58-6-36. Deposit of title insurer--Amount required.
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No title insurer shall be authorized to transact business in this state unless it deposits and maintains on deposit in this state through the director, cash or securities eligible for deposit as set forth in the chapter hereof relating to deposits and administration of deposits, in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars; except, that the deposit of a domestic title insurer which was lawfully transacting such business in this state under laws in force immediately prior to July 1, 1966, shall be in an amount determined as follows:
(1)Twenty - five thousand dollars, plus
(2)Twenty - five hundred dollars for each five thousand or terminal fraction thereof of population in excess of one hundred thousand of aggregate population of those counties of South Dakota in which the insurer transacts business, if the insurer transacts business in more than one county of South Dakota;