California Land Title Association Standard
<br />Coverage Policy Form —Copyright 1963
<br />)NDITIONS AND STIPULATIOP
<br />1. DEFINITION OF TERMS
<br />The following terms when used in this policy mean:
<br />(a) "land": the land described, specifically or by ref-
<br />erence, in Schedule A and improvements affixed there-
<br />to which by law constitute real property;
<br />(b) "public records": those records which impart con-
<br />structive notice of matters relating to said land ;
<br />(c) "knowledge": actual knowledge, not constructive
<br />knowledge or notice which may be imputed to the Insured
<br />by reason of any public records;
<br />(d) "date": the effective date;
<br />(e) "mortgage": mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed,
<br />or other security instrument; and
<br />(f) "insured": the party or parties named as Insured,
<br />and if the owner of the indebtedness secured by a mortgage
<br />shown in Schedule B is named as an Insured in Schedule A,
<br />the Insured shall include (1) each successor in interest in
<br />ownership of such indebtedness, (2) any such owner who
<br />acquires the estate or interest referred to in this policy by
<br />foreclosure, trustee's sale, or other legal manner in satis-
<br />faction of said indebtedness, and (3) any federal agency or
<br />instrumentality which is an insurer or guarantor under an
<br />insurance contract or guaranty insuring or guaranteeing said
<br />indebtedness, or any part thereof, whether named as an
<br />Insured herein or not, subject otherwise to the provisions
<br />hereof.
<br />4. BENEFITS AFTER ACQUISITION OF TITLE
<br />If an insured owner of the indebtedness secured by a
<br />mortgage described in Schedule B acquires said estate or
<br />interest, or any part thereof, by foreclosure, trustee's sale, or
<br />other legal manner in satisfaction of said indebtedness, or
<br />any part thereof, or if a federal agency or instrumentality
<br />acquires said estate or interest, or any part thereof, as a
<br />consequence of an insurance contract or guaranty insuring
<br />or guaranteeing the indebtedness secured by a mortgage cov-
<br />ered by this policy, or any part thereof, this policy shall
<br />continue in force in favor of such Insured, agency or instru-
<br />mentality, subject to all of the conditions and stipulations
<br />hereof.
<br />3. EXCLUSIONS FROM THE COVERAGE OF THIS POLICY
<br />This policy does not insure against loss or damage by
<br />reason of the following:
<br />(a) Any law, ordinance or governmental regulation
<br />(including but not limited to buiding and zoning ordi-
<br />nances) restricting or regulating or prohibiting the occu-
<br />pancy, use or enjoyment of the land, or regulating the char-
<br />acter, dimensions, or location of any improvement now or
<br />hereafter erected on said land, or prohibiting a separation
<br />in ownership or a reduction in the dimensions or area of
<br />any lot or parcel of land.
<br />(b) Governmental rights of police power or eminent
<br />domain unless notice of the exercise of such rights appears
<br />in the public records at the date hereof.
<br />(c1 Title to any property beyond the lines of the land
<br />expresslly described or referred to in Schedule A, or title to
<br />areas within or rights or easements in any abutting streets,
<br />roads, avenues, lanes, ways or waterways (except to the
<br />extent the right of access to and from said land is covered
<br />by the insuring provisions of this policy), or the right to
<br />maintain therein vaults, tunnels, ramps or any other struc-
<br />ture or improvement, unless this policy specifically provides
<br />that such titles, rights or easements are insured.
<br />(d) Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims
<br />against the title as insured or other matters (1) created,
<br />suffered, assumed or agreed to by the Insured claiming loss
<br />or damage; or (2) known to the Insured Claimant either
<br />at the date of this policy or at the date such Insured Claim-
<br />ant acquired an estate or interest insured by this policy and
<br />not shown by the public records, unless disclosure thereof
<br />in writing by the Insured shall have been made to the
<br />Company prior to the date of this policy; or (3) resulting
<br />in no loss to the Insured Claimant; or (4) attaching or
<br />created subsequent to the date hereof.
<br />(e) Loss or damage which would not have been sus-
<br />tained if the Insured were a purchaser or encumbrancer for
<br />value without knowledge.
