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STIPULATIONS <br />SCOPE OF 1. This policy does not insure against, and the <br />COVERAGE Company will not be liable for loss or damage cre- <br />ated by or arising out of any of the following: (a) <br />defects, liens, claims, encumbrances, or other mat- <br />ters which result in no pecuniary loss to the insured; (b) defects, <br />liens, encumbrances, or other matters created or occurring subse- <br />quent to the date hereof; (c) defects, liens, encumbrances, or other <br />matters created or suffered by the insured claiming such loss or dam- <br />age, or (d) defects, liens, encumbrances, or other matters existing <br />at the date of this policy and known to the insured claiming such loss <br />or damage, either at the date of this policy or at the date such in- <br />sured claimant acquired an estate or interest insured by this policy, <br />unless such defect, lien, claim, encumbrances, or other matter shall <br />have been disclosed to the Company in writing prior to the issuance <br />of this policy. Any rights or defenses of the Company against a <br />named insured shall be equally available against any person or <br />corporation who shall become an insured hereunder as successor of <br />such named insured. <br />DEFENSE OF 2. The Company at its own cost shall defend the <br />ACTIONS insured in all actions or proceedings against the <br />insured founded upon a defect, lien, encumbrance, <br />or other matter insured against by this policy, and <br />may pursue such litigation to final determination in the court of last <br />resort. In case any such action or proceeding shall be begun, or in <br />case knowledge shall come to any insured of any claim of title or <br />interest adverse to the title as insured, or which might cause loss or <br />NOTICE OF damage for which the Company shall or may be <br />ACTIONS OR liable by virtue of this policy, such insured shall <br />CLAIMS TO BE at once notify the Company thereof in writing. <br />GIVEN BY THE If such notice shall not be given to the Company <br />INSURED at least five days before the appearance day in <br />any such action or proceeding, or if such insured shall not, in writ- <br />ing, promptly notify the Company of any defect, lien, encumbrance, <br />or other matter insured against, or of any such adverse claim which <br />shall come to the knowledge of such insured, in respect to which loss <br />or damage is apprehended, then all liability of the Company as to <br />each insured having such notice in regard to the subject of such <br />action, proceeding, or claim shall cease and terminate; provided, <br />however, that failure to so notify shall in no case prejudice the claim <br />of any insured unless the Company shall be actually prejudiced by <br />such failure. The Company shall have the right to institute and <br />prosecute any action or proceeding or do any other act which, in its <br />opinion, may be necessary or desirable to establish the title, or any <br />insured lien or charge, as insured. In all cases where this policy per- <br />mits or requires the Company to prosecute or defend any action or <br />proceeding, the insured shall secure to it in writing the right to so <br />prosecute or defend such action or proceeding, and all appeals <br />therein, and permit it to use, at its option, the name of the insured <br />for such purpose. Whenever requested by the Company the insured <br />shall assist the Company in any such action or proceeding, in <br />effecting settlement, securing evidence, obtaining witnesses, prose- <br />cuting or defending such action or proceeding, to such extent <br />and in such manner as is deemed desirable by the Company, and <br />the Company shall reimburse the insured for any expense so in- <br />curred. The Company shall be subrogated to and be entitled to all <br />costs and attorney's fees incurred or expended by the Company, <br />which may be recoverable by the insured in any litigation carried on <br />by the Company on behalf of the insured. The word "knowledge" in <br />this paragraph means actual knowledge, and does not refer to con- <br />structive knowledge or notice which may be imputed to the insured <br />by reason of any public record or otherwise. <br />OPTION TO PAY 3. The Company reserves the option to pay, set - <br />SETTLE OR tle, or compromise for, or in the name of, the <br />COMPROMISE insured, any claim insured against or to pay this <br />CLAIMS policy in full at any time, and payment or tender <br />of payment of the full amount of this policy, to- <br />gether with all accrued costs which the Company is obligated here- <br />under to pay, shall terminate all liability of the Company hereunder, <br />including all obligations of the Company with respect