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Bulletin: TX2017010

Note: This Bulletin has been replaced by TX2019002 - RATES AND/OR FORMS UPDATE - Notice - Policy Guaranty Fee Remittance Form and Reinstated Beginning 05/01/2019. Use it for reference only.

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V 1
Date: December 21, 2017
To: All Texas Issuing Offices
RE: RATES AND/OR FORMS UPDATE - Notice - Revised Policy Guaranty Fee Remittance Form and Rate Increase

Dear Associates:

Please see the announcement from Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association (TTIGA) concerning the reinstitution of the policy guaranty fee effective January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018. The fee applies to each new Owner and Loan policy but does not apply to binders or endorsements.

"It is ordered that: 

Title agents must collect a Guaranty Assessment Recoupment Charge (GARC) directly from the purchaser of each owner's policy and each loan policy at the closing of the transaction, from January 1 through December 31, 2018. The GARC is $4.50 for each owner's policy and each loan policy. The recoupment charge is $0 for all other insuring forms for which a premium is charged. 

The GARC will be added to the Schedule of Basic Premium Rates for Title Insurance, Section Ill, Basic Manual of Rules, Rates, and Forms for the Writing of Title Insurance in the State of Texas. A copy of the schedule is attached as Exhibit A. 

All title agents must use the 2018 Guaranty Assessment Recoupment Charge Remittance Form, attached as Exhibit B, to remit the collected recoupment charges to the Guaranty Association on a quarterly basis, as required by Procedural Rule P-30."  

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