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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20090810
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090810
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090810

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INVESTORS TITLE CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000720858
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TITLE INSURANCE [6361]
		IRS NUMBER:				561110199
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-161209
		FILM NUMBER:		09999394

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		121 N COLUMBIA ST
		STREET 2:		P O DRAWER 2687
		CITY:			CHAPEL HILL
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27514
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9199682200

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		STREET 1:		121 NORTH COLUMBIA STREET
		CITY:			CHAPEL HILL
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27514
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The description of Investors Title's common stock set forth under the heading&#160;&#160;"Description of&#160;&#160;Registrant's&#160;&#160;Securities to be Registered" in its Form 10/A filed on August 18, 1997, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents.&#160;&#160;The Company is not incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not considered to be &#8220;filed&#8221; with the SEC.</font></div>
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herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier statement.&#160;&#160;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The North Carolina Business Corporation Act (the &#8220;NCBCA&#8221;) contains provisions prescribing the extent to which directors and officers shall or may be indemnified against liabilities which they may incur in their capacities as such.&#160;&#160;Under those provisions, whether indemnification is permitted or mandated depends
upon several factors, including whether the action is brought by the corporation or by outsiders and whether the potential indemnitee is successful in his or her defense.&#160;&#160;The statute is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification under any bylaw, agreement, or vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that each person who serves or has served as director of the Company shall have a right to be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law against (a) all expenses, including but not limited to attorneys&#8217; fees, the costs of any investigation, experts
and similar expenses incurred by him or her in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding (and any appeal therein), whether or not brought by or on behalf of the Company, seeking to hold him or her liable by reason of the fact that he or she is or was acting in such capacity, and (b) all payments made by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment, money decree, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect
to an employee benefit plan), penalty, or settlement for which he may have become liable in any such action, suit or proceeding.</font></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if
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corporations through the ownership of stock therein; to purchase, subscribe for, acquire, own, hold, sell, exchange, assign, transfer, create security interests in, pledge, or otherwise dispose of shares or voting trust certificates for shares of the capital stock, or any bonds, notes, securities, or evidences of indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state or district or country, nation, or government and also bonds or evidences of indebtedness
of the United States or of any state, district, territory, dependency or country or subdivision or municipality thereof; to issue in exchange therefor shares of the capital stock, bonds, notes, or other obligations of the Corporation and while the owner thereof to exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges of ownership including the right to vote on any shares of stock or voting trust certificates so owned; to promote, lend money to, and guarantee the dividends, stocks, bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness,
contracts, or other obligations of, and otherwise aid in any manner which shall be lawful, any corporation or association of which any bonds, stocks, voting trust certificates, or other securities or evidences of indebtedness shall be held by or for this Corporation, or in which, or in the welfare of which, this Corporation shall have any interest, and to do any acts and things permitted by law and designed to protect, preserve, improve, or enhance the value of any such bonds, stocks, or other securities or evidences
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Except as set forth in paragraph B of this Article, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) or the outstanding shares of all classes of stock of the corporation, shall be
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 108pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(i)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">for the adoption of any agreement for the merger or consolidation of the corporation or any subsidiary with or into any other person, firm, corporation or other entity, or</font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">D.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any transaction described in paragraph B of this Article XI if such transaction has been approved by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%)
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>We have acted as your counsel in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Registration Statement</font>&#8221;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1933
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