{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2651.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 2651.051","heading":"LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A title insurance company may not own or lease and operate an abstract plant or participate in a bona fide joint abstract plant operation in a county in this state unless the company holds a license as a direct operation issued by the department for that county.\n(b) A title insurance company may not write, sign, or deliver title insurance in a county in which the company operates an abstract plant until the department has issued a direct operation license to the company.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 11. TITLE INSURANCE","SUBTITLE D. TITLE INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS","CHAPTER 2651. TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS AND DIRECT OPERATIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. DIRECT OPERATION LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2651.htm#2651.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"81f5b5e83997cecae757523a1b390bcf80d013af34f90281ac9fec5e161b4700","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2651.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2651.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}