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|Exhibit 23 (a)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
and Report on Schedules
We consent to the use in Registration  Statement No.  333-33903 of Investors Title Company (the Company) and  Subsidiaries on Form
S-8 of our report dated March 7, 2005,  incorporated  by  reference  in this Annual  Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year
ended December 31, 2004.
Our audit of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our aforementioned report also included the financial statement
schedules of the Company, listed in Item 15 as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004.  These financial statement schedules
are the responsibility of the Companys management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audit.  In our
opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole, present fairly in all material respects, the information set forth herein.
/s/DIXON HUGHES PLLC
High Point, North CarolinaMarch 16, 2005
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