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         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                WASHINGTON, DC 20549                         SEC USE ONLY
                      FORM 144                        --------------------------
   NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT     DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
    TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                                                      CUSIP NUMBER
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this
           form concurrently with either placing      --------------------------
           an order with a broker to execute          WORK LOCATION
           sale or executing a sale directly
           with a market maker.                       --------------------------


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 1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)                  (b) I.R.S. IDENT. NO.    (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
 STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION                         74-1677330               12688
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 1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                   STREET           CITY           STATE           ZIP CODE             (e) TELEPHONE NO.
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                                                                                                            AREA CODE      NUMBER
 1980 POST OAK BLVD.                                     HOUSTON            TX             77056               713        625-8100
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 2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT   (b) I.R.S. IDENT.  (c) RELATIONSHIP      (d) ADDRESS    STREET    CITY    STATE    ZIP CODE
      THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD          NO.                TO ISSUER

 MALCOLM S. MORRIS                          459-68-9348         Chairman              3992 INVERNESS, HOUSTON, TX 77019
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 INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
                    the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.


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       3(a)                            (b)                                                    (c)                  (d)
   TITLE OF THE          NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH BROKER           S.E.C. USE ONLY     NUMBER OF SHARES         AGGREGATE
     CLASS OF         THROUGH WHOM THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE        ---------------      OR OTHER UNITS           MARKET
    SECURITIES         OFFERED OR EACH MARKET MAKER WHO IS          BROKER-DEALER         TO BE SOLD              VALUE
    TO BE SOLD               ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES                FILE NUMBER       (See Instr. 3(c))    (See Instr. 3(d))
                                                                                                
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  Common                   American Express                                                 6,262                162,812
                           1350 A&P Financial Center
                           Minneapolis, MN 55474
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     (e)                      (f)                    (g)
NUMBER OF SHARES            APPROXIMATE            NAME OF EACH
 OR OTHER UNITS             DATE OF SALE            SECURITIES
   OUTSTANDING           (See instr. 3(f))           EXCHANGE
(See Instr. 3(e))         (MO., DAY, YR.)       (See Instr. 3(g))
                                         
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  17,727,000                5-6-03                 N.Y.S.E.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
   1.  (a) Name of issuer.
       (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
       (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
       (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
       (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
   2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are
           to be sold
       (b) Such person's I.R.S identification number, if such
           person is an entity
       (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
           officer, director, 10 percent stockholder, or member
           of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
       (d) Such person's address, including zip code
   3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
       (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
           securities are intended to be sold
       (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
           securities, give the aggregate face amount)
       (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
           as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
           filing of this notice
       (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
           outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount
           thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
           report or statement published by the issuer
       (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
       (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
           the securities are intended to be sold

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                         TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
    Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of
              the purchase price or other consideration therefor:



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     Title of    Date You    Nature of Acquisition    Name of Person from        Amount of         Date of      Nature of Payment
    the Class    Acquired       Transaction            Whom Acquired             Securities        Payment
                                                      (If gift, also give        Acquired
                                                      date donor acquired)
                                                                                             
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 Common                      Option Exercise           STEWART INFORMATION
                             6,262 Shares NQO          SERVICES CORPORATION
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INSTRUCTIONS:
 1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in
    cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
    nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
    note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
    the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
    in full or the last installment paid.
 2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
    whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other
    option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144,
    furnish full information with respect thereto.

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               TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
   Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
    during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities
                                are to be sold.



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   Name and Address of Seller             Title of Securities Sold         Date of Sale         Amount of        Gross Proceeds
                                                                                               Securities
                                                                                                  Sold
                                                                                                     
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REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS:
 See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
 be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
 sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
 information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
 by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
 person filing this notice.

                                 MAY 1, 2003
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                                (DATE OF NOTICE)
ATTENTION:
 The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
 be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
 material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
 operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
 publicly disclosed.

                             /s/ Malcolm S. Morris
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                               Malcolm S. Morris

 The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies
          not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

 ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
                   CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)