56-35-201 - Agents to be licensed Examination Other requirements.

56-35-201. Agents to be licensed Examination Other requirements.

(a)  No person within this state shall act as or hold out to be a title insurance agent unless properly licensed in accordance with chapter 6, part 1 of this title.

(b)  The examination administered to applicants for a title insurance agent's license shall include questions regarding the search and examination of title to real property.

(c)  Any title insurance agent who is employed by a title insurance agency or company shall not be required to enter into any agreement, term or condition as set forth in § 56-35-131 insofar as the agent's employment with the title insurance agency or company is concerned; provided, that the agent meets all other licensing requirements.

[Acts 1980, ch. 857, § 9.]