<br />4. DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION OF ACTIONS —NOTICE
<br />OF CLAIM TO BE GIVEN BY THE INSURED
<br />(a) The Company, at its own cost and without undue
<br />delay shall provide (1) for the defense of the Insured in
<br />all litigation consisting of actions or proceedings commenced
<br />against the Insured, or defenses, restraining orders, or in-
<br />junctions interposed against a foreclosure or sale of the
<br />mortgage and indebtedness covered by this policy or a sale
<br />of the estate or interest in said land ; or (2 ) for such action
<br />as may be appropriate to establish the title of the estate or
<br />interest or the lien of the mortgage as insured, which liti.
<br />gation or action in any of such events is founded upon an
<br />alleged defect, lien or encumbrance insured against by this
<br />policy, and may pursue any litigation to final determination
<br />in the court of last resort,
<br />(b) In case any such action or proceeding shall be
<br />begun, or defense interposed, or in case knowledge shall
<br />come to the Insured of any claim of title or interest which
<br />is adverse to the title of the estate or interest or lien of the
<br />mortgage as insured, or which might cause loss or damage
<br />for which the Company shall or may be liable by virtue of
<br />this policy, or if the Insured shall in good faith contract to
<br />sell the indebtedness secured by a mortgage covered by this
<br />policy, or, if an Insured in good faith leases or contracts to
<br />sell, lease or mortgage the same, or if the successful bidder
<br />at a foreclosure sale under a mortgage covered by this pol-
<br />icy refuses to purchase and in any such event the title to said
<br />estate or interest is rejected as unmarketable, the Insured
<br />shall notify the Company thereof in writing. If such notice
<br />shall not be given to the Company within ten days of the
<br />receipt of process or pleadings or if the Insured shall not,
<br />in writing, promptly notify the Company of any defect, lien
<br />or encumbrance insured against which shall come to the
<br />knowledge of the Insured, or if the Insured shall not, in
<br />writing, promptly notify the Company of any such rejection
<br />by reason of claimed unmarketability of title, then all lia-
<br />bility of the Company in regard to the subject matter of such
<br />action, Proceeding or matter shall cease and terminate; pro.
<br />vided, however, that failure to notify shall in no case
<br />prejudice the claim of any Insured unless the Company
<br />shall be actually prejudiced by such failure and then only
<br />to the extent of such prejudice.
<br />(c) The Company shall have the right at its own cost
<br />to institute and prosecute any action or proceeding or do
<br />any other act which in its opinion may be necessary or de-
<br />sirable to establish the title of the estate or interest or the
<br />lien of the mortgage as insured; and the Company may
<br />take any appropriate action under the terms of this policy
<br />whether or not it shall be liable thereunder and shall not
<br />thereby concede liability or waive any' provision of this
<br />policy.
<br />(d) In all cases where this policy permits or requires
<br />the Company to prosecute or provide for the defense of any
<br />action or proceeding, the Insured shall secure to it the right
<br />to so prosecute or provide defense in such action or proceed-
<br />ing, and all appeals therein, and permit it to use, at its
<br />option, the name of the Insured for such purpose. When-
<br />ever requested by the Company the Insured shall give the
<br />Company all reasonable aid in any such action or proceed-
<br />ing, in effecting settlement, securing evidence, obtaining
<br />witnesses, or prosecuting or defending such action or pro-
<br />ceeding, and the Company shall reimburse the Insured for
<br />any expense so incurred.
<br />5. NOTICE OF LOSS —LIMITATION OF ACTION
<br />In addition to the notices required under paragraph 4(b).
<br />a statement in writing of any loss or damage for which it is
<br />claimed the Company is liable under this policy shall be
<br />furnished to the Company within sixty days after such loss
<br />or damage shall have been determined and no right of
<br />action shall accrue to the Insured under this policy until
<br />thirty days after such statement shall have been furnished,
<br />and no recovery shall be had by the Insured under this
<br />policy unless action shall be commenced thereon within
<br />five years after expiration of said thirty day period. Failure
<br />to furnish such statement of loss or damage, or to com-
<br />mence such action within the time herein&%re specified,
<br />shall be a conclusive bar against maintenance by the In-
<br />sured of any action under this policy.