to any litiga- <br />tion pending and subsequent cost thereof. <br />SUBROGATION 4. Whenever the Company shall have settled <br />UPON PAYMENT a claim under this policy, it shall be subro- <br />OR SETTLEMENT gated to and be entitled to all rights, securities, <br />and remedies which the insured would have had against any person <br />or property in respect to such claim, had this policy not been issued. <br />If the payment does not cover the loss of the insured, the Company <br />shall be subrogated to such rights, securities, and remedies in the <br />proportion which said payment bears to the amount of said loss. In <br />either event the insured shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, to <br />the Company such rights, securities, and remedies, and shall permit <br />the Company to use the name of the insured in any transaction or <br />litigation involving such rights, securities, or remedies. <br />OPTION TO PAY 5. The Company has the right and option, <br />INSURED OWNER in case any loss is claimed under this policy <br />OF INDEBTEDNESS by an insured owner of an indebtedness <br />AND BECOME secured by mortgage or deed of trust, to pay <br />OWNER OF such insured the indebtedness of the mortga- <br />SECURITY gor or trustor under said mortgage or deed of <br />trust, together with all costs which the Com- <br />pany is obligated hereunder to pay, in which case the Company shall <br />become the owner of, and such insured shall at once assign and <br />transfer to the Company said mortgage or deed of trust and the <br />indebtedness thereby secured, and such payment shall terminate all <br />liability under this policy to such insured. <br />NOTICE OF LOSS 6. A statement in writing of any loss or <br />damage for which it is claimed the Company <br />is liable under this policy shall be furnished to the Company within <br />sixty days after such loss or damage shall have been ascertained. No <br />action or proceeding for the recovery of any such loss or damage <br />LIMITATION OF shall be instituted or maintained against the <br />ACTION Company until after full compliance by the <br />insured with all the conditions imposed on <br />the insured by this policy, -nor unless commenced within twelve <br />months after receipt by the Company of such written statement. <br />PAYMENT OF 7. The Company will pay, in addition to <br />LOSS AND any loss insured against by this policy, all <br />COSTS OF costs imposed upon the insured in litigation <br />LITIGATION carried on by the Company for the insured, <br />and in litigation carried on by the insured <br />with the written authorization of the Company, but not otherwise. <br />The liability of the Company under this policy shall in no case ex- <br />ceed, in all, the actual loss of the insured and costs which the Com- <br />pany is obligated hereunder to pay, and in no case shall such total <br />liability exceed the amount of this policy and said costs. All pay- <br />ments under this policy shall reduce the amount of the insurance <br />INDORSEMENT OF pro tanto, and payment of loss or damage <br />PAYMENT ON to an insured owner of indebtedness shall re - <br />POLICY duce, to that extent, the liability of the Com- <br />pany to the insured owner of said land. No <br />payment can be demanded by any insured without producing this <br />policy for indorsement of such payment. <br />MANNER OF 8. Loss under this policy shall be payable, <br />PAYMENT OF first, to any insured owner of indebtedness <br />LOSS TO secured by mortgage or deed of trust shown <br />INSURED in Schedule B, in order of priority therein <br />shown, and if such ownership vests in more <br />than one, payment shall be made ratably as their respective in- <br />terests may appear, and thereafter, any loss shall be payable to the <br />other insured, and if more than one, then to such insured ratably as <br />their respective interests may appear. If there be no such insured <br />owner of indebtedness, any loss shall be payable to the insured, and <br />if more than one, to such insured ratably as their respective interests <br />may appear. <br />WRITTEN 9. No provision or condition of this policy <br />INDORSEMENT can be waived or changed except by writing <br />REQUIRED TO endorsed hereon or attached hereto signed by <br />CHANGE POLICY the President, a Vice -President, the Secretary, <br />or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. <br />IN WITNESS ` "HRFOF, Oakland Title Insurance and Guaranty Company has caused its <br />corporate name and seal to be hereunto affixed by its duly authorized officers the day and hour set forth <br />in Schedule A hereof. <br />Oakland Title Insurance and Guaranty Company <br />By <br />Its Vice -President. <br />And by <br />Its Vice -President. <br />I re ary. <br />