Existing title insurance companies may become perpetual. Any company formed prior to January 1, 1902, agreeably to law, for the purpose of insuring titles to real estate may become perpetual by filing, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, a certificate to that effect, in like manner as is provided by law for the filing of the original certificate of incorporation. (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1289, ch. 854, § 641.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 26-402. 1973 Ed., § 26-302.
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