(1) The department or the office shall collect in advance from the applicant or licensee fees and taxes as provided in s. 624.501.
(2) A title insurer shall not pay directly or indirectly without reimbursement from a title insurance agent any appointment fee required under this section. The failure of a title insurance agent to make reimbursement is not a ground for cancellation of the title insurance agent’s appointment by the title insurer.
History.—s. 8, ch. 85-185; s. 2, ch. 89-305; s. 193, ch. 90-363; s. 6, ch. 92-324; s. 840, ch. 2003-261.