{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"12389.5","citation":"Ins. Code, § 12389.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 6. INSURANCE COVERING LAND [12340. - 12661.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Title Insurance [12340. - 12418.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-6/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3.7. Underwritten Title Companies [12389. - 12389.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-6/chapter-1/article-3.7"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 433, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>Every person engaged in the business of preparing title searches, title examinations, title reports, and certificates of abstracts of title, upon which a title insurer writes title policies, is required to be licensed as an underwritten title company in compliance with the licensing requirements of this article.</p>","text":"Every person engaged in the business of preparing title searches, title examinations, title reports, and certificates of abstracts of title, upon which a title insurer writes title policies, is required to be licensed as an underwritten title company in compliance with the licensing requirements of this article.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/underwritten-title-companies-12389-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}