{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2651.0021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 2651.0021","heading":"PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM.","body":"(a) The commissioner shall adopt by rule a professional training program for a title insurance agent and the management personnel of the title insurance agent.\n(b) The professional training program must be designed to provide information regarding:\n(1) the basic principles and coverages related to title insurance;\n(2) recent and prospective changes in those principles and coverages;\n(3) applicable rules and laws;\n(4) proper conduct of the license holder's title insurance business;\n(5) accounting principles and practices and financial responsibilities and practices relevant to title insurance; and\n(6) the duties and responsibilities of a title insurance agent.\n(c) Professional training program hours may be used to satisfy the continuing education requirements established under Section 2651.204.\n(d) A professional training program course must be offered by:\n(1) a statewide title insurance association, statewide title agents' association or professional association, or local chapter of a statewide title insurance or title agents' association or professional association;\n(2) an accredited college or university;\n(3) a career school or college as defined by Section 132.001, Education Code;\n(4) the State Bar of Texas;\n(5) an educational publisher;\n(6) a title insurance company authorized to engage in business in this state;\n(7) a company that owns one or more title insurance companies authorized to engage in business in this state;\n(8) a public school system in this state; or\n(9) an individual accredited as an instructor by an entity described by Subdivisions (1)-(8).\n(e) An individual is exempt from the professional training requirement of this section if the individual has held in this state for at least five years a position as management personnel with a title insurance agent, or a comparable position, as determined under rules adopted by the commissioner.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1025 (H.B. 4338), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 11. TITLE INSURANCE","SUBTITLE D. TITLE INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS","CHAPTER 2651. TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS AND DIRECT OPERATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. TITLE INSURANCE AGENT'S LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2651.htm#2651.0021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"f603d4da194944ec85fb2d7c44f7e43fe3df6b1870f6858dda76df890c828b96","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2651.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2651.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}