(a) If the Insurance Commissioner determines that a title insurer, title insurance agency, title insurance agent, or any other person has violated this subchapter or any rule or order promulgated under this subchapter, the commissioner may order:
(1) (A) Payment of a monetary penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each act or violation and not to exceed an aggregate penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) unless the title insurer, title insurance agency, title insurance agent, or other person knew or reasonably should have known that the title insurer, title insurance agency, title insurance agent, or other person was in violation of this subchapter.
(B) If the title insurer, title insurance agency, title insurance agent, or other person knew or reasonably should have known that the title insurer, title insurance agency, title insurance agent, or other person was in violation of this subchapter, the penalty shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each act or violation and not exceed an aggregate penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any six-month period; or
(2) Suspension or revocation of the title insurer's, title insurance agency's, title insurance agent's, or other person's license if the title insurer, title insurance agency, title insurance agent, or other person knew or reasonably should have known that the title insurer, title insurance agency, title insurance agent, or other person was in violation of this subchapter.
(b) If an order of rehabilitation or liquidation of the title insurer or of conservation of assets of the title insurer has been entered and the receiver appointed under the order determines that the title insurance agency or title insurance agent or any other person has not complied with this subchapter or any rule or order promulgated under this subchapter and the title insurer suffered any resulting loss or damage, the receiver may maintain a civil action for recovery of damages or other appropriate sanctions for the benefit of the title insurer and its policyholders and creditors.
(c) This section does not affect the right of the commissioner to impose any other penalties provided under ยง 23-64-101 et seq.
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