<br />6. OPTION TO PAY, SETTLE OR COMPROMISE CLAIMS
<br />The Company shall have the option to pay or settle or
<br />compromise for or in the name of the Insured any claim
<br />insured against or to pay the full amount of this policy, or,
<br />in case loss is claimed under this policy by the owner of
<br />the indebtedness secured by a mortgage covered by this
<br />policy, the Company shall have the option to purchase
<br />said indetbedness; such purchase, payment or tender of
<br />payment of the full amount of this policy, together with all
<br />costs, attorneys' fees and expenses which the Company is
<br />obligated hereunder to pay, shall terminate all liability of
<br />the Company hereunder. In the event, after notice of claim
<br />has been given to the Company by the Insured, the Company
<br />offers to purchase said indebtedness, the owner of such in-
<br />debtedness shall transfer and assign said indebtedness and
<br />the mortgage securing the same to the Company upon pay-
<br />ment of the purchase price.
<br />7. PAYMENT OF LOSS
<br />(a) The liability of the Company under this policy
<br />shall in no case exceed, in all, the actual loss of the
<br />Insured and costs and attorneys' fees which the Company
<br />may be obligated hereunder to pay.
<br />(b) The Company will pay, in addition to any loss
<br />insured against by this policy, all costs imposed upon the
<br />Insured in litigation carried on by the Company for the
<br />Insured, and all costs and attorneys' fees in litigation car-
<br />ried on by the Insured with the written authorization of the
<br />Company.
<br />(c) No claim for damages shall arise or be maintain-
<br />able under this policy ( 1 ) if the Company, after having
<br />received notice of an alleged defect, lien or encumbrance
<br />not excepted or excluded herein removes such defect, lien or
<br />encumbrance within a reasonable time after receipt of such
<br />notice, or (2) for liability voluntarily assumed by the In-
<br />sured in settling any claim or suit without written consent of
<br />the Company, or (3) in the event the title is rejected as
<br />unmarketable because of a defect, lien or encumbrance not
<br />excepted or excluded in this policy, until there has been a
<br />final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction
<br />sustaining such rejection.
<br />(d) All payments under this policy, except payments
<br />made for costs, attorneys' fees and expenses, shall reduce
<br />the amount of the insurance pro tanto and no payment shall
<br />be made without producing this policy for endorsement of
<br />such payment unless the policy be lost or destroyed, in
<br />which case proof of such loss or destruction shall be fur-
<br />nished to the satisfaction of the Company; provided, how-
<br />ever, if the owner of an indebtedness secured by a mort-
<br />gage shown in Schedule B is an Insured herein then such
<br />payments shall not reduce pro tanto the amount of the
<br />insurance afforded hereunder as to such Insured, except
<br />to the extent that such payments reduce the amount of the
<br />indebtedness secured by such mortgage. Payment in full by
<br />any person or voluntary satisfaction or release by the In-
<br />sure a mortgage covered by this policy shall terminate
<br />all liability of the Company to the insured owner of the
<br />indebtedness secured by such mortgage, except as provided
<br />in paragraph 2 hereof.
<br />(e) When liability has been definitely fixed in ac-
<br />cordance with the conditions of this policy the loss or dam-
<br />age shall be payable within thirty days thereafter.
<br />S. LIABILITY NONCUMULATIVE
<br />It is expressly understood that the amount of this policy
<br />is reduced by any amount the Company may pay under any
<br />policy insuring the validity or priority of any mortgage
<br />shown or referred to in Schedule B hereof or any mortgage
<br />hereafter executed by the Insured which is a charge or lien
<br />on the estate or interest described or referred to in Schedule
<br />A, and the amount so paid shall be deemed a payment to the
<br />Insured under this policy. The provisions of this paragraph
<br />numbered 8 shall not apply to an Insured owner of an in-
<br />debtedness secured by a mortgage shown in Schedule B
<br />unless such Insured acquires title to said estate or interest in
<br />satisfaction of said indebtedness or any part thereof.
<br />9. COINSURANCE AND APPORTIONMENT
<br />(a) In the event that a partial loss occurs after the
<br />Insured makes an improvement subsequent to the date of
<br />this policy, and only in that event, the Insured becomes a
<br />coinsurer to the extent hereinafter set forth.
<br />If the cost of the improvement exceeds twenty per cen-
<br />tum of the amount of this policy, such proportion only of
<br />any partial loss established shall be borne by the Company
<br />as one hundred twenty per centum of the amount of this
<br />policy bears to the sum of the amount of this policy and
<br />the amount expended for the improvement. The foregoing
<br />provisions shall not apply to costs and attorneyys' fees in-
<br />curred by the Company in prosecuting or providing for the
<br />defense of actions or proceedin s in behalf of the Insured
<br />pursuant to the terms of this policy or to costs imposed on
<br />the Insured in such actions or proceedings, and shall apply
<br />only to that portion of losses which exceed in the aggregate
<br />ten per cent of the face of the policy.
