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  "title": "California Insurance Code Section 12340.10 (what an abstract of title is, and that it is not a policy)",
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      "text": "Section 12340.10 defines abstract of title as a written representation, provided pursuant to a contract whether written or oral, intended to be relied upon by the person who has contracted for the receipt of that representation, listing all recorded conveyances, instruments or documents which under the laws of this state impart constructive notice with respect to the chain of title to the real property described therein."
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