{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-5031.16","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-5031.16","heading":"Favored producer of title insurer; buyer’s right to choose.","body":"(a)\nA title insurer shall not participate in any transaction in which it knows that a title insurance producer or other person requires, directly or indirectly, or through any trustee, director, officer, producer, employee, or affiliate, as a condition precedent to selling or furnishing any other person a loan, or loan extension, credit, sale, property, contract, lease, or service, that the other person shall place a title insurance policy of any kind with the title insurer or through a particular title insurance producer.\n\n(b)\nNo seller of property shall require, directly or indirectly, that the buyer purchase title insurance from any particular title producer or insurer.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 50A. Title Insurance Insurers."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-5031.16","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b6943cda845259dd78962d1aa49d43a07743e2f9e159438f6ee77c64a62e0715","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-5031.15","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-5031.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}