[FoCHAT] First American Title...

[Johnny Adriani]

Frank:

First:
Mr. Lob as listed as the registered agent / president is a DECEASED  
Notary.  I suppose this is why the company has not filed with the SOS  
since 1999, though I suspect he has been dead longer since his bond  
expired in 1975.

The Company has gone through several name changes since it was first  
incorporated.  First American is registered with the Insurance  
Commissioner.  NAIC: 50199.  The Department of Insurance lists an  
attorney by the name of Peter C. Keenan as its agent.  Mr Keenan is  
listed by the State Bar as being employed at First American Title.   
Nowhere, however, does Mr. Keenan appear in the SOS registry for  
First American.  Mr. Keenan has had several title businesses in the  
past.  The only current business he is listed with according to the  
SOS is Louisiana Title Statistical Services Organization,  
Incorporated.  Mr. Keenan, according to First American is the Manager  
of the Louisiana Division and a Vice-President.

First American list a Santa Ana, California address.  Not Utah.  They  
claim to be nationwide, yet interestingly enough

Still the question remains are they authorized to conduct business in  
Louisiana as a Non-Louisiana entity?  This information I cannot find.

As "foreign corporation" must file with the Secretary of State to  
exist as an entity and transact business (see RS 12:301).  First  
American as a non-Louisiana domiciled corporation does not exist.   
Therefore if the corporation has not filed with the SOS, it does not  
exist, it can not do business here, nor can it contract in Louisiana  
or with Louisiana.

And so the question becomes... who allowed First American to contract?

Johnny Adriani





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