1. 1. No producer or other person, except the person paying the premium for the title insurance, shall require, directly or indirectly, or through any trustee, director, officer, agent, employee, or affiliate, as a condition, agreement, or understanding to selling or furnishing any other person any loan, or extension thereof, credit, sale, property, contract, lease or service, that such other person shall place, any contract of title insurance of any kind through any particular title agent, agency, or title insurer. No title agent, agency, or title insurer shall knowingly participate in any such prohibited plan or transaction. No person shall fix a price charged for such thing or service, or discount from or rebate upon price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that any title insurance is to be obtained through a particular agent, agency, or title insurer.
2. 2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, or any title insurer, title agent, or agency who accepts an order for title insurance knowing that it is in violation of the provision of this section shall, in addition to any other action which may be taken by the director, be subject to a fine in an amount equal to five times the premium for the title insurance.

(L. 1987 S.B. 251 § 18, Repealed L. 2000 S.B. 894)

(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).