As used in this section “personal or controlled insurance” means a policy of title insurance, or insurance as to the identity, due execution and validity of any note or bond secured by mortage, or the identity, due execution, validity and recording of any such mortgage, or any other service afforded by title insurers the rate for which is required to be filed by Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 12401) of this chapter, where the insured or one of the insured under such policy is, or the loss thereunder is payable to, an underwritten title company, a controlled escrow company, or an issuing agent, or
(a) If such underwritten or controlled company or issuing agent is a natural person: (1) his spouse, his employer or his employer’s spouse, or (2) any person related to him or the persons mentioned in (1) of this paragraph within the second degree by blood or marriage, or (3) if his employer is a corporation, any person directly or indirectly owning or controlling a majority of the voting stock or controlling interest in such corporation, or (4) if his employer is a partnership or association, any person owning any interest in such partnership or association.
(b) If such underwritten or controlled company or issuing agent is a corporation: (1) any person directly or indirectly owning or controlling a majority of the voting stock or controlling interest in such corporation, or (2) any corporation which is directly or indirectly controlled by a person who also controls the underwritten title company, controlled escrow company, or issuing agent, as described in (1), or (3) any corporation making consolidated returns for United States income tax purposes with any corporation described in (1) or (2) of this paragraph.
If the fees and charges for personal or controlled insurance so issued in any one calendar year received by an underwritten title company, a controlled escrow company or an issuing agent exceed the fees and charges received for other title insurance issued at the instance or request of such underwritten title company, controlled escrow company or issuing agent in the same year, the excess is an unlawful rebate. Violation of this section by a title insurer shall not be subject to the penalty provided for in Section 12409.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1130.)
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