626.8414 Qualifications for examination. - Florida Statutes

626.8414 Qualifications for examination.

The department must authorize any natural person to take the examination for the issuance of a license as a title insurance agent if the person meets all of the following qualifications:

   (1) The applicant must be at least 18 years of age.

   (2) The applicant must be a United States citizen or legal alien who possesses work authorization from the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and a bona fide resident of this state. A person meets the residency requirement of this subsection, notwithstanding the existence at the time of application for license of a license in the applicant’s name on the records of another state as a resident licensee of such other state, if the applicant furnishes a letter of clearance satisfactory to the department that the resident licenses have been canceled or changed to a nonresident basis and that the applicant is in good standing.

History. s. 14, ch. 92-318; s. 65, ch. 99-5; s. 81, ch. 2000-154; s. 55, ch. 2003-267; s. 48, ch. 2003-281; s. 116, ch. 2004-5.