Insurance on tangible personal or real property offered as security shall not be deemed to be a collateral sale, purchase, or agreement within the terms of Section 22201, 22311, or 22312, when all the following requirements are met:

(a) The insurance is sold at standard rates through licensed insurance brokers or agents.

(b) The policy is written to cover the property that is offered as security for a loan.

(c) The property is reasonably insured against loss for a reasonable term, which may be up to the term of the loan.

(d) The policy relating to personal property is made payable to the borrower or any member of his or her family even though the customary mortgagee clause is attached or the mortgagee is a coassured.

(e) Except in the case of purchase money encumbrances, the amount of title insurance shall not exceed the principal amount of the loan that is secured by a deed of trust, mortgage, or lien on the real property that is the subject of the policy of title insurance.

(f) The policy of title insurance insures the lender or is made payable jointly to the lender and the borrower as their interests may appear.

(g) Title insurance is placed through a title insurance company, duly authorized to do business in the state in which the real property is located, at rates comparable to rates being used by other title insurance companies duly authorized to do business in that state.

(h) Title insurance is placed in connection with the renewal or extension of a loan only when the additional cash advance is at least one thousand dollars ($1,000).

This section does not apply to any loan of a bona fide principal amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, or to a duly licensed finance lender in connection with any such loan or loans as determined in accordance with Section 22251.

(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative July 1, 1995, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1115.)