§ 17-11-301 - Certificate of registration required.
17-11-301. Certificate of registration required.
(a) (1) Every person, firm, or private corporation engaged in the business of abstracting in one (1) county only, shall be or have in its employ a registered abstracter.
(2) Every person, firm, or private corporation engaged in the business of abstracting in more than one (1) county in this state shall have at least one (1) registered abstracter for each county in which it maintains an abstract office.
(b) No person shall execute an abstract certificate or otherwise attest to the accuracy of abstracts unless the person is a registered abstracter as defined in this chapter.
(c) (1) Each person engaged in the business of abstracting who is a registered abstracter may fulfill the requirements of subsection (a) of this section in one (1) county only.
(2) No registered abstracter may fulfill the requirements of subsection (a) of this section for more than one (1) county or more than one (1) company at any one (1) time.