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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-7-3-18

  • company: shall mean and include any corporation, domestic or foreign, to which this chapter is applicable. See Indiana Code 27-7-3-2
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • title insurance: means a contract of insurance against loss or damage on account of encumbrances upon or defects in the title to real estate. See Indiana Code 27-7-3-2
   Sec. 18. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any insurance company organized or desiring to organize under and pursuant to IC 27-1 nor to any person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or company whose business is the making of abstracts of title to real estate and attaching their certificate thereto and not engaging in the business of making title insurance, nor to any person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association acting as an authorized agent for a duly qualified title insurance company.

Formerly: Acts 1937, c.104, s.18. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.261; P.L.8-1993, SEC.425.