection with the closing and settlement.

(b) The itemized disclosure must be provided on a closing and settlement statement form prescribed or permitted under Subchapter B.

(c) The title insurance company or title insurance agent is required to provide the itemized disclosure only to the extent that information is available concerning each charge to be made to the party. If information concerning a charge is not available, the title insurance company or title insurance agent shall:

(1) make a notation that the charge is to be made but that the information is not available or that the amount shown is an estimate of the charge; and

(2) advise the party in writing as to the identity of the person or organization responsible for the charge.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.