The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . licensed title insurance agent or agency of funds held in trust by the agent or agency pursuant to s. 626.8473 . . . limited situation where the title insurer’s agent misappropriates trust funds, as defined by section 626.8473 . . . So.2d at 996 (“Not all title insurance transactions involve funds held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473 . . . , and if the funds are not held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473, we cannot impute liability to . . . Section 626.8473(1) specifically defines trust funds as funds received by a title insurance agent “from . . .
. . . and that the appellants’ escrow deposits did not constitute funds held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473 . . . licensed title insurance agent or agency of funds held in trust by the agent or agency pursuant to s. 626.8473 . . . Section 626.8473, in turn, provides in relevant part as follows: (1) A title insurance agent may engage . . . The appellants also asserted that subsection 626.8473(1) permits a title agent to receive escrow deposits . . . Subsection 626.8473(1) defines those funds as only those received by a title insurance agent “from others . . .
. . . . § 626.8473(3), regarding the deposit of funds by a title insurance agent and a Florida Regulation, . . .
. . . defalcation of funds by their licensed title agents if the funds are held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473 . . . nonattorney may not act as an escrow agent; however, the nonattorney may do so pursuant to section 626.8473 . . . it does not matter if their funds were held in escrow pursuant to the authority granted by section 626.8473 . . . Not all title insurance transactions involve funds held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473, and if . . . the funds are not held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473, we cannot impute liability to the insurer . . .
. . . misappropriation by a licensed title insurance agent of funds held in trust by the agent pursuant to § 626.8473 . . .