to No. A-3002
<br />rA Standard Coverage Policy Form
<br />uo-Insurance
<br />1. SCOPE OF COVERAGE
<br />This policy does not insure against, and the Companies
<br />will not be liable for loss or damage created by or
<br />arising out of any of the following: (a) defects, liens,
<br />claims, encumbrances, or other matters which result
<br />in no pecuniary loss to the insured; (b) defects, liens,
<br />encumbrances, or other matters created or occurring
<br />subsequent to the date hereof; (c) defects, liens,
<br />encumbrances, or other matters created or suffered by
<br />the insured claiming such loss or damage; or (d)
<br />defects, liens, claims, encumbrances, or other matters
<br />existing at the date of this policy and known to the
<br />insured claiming such loss or damage, either at the
<br />date of this policy or at the date such insured claim-
<br />ant acquired an estate or interest insured by this policy,
<br />unless such defect, lien, claim, encumbrance or other
<br />matter shall have been disclosed to the Companies in
<br />writing prior to the issuance of this policy or appeared
<br />at the date of this policy on the public records. Any
<br />rights or defenses of the Companies against a named
<br />insured shall be equally available against any person
<br />or corporation who shall become an insured hereunder
<br />as successor of such named insured.
<br />2. DEFENSE OF ACTIONS. NOTICE OF ACTIONS
<br />OR CLAIMS TO BE GIVEN BY THE INSURED
<br />The Companies at their own cost shall defend the
<br />insured in all litigation consisting of actions or pro-
<br />ceedings against the insured, or defenses, restraining
<br />orders, or injunctions interposed against a foreclosure
<br />or sale of said land in satisfaction of any indebtedness,
<br />the owner of which is insured by this policy, which
<br />litigation is founded upon a defect, lien, encumbrance,
<br />or other matter insured against by this policy, and may
<br />pursue such litigation to final determination in the
<br />court of last resort. In case any such litigation shall
<br />become known to any insured, or in case knowledge
<br />shall come to any insured of any claim of title or
<br />interest which is adverse to the title as insured or
<br />which might cause loss or damage for which the
<br />Companies shall or may be liable by virtue of this
<br />policy, such insured shall notify the Companies thereof
<br />in writing. If such notice shall not be given to the
<br />Companies at least two days before the appearance day
<br />in any such litigation, or if such insured shall not, in
<br />writing, promptly notify the Companies of any defect,
<br />lien, encumbrance, or other matter insured against, or
<br />Of any such adverse claim which shall come to the
<br />knowledge of such insured, in respect to which loss
<br />or damage is apprehended, then all liability of the
<br />Companies as to each insured having such knowledge
<br />shall cease and terminate; provided, however, that
<br />failure to so notify the Companies shall in no case
<br />prejudice the claim of any insured unless the Com-
<br />panies shall be actually prejudiced by such failure.
<br />The Companies shall have the right to institute and
<br />prosecute any action or proceeding or do any other act
<br />which, in their opinion, may be necessary or desirable
<br />to establish the title, or any insured lien or charge, as
<br />insured. In all cases where this policy permits or
<br />requires the Companies to prosecute or defend any
<br />action or proceeding, the insured shall secure to them
<br />in writing the right to so prosecute or defend such
<br />action or proceeding, and all appeals therein, and per-
<br />mit them to use, at their option, the name of the
<br />insured for such purpose. Whenever requested by the
<br />Companies the insured shall assist the Companies in
<br />any such action or proceeding, in effecting settlement,
<br />securing evidence, obtaining witnesses, prosecuting or
<br />defending such action or proceeding, to such extent
<br />and in such manner as is deemed desirable by the Com-
<br />panies, and the Companies shall reimburse the insured
<br />for any expense so incurred. The Companies shall be
<br />subrogated to and be entitled to all costs and attorneys'
<br />fees incurred or expended by the Companies, which
<br />may be recoverable by the insured in any litigation
<br />STIPULATIONS
<br />carried on by the Companies on behalf of the insured.
<br />The word "knowledge" in this paragraph means actual
<br />knowledge, and does not refer to constructive knowl-
<br />edge or notice which may be imputed by the public
<br />records.
<br />3. NOTICE OF LOSS. LIMITATION OF ACTION
<br />A statement in writing of any loss or damage for which
<br />it is claimed the Companies are liable under this
<br />policy shall be furnished to the Companies within
<br />sixty days after such loss or damage shall have been
<br />ascertained. No action or proceeding for the recovery
<br />of any such loss or damage shall be instituted or main-
<br />tained against the Companies until after full compli-
<br />ance by the insured with all the conditions imposed on
<br />the insured by this policy, nor unless commenced
<br />within twelve months after receipt by the Companies
<br />of such written statement.
<br />4. OPTION TO PAY, SETTLE, OR COMPROMISE
<br />CLAIMS
<br />The Companies reserve the option to pay, settle, or
<br />compromise for, or in the name of, the insured, any
<br />claim insured against or to pay this policy in full at
<br />any time, and payment or tender of payment of the
<br />full amount of this policy, together with all accrued
<br />costs which the Companies are obligated hereunder to
<br />pay, shall terminate all liability of the Companies
<br />hereunder, including all obligations of the Companies
<br />with respect to any litigation pending and subsequent
<br />costs thereof.
