I have had this issue too where we cannot get the flood insurance force placed unless we have an elevation certificate. In the case where the property is remapped and in a flood zone I had a customer that knew the LOMA would come back in their favor so they opted for the insurance to be force placed. They didn't get their elevation certificate by the 45 days and so the insurance company we were working with said they couldn't get the insurance until we had it. I asked for guidance at two different compliance schools and they both gave the same answer. That was you shouldn't need to have an elevation certificate for force placing insurance. That the insurance company should be able to force place the insurance with very little underwriting information, otherwise it isn't force placing insurance. Typically when you have to force place, the customer isn't going to be forth coming with information so you must have an avenue to get that insurance placed without it. We are still trying to figure out how to that so I don't have any info regarding that, but just wanted to recount my experience. Maybe someone out there in BOL-land knows???