Utah Code 31A-41-201. Creation of Title Insurance Recovery, Education, and Research Fund
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(1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund to be known as the “Title Insurance Recovery, Education, and Research Fund.”
Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-41-201
- Agency: means :(6)(a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and(6)(b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section
31A-23a-301 ,31A-25-207 , or31A-26-209 . See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Fund: means the Title Insurance Recovery, Education, and Research Fund created in Section 31A-41-201. See Utah Code 31A-41-102
- Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Insurance: includes :
(96)(b)(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;(96)(b)(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and(96)(b)(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
(2) The fund shall consist of:(2)(a) assessments on individual title insurance producers and agency title insurance producers made under this chapter;(2)(b) amounts collected under Section 31A-41-305; and(2)(c) interest earned on the fund.(3) Interest on fund money shall be deposited into the fund.(4) The department shall administer the fund.