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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59279</law_id><section_number>55.1-1013</section_number><catch_line>Accounting by title insurance companies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Real Estate Settlements and Recordation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Real Estate Settlement Agents</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A title insurance company domiciled in the Commonwealth or acting in the capacity of a <span class="dictionary">settlement agent</span> pursuant to this chapter shall account for funds held and income derived from <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">escrow</span>, closing, or settlement services</span> in accordance with the applicable instructions of, and the accounting practices and procedures manuals adopted by, the <span class="dictionary">Association</span> when filing the annual statements and reports required under Chapter 13 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Annual statements" href="/38.2-1300/">38.2-1300</a> et seq.) of Title 38.2.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 716, &#xA7; 6.1-2.25; 2004, cc. 336, 597; 2010, c. 794, &#xA7; 55-525.29; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
