No title insurance company, title agency or title agent shall willfully withhold information from, or knowingly give false or misleading information to the director, or to any title insurance rating organization, of which the title insurance company is a member or subscriber, which will affect the rates or fees chargeable pursuant to this chapter. Each violation of this section is a class A violation as that term is defined in section 381.045.

(L. 2000 S.B. 894)

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(2002) Senate Bill 894 provision declared unconstitutional as a violation of the clear title requirement of Art. III, Section 23. Home Builders of Greater St. Louis v. State, 75 S.W.3d 267 (Mo.banc).