<br />Provided, however, that the foregoing coinsurance pro-
<br />visions shall not apply to any loss arising out of a lien or
<br />encumbrance for a liquidated amount which existed on the
<br />date of this policy and was not shown in Schedule B;
<br />and provided further, such coinsurance provisions shall not
<br />apply to any loss if. at the time of the occurrence of such
<br />loss, the then value of the premises, as so improved, does
<br />not exceed one hundred twenty per centum of the amount
<br />of this policy.
<br />The foregoing coinsurance provisions shall not apply to
<br />an insured owner of an indebtedness secured by a mortgage
<br />shown in Schedule B prior to acquisition of title to said
<br />estate or interest in satisfaction of said indebtedness or any
<br />part thereof.
<br />(b) If the land described or referred to in Schedule A
<br />is divisible into separate and noncontiguous parcels, or if
<br />contiguous and such parcels are not used as one single site,
<br />and a loss is established affecting one or more of said par-
<br />cels but not all, the loss shall be computed and settled on
<br />a pro rata basis as if the face amount of the policy was
<br />divided pro rata as to the value on the date of this policy
<br />of each separate independent parcel to the whole, exclu-
<br />sive of any improvements made subsequent to the date of
<br />this policy, unless a liability or value has otherwise been
<br />agreed upon as to each such parcel by the Company and
<br />the Insured at the time of the issuance of this policy and
<br />shown by an express statement herein or by an endorsement
<br />attached hereto.
<br />10. SUBROGATION UPON PAYMENT OR SETTLEMENT
<br />Whenever the Company shall have settled a claim under
<br />this policy, all right of subrogation shall vest in the Com-
<br />pany unaffected by any act of the Insured, and it shall be
<br />subrogated to and be entitled to all rights and remedies
<br />which the Insured would have had against any person or
<br />property in respect to such claim had this policy not been
<br />issued. If the payment does not cover the loss of the Insured,
<br />the Company shall be subrogated to such rights and reme-
<br />dies in the proportion which said payment bears to the
<br />amount of said loss. If loss should result from any act of
<br />the Insured, such act shall not void this policy, but the
<br />Company, in that event,, shall be required to pay only
<br />that part of any losses insured against hereunder which
<br />shall exceed the amount, if any, lost to the Company by
<br />reason of the impairment of the right of subrogation. The
<br />Insured, if requested by the Company, shall transfer to the
<br />Company all rights and remedies against any person or
<br />property necessary in order to perfect such right of subro-
<br />gation, and shall permit the Company to use the name of
<br />the Insured in any transaction or litigation involving such
<br />rights or remedies.
<br />If the Insured is the owner of the indebtedness secured by
<br />a mortgage covered by this policy, such Insured may release
<br />or substitute the personal liability of any debtor or guaran-
<br />tor, or extend or otherwise modify the terms of payment,
<br />or release a portion of the estate or interest from the lien
<br />of the mortgage, or release any collateral security for the
<br />indebtedness, provided such act does not result in any loss
<br />of priority of the lien of the mortgage.
<br />11. POLICY ENTIRE CONTRACT
<br />Any action or actions or rights of action that the Insured
<br />may have or may bring against the Company arising out
<br />of the status of the lien of the mortgage covered by this
<br />policy or the title of the estate or interest insured herein
<br />must be based on the provisions of this policy.
<br />No provision or condition of this policy can be waived or
<br />changed except by writing indorsed hereon or attached
<br />hereto signed by the President, a Vice President, the Secre-
<br />tary, an Assistant Secretary or other validating officer of
<br />the Company.
<br />12. NOTICES, WHERE SENT
<br />All notices required to be given the Company and any
<br />statement in writing required to be furnished the Company
<br />shall be addressed to it at 360 - 14th Street, Oakland,
<br />California.
<br />13. THE PREMIUM SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE A IS THE
<br />ENTIRE CHARGE FOR TITLE SEARCH, TITLE EXAMI-
<br />NATION AND TITLE INSURANCE.
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