{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2704.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 2704.001","heading":"ISSUANCE OF POLICY OR CONTRACT.","body":"A title insurance policy or contract may not be written unless:\n(1) Sections 2502.053, 2502.054, and 2502.055 have been complied with;\n(2) the policy or contract is based on an examination of title made from title evidence prepared from an abstract plant owned, or leased and operated by a title insurance agent or direct operation for the county in which the real property is located, except as provided by Section 2704.002;\n(3) insurability of title has been determined in accordance with sound title underwriting practices; and\n(4) evidence thereof is preserved and retained in the files of the title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation for a period of not less than 15 years after the date of issuance of the policy or contract.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 11. TITLE INSURANCE","SUBTITLE E. THE BUSINESS OF TITLE INSURANCE","CHAPTER 2704. ISSUANCE OF POLICY OR CONTRACT; DETERMINATION OF INSURABILITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2704.htm#2704.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"d010595662151af65e9c4aa7adae51ef1e3ce35b58abcbbb3516bf8e9dbc02ce","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2703.208","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2704.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}