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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS
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F.S. 626.8417
626.8417 Title insurance agent licensure; exemptions.
(1) A person may not act as a title insurance agent until a valid title insurance agent’s license has been issued to that person by the department.
(2) An application for license as a title insurance agent shall be filed with the department on forms furnished by the department.
(3) The department may not grant or issue a license as a title insurance agent to an individual who is found by the department to be untrustworthy or incompetent, who does not meet the qualifications for examination specified in s. 626.8414, or who does not meet the following qualifications:
(a) Within the 4 years immediately preceding the date of the application for license, the applicant must have completed a 40-hour course in title insurance, 3 hours of which are on the subject matter of ethics, as approved by the department, or must have had at least 12 months of experience in responsible title insurance duties, under the supervision of a licensed title insurance agent, title insurer, or attorney while working in the title insurance business as a substantially full-time, bona fide employee of a title insurance agency, title insurance agent, title insurer, or attorney who conducts real estate closing transactions and issues title insurance policies but who is exempt from licensure under subsection (4). If an applicant’s qualifications are based upon the periods of employment at responsible title insurance duties, the applicant must submit, with the license application, an affidavit of the applicant and of the employer affirming the period of such employment, that the employment was substantially full time, and giving a brief abstract of the nature of the duties performed by the applicant.
(b) The applicant must have passed any examination for licensure required under s. 626.221.
(4) Title insurers or attorneys duly admitted to practice law in this state and in good standing with The Florida Bar are exempt from the provisions of this chapter relating to title insurance licensing and appointment requirements.
(5) An insurer may designate a corporate officer of the insurer to occasionally issue and countersign binders, commitments, and policies of title insurance. The designated officer is exempt from the provisions of this chapter relating to title insurance licensing and appointment requirements while the officer is acting within the scope of the designation.
(6) If an attorney owns a corporation or other legal entity that is doing business as a title insurance agency, other than an entity engaged in the active practice of law, the agency must be licensed and appointed as a title insurance agent.
(7) Prelicensure coursework is not required for an applicant who is a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces or the spouse of such a member or veteran. A qualified individual must provide a copy of a military identification card, military dependent identification card, military service record, military personnel file, veteran record, discharge paper, or separation document that indicates such member is currently in good standing or such veteran is honorably discharged.
History.s. 5, ch. 85-185; s. 1, ch. 86-286; s. 4, ch. 89-305; s. 118, ch. 90-363; s. 184, ch. 91-108; ss. 15, 114, ch. 92-318; s. 46, ch. 98-199; s. 56, ch. 2003-267; s. 49, ch. 2003-281; s. 7, ch. 2014-112; s. 45, ch. 2018-7; s. 39, ch. 2022-138.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 626.8417
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 626.8417.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY,, 997 F. Supp. 2d 650 (S.D. Tex. 2014)

. . . . § 626.8417(4)(a). . . .

WINKLER, v. LAWYERS TITLE INSURANCE CORP., 41 So. 3d 414 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . , provided that a licensed and appointed title insurance agent complies with the requirements of s. 626.8417 . . .

I. HECHTMAN, v. NATIONS TITLE INSURANCE OF NEW YORK,, 840 So. 2d 993 (Fla. 2003)

. . . IS THEREFORE EXEMPT FROM LICENSING AS A TITLE INSURANCE AGENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE UNDER § 626.8417 . . . as title insurance agents if those attorneys are exempt from the licensing requirements of section 626.8417 . . . See § 626.8417(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . do so pursuant to section 626.8473 if he or she is licensed as a title insurance agent under section 626.8417 . . . intended to protect all insureds, but only those who obtain title insurance through agents licensed under 626.8417 . . .

CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE CO. v. S. BUTLER,, 770 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 2000)

. . . licensing and appointment requirements in chapter 626 relating to title insurance agents, see, e.g., § 626.8417 . . .

I. HECHTMAN v. NATIONS TITLE INSURANCE OF NEW YORK, INC., 767 So. 2d 505 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . is therefore exempt from licensing as a title insurance agent by the Department of Insurance under § 626.8417 . . . See § 626.8417(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). The undisputed record evidence discloses that Jorge E. . . . They assert that pursuant to section 626.8417(4)(c), Florida Statutes, attorney-owned corporations must . . . . § 626.8417(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). As in Schneer v. . . .

STATE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, v. KEYS TITLE AND ABSTRACT CO. INC. a, 741 So. 2d 599 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . However, section 626.8417(4)(a), Florida Statutes provides that lawyers who are members in good standing . . .