District of Columbia Statutes
§ 31-5031.16 — Favored producer of title insurer; buyer’s right to choose.
District of Columbia § 31-5031.16
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 31-5031.16 (2026).
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(a)A title insurer shall not participate in any transaction in which it knows that a title insurance producer or other person requires, directly or indirectly, or through any trustee, director, officer, producer, employee, or affiliate, as a condition precedent to selling or furnishing any other person a loan, or loan extension, credit, sale, property, contract, lease, or service, that the other person shall place a title insurance policy of any kind with the title insurer or through a particular title insurance producer.
(b)No seller of property shall require, directly or indirectly, that the buyer purchase title insurance from any particular title producer or insurer.
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Legislative History
Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223, § 2157, 57 DCR 6242; Nov. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 20-40, § 5(g), 60 DCR 12304
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Bluebook (online)
District of Columbia § 31-5031.16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/dc/31-5031.16.