<br />5 SUBROGATION UPON PAYMENT OR SETTLE-
<br />MENT
<br />Whenever the Companies shall have settled a claim
<br />under this policy, they shall be subrogated to and be
<br />entitled to all rights, securities, and remedies which
<br />the insured would have had against any person or
<br />property in respect to such claim, had this policy not
<br />been issued. If the payment does not cover the loss
<br />of the insured, the Companies shall be subrogated to
<br />such rights, securities, and remedies in the proportion
<br />which said payment bears to the amount of said loss.
<br />In either event the insured shall transfer, or cause to
<br />be transferred, to the Companies such rights, securi-
<br />ties, and remedies, and shall permit the Companies to
<br />use the name of the insured in any transaction or
<br />litigation involving such rights, securities, or remedies.
<br />6. OPTION TO PAY INSURED OWNER OF IN-
<br />DEBTEDNESS AND BECOME OWNER OF
<br />SECURITY
<br />The Companies have the right and option, in case any
<br />loss is claimed under this policy by an insured owner
<br />of an indebtedness secured by mortgage or deed of
<br />trust, to pay such insured the indebtedness of the
<br />mortgagor or trustor under said mortgage or deed of
<br />trust, together with all costs which the Companies are
<br />obligated hereunder to pay, in which case the Com-
<br />panies shall become the owner of, and such insured
<br />shall at once assign and transfer to the Companies
<br />said mortgage or deed of trust and the indebtedness
<br />thereby secured, and such payment shall terminate all
<br />liability under this policy to such insured.
<br />7. PAYMENT OF LOSS AND COSTS OF LITIGA-
<br />TION. INDORSEMENT OF PAYMENT ON
<br />POLICY
<br />The Companies will pay, in addition to any loss insured
<br />against by this policy, all costs imposed upon the in-
<br />sured in litigation carried on by the Companies for the
<br />insured, and in litigation carried on by the insured
<br />with the written authorization of the Companies, but
<br />not otherwise. The liability of the Companies under
<br />this policy shall in no case exceed, in all, the actual
<br />loss of the insured and costs which the Companies are
<br />obligated hereunder to pay, and in no case shall such
<br />total liability exceed the amount of this policy and
<br />said costs. All payments under this policy shall reduce
<br />the amount of the insurance pro tanto, and payment of
<br />loss or damage to an insured owner of indebtedness
<br />shall reduce, to that extent, the liability of the Com-
<br />panies to the insured owner of said land. No payment
<br />may be demanded by any insured without producing
<br />this policy for indorsement of such payment.
<br />S. MANNER OF PAYMENT OF LOSS TO INSURED
<br />Loss under this policy shall be payable, first, to any
<br />insured owner of indebtedness secured by mortgage or
<br />deed of trust shown in Schedule B, in order of priority
<br />therein shown, and if such ownership vests in more
<br />than one, payment shall be made ratably as their
<br />respective interests may appear, and thereafter any
<br />loss shall be payable to the other insured, and if more
<br />than one, then to such insured ratably as their respec-
<br />tive interests may appear. If there be no such insured
<br />owner of indebtedness, any loss shall be payable to
<br />the insured, and if more than one, to such insured
<br />ratably as their respective interests may appear.
<br />9. DEFINITION OF TERMS
<br />The following terms when used in this policy mean:
<br />(a) "named insured": the persons and corporations
<br />named as insured in Schedule A of this policy; (b)
<br />"the insured": such named insured together with (1)
<br />each successor in ownership of any indebtedness
<br />secured by any mortgage or deed of trust shown in
<br />Schedule B, the owner of which indebtedness is
<br />named herein as an insured, (2) any such owner or
<br />successor in ownership of any such indebtedness who
<br />acquires the land described in Schedule A or any
<br />part thereof, by lawful means in satisfaction of said
<br />indebtedness or any part thereof, (3) any governmental
<br />agency or instrumentality acquiring said land under
<br />an insurance contract or guarantee insuring or guar-
<br />anteeing said indebtedness or any part thereof, and
<br />(4) any person or corporation deriving an estate or
<br />interest in said land as an heir or devisee of a named
<br />insured or by reason of the dissolution, merger, or
<br />consolidation of a corporate named insured; (c)
<br />"land": the land described specifically or by reference
<br />in Schedule A and improvements affixed thereto which
<br />by law constitute real property; (d) "date": the
<br />exact day, hour and minute specified in Schedule A
<br />as "Policy Date" (unless the context clearly requires
<br />a different meaning); (e) "taxing agency": the State
<br />and each county, city and county, city and district
<br />in which said land or some part thereof is situated
<br />that levies taxes or assessments on real property; (f)
<br />"public records": those public records which, under
<br />the recording laws, impart constructive notice of mat-
<br />ters relating to said land.
<br />10. WRITTEN INDORSEMENT REQUIRED TO
<br />CHANGE POLICY
<br />No provision or condition of this policy can be waived
<br />or changed except by writing indorsed hereon or at-
<br />tached hereto signed by the President, a Vice Presi-
<br />dent, the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary of the
<br />Companies.
<br />11. NOTICES, WHERE SENT
<br />All notices required to be given the Companies, and
<br />any statement in writing required to be furnished the
<br />Companies, shall be addressed to them at 360 - 14th
<br />Street, Oakland, California.
<br />12. FEE
<br />The fee specified in Schedule A is the total charge for
<br />Title Insurance including charges for Title Search and
<br />Examination.
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