Southern Star Title Company, LLC is no longer
in operation. It was placed into receivership as permitted by Chapter
443 of the Texas Insurance Code on January 8, 2009. The Insurance
Commissioner, as Receiver, has appointed Jennifer Ramsey, PC as
Special Deputy Receiver of the Company, effective March 26, 2009.
Here is a copy of the Agreed
Order Appointing Liquidator and Permanent Injunction. Please read this order carefully as some provisions of the injunction
and the stay may apply to you. In general, all legal actions against
Southern Star Title Company, LLC or its property are stayed by the
Order; and all persons are prohibited from taking any action with
respect to the property and records of Southern Star Title Company,
LLC other than to notify the SDR of any such property or records and
deliver them promptly to the SDR.
The
Receiver is now accepting claims for filing. If you believe
you are owed money by this estate, please download this PROOF OF CLAIM FORM and follow the instructions on the form. The deadline
to file a claim is March 31, 2010. If you are unable to download the
form from this website, you may send a written request for a claim
form to P.O. Box 303123, Austin Texas 78703-0053. If you request a
form in writing, please be sure to include your correct mailing
address with the request.
The Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association
has assumed some files of the company and has also initiated a claims
process for escrow-related claims as contemplated by Subchapters F
and G of Chapter 2602 of the Texas Insurance Code. The deadline to
file a claim with TTIGA is currently October 14, 2009. To obtain a
claim form or more information regarding this process, please contact
the Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association, 106 East 6th Street,
Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78701-3661, (512) 480-5100, or visit their
website: www.ttiga.org.
If you are a title policy holder and have
questions about your coverage, you may contact your carrier (as
applicable):
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
c/o
Beverly Ovellette
2001 Bryan, Suite 1700
Dallas, TX 75201
(214)
346-7262
(214) 346-7233 (fax)
or
United General Title Insurance Co.
c/o Kathy
Holmes
1500 S. Dairy Ashford, Suite 300,
Houston, TX
77077
(800) 347-7826
(713) 588-2222(fax)
Thank you.
Jennifer Ramsey
Jennifer
Ramsey, PC
Special Deputy Receiver to
Southern Star Title
Company, LLC