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Bulletin: TX2020002
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Date: February 13, 2020
To:
All Texas Issuing Offices
RE:
UNDERWRITING - Assignment of Tax Liens
Dear Associates:
Tex. Tax Code §32.06 allows the transfer of ad valorem tax liens. Since its enactment the statute has been amended several times to add consumer protections and reduce perceived abuses by tax lien lenders. Stewart Title Guaranty Company has determined that assignments of tax liens under the Tax Code are generally not insurable. No policy underwritten by Stewart Title Guaranty Company insuring an assignment of a tax lien should be issued without the express written approval of a Texas underwriter.
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