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)NDITIONS AIND STIPULATIONS <br />(Includes those in tl rican Title Association -Owner's Policy c d Form B-1960) <br />1. DEFINITION OF TERMS <br />The following terms when used in this policy mean: <br />(a) "land": the land described, specifically or by <br />reference, in Schedule C and improvements affixed <br />thereto which by law constitute real property; <br />(b) "public records": those records which impart <br />constructive notice of matters relating to said land; <br />(c) "knowledge": actual knowledge, not con- <br />structive knowledge or notice which may be imputed <br />to the Insured by reason of any public records; <br />(d) "date": the effective date; <br />(e) "mortgage": mortgage, deed of trust, trust <br />deed, or other security instrument; and <br />(f) "insured": the party or parties herein desig- <br />nated as Insured, and if the owner of the indebtedness <br />secured by a mortgage shown in Schedule B is named <br />as an Insured in Schedule A, the Insured shall include <br />(1) each successor in interest in ownership of such in- <br />debtedness, (2) any such owner who acquires the <br />estate or interest referred to in this policy by fore- <br />closure, trustee's sale, or other legal manner in satis- <br />faction of said indebtedness, and (3) any federal <br />agency or instrumentality which is an insurer or <br />guarantor under an insurance contract or guaranty <br />insuring or guaranteeing said indebtedness, or any <br />part thereof, whether named as an Insured herein or <br />not. <br />1. 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 <br />or interest. or any part thereof, by foreclosure, <br />trustee's sale, or other legal manner in satisfaction of <br />said indebtedness, or any part thereof, or if a federal <br />agency or instrumentality acquires said estate or <br />interest, or any part thereof, as a consequence of an <br />insurance contract or guaranty insuring or guarantee- <br />ing the indebtedness secured by a mortgage covered <br />by this policy, or any part thereof, this policy shall <br />continue in force in favor of such Insured, agency or <br />instrumentality, subject to all of the conditions and <br />stipulations hereof. <br />a. EXCLUSIONS FROM THE COVERAGE OF THIS <br />POLICY <br />This policy does not insure against loss or damage by <br />reason of the following: <br />(a) Any law, ordinance or governmental regula- <br />tion (including but not limited to building and zoning <br />ordinances) restricting or regulating or prohibiting <br />the occupancy, use or enjoyment of the land. or regu- <br />lating the character, dimensions, or location of any <br />improvement now or hereafter erected on said land. <br />or prohibiting a separation in ownership or a reduction <br />in the dimensions or area of any lot or parcel of land. <br />(b) Governmental rights of police power or emi- <br />nent domain unless notice of judicial action to exercise <br />such rights appears in the public records at the date <br />hereof. <br />(c) Title to any property beyond the lines of the <br />land expressly described in Schedule C, or title to <br />streets, roads, avenues, lanes, ways or waterways on <br />which such land abuts, or the right to maintain therein <br />vaults, tunnels, ramps or any other structure or im- <br />provement; or any rights or easements therein unless <br />this policy specifically provides that such property, <br />rights or easements are insured, except that if the land <br />abuts upon one or more physically open streets or <br />highways this policy insures the ordinary rights of <br />abutting owners for access to one of such streets or <br />highways, unless otherwise excepted or excluded herein. <br />(d) Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims <br />against the title as insured or other matters (1) <br />created, suffered, assumed or agreed to by the Insured; <br />or (2) known to the Insured either at the date 6f this <br />policy or at the date such Insured acquired an estate <br />or interest insured by this policy and not shown by <br />the public records, unless disclosure thereof in writing <br />by the Insured shall have been made to the Company <br />prior to the date of this policy; or (3) resulting in no <br />loss to the Insured; or (4) attaching or created subse- <br />quent to the date hereof. <br />(e) Loss or damage which would not have been <br />sustained if the Insured were a purchaser or encum- <br />brancer for value without knowledge. <br />4. DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION OF ACTIONS — <br />NOTICE OF CLAIM TO BE GIVEN BY THE INSURED <br />(a) The Company, at its own cost and without <br />undue delay shall provide (1) for the defense of the <br />Insured in all litigation consisting of actions or pro- <br />ceedings commenced against the Insured, or defenses, <br />restraining orders. or injunctions interposed against a <br />foreclosure or sale of the indebtedness secured by a <br />mortgage covered by this policy or a sale of the estate <br />or interest in said land; or (2) for such action as may <br />be appropriate to establish the title of the estate or <br />interest or the lien of the mortgage as insured, which <br />litigation or action in any of such events is founded <br />upon an alleged defect, lien or encumbrance insured <br />against by this policy, and may pursue any litigation <br />to final determination 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 <br />shall come to the Insured of any claim of title or <br />interest which is adverse to the title of the estate or <br />interest or lien of the mortgage as insured, or which <br />might cause loss or damage for which the Company <br />shall or may be liable by virtue of this policy, or if the <br />Insured shall in good faith contract to sell the in- <br />debtedness secured by a mortgage covered by this <br />policy, or, if an Insured in good faith leases or con- <br />tracts to sell, lease or mortgage the same, or if the <br />successful bidder at a foreclosure sale under a mortgage <br />covered by this policy refuses to purchase and in any <br />such event the title to said estate or interest is rejected <br />as unmarketable, the Insured shall notify the Com- <br />pany thereof in writing. If such notice shall not be <br />given to the Company within ten days of the receipt <br />of process or pleadings or if the Insured shall not, in <br />writing, promptly notify the Company of any defect, <br />lien or encumbrance insured against which shall come <br />to the knowledge of the Insured, or if the Insured <br />shall not, in writing, promptly notify the Company <br />of any such rejection by reason of claimed unmarketa- <br />bility of title, then all liability of the Company in <br />regard to the subject matter of such action, proceed- <br />ing or matter shall cease and terminate; provided, <br />however, that failure to notify shall in no case preju- <br />dice the claim of any Insured unless the Company <br />shall be actually prejudiced by such failure and then <br />only to the extent of such prejudice. <br />(c) The Company shall have the right at its own <br />cost to institute and prosecute any action or proceed- <br />ing or do any other act which in its opinion may be <br />necessary or desirable to establish the title of the <br />estate or interest or the lien of the mortgage as insured; <br />and the Company may take any appropriate action <br />under the terms of this policy whether or not it shall <br />be liable thereunder and shall not thereby concede <br />liability or waive any provision of this policy. <br />(d) In all cases where this policy permits or re- <br />quires the Company to prosecute or provide for the <br />defense of any action or proceeding, the Insured shall <br />secure to it the right to so prosecute or provide de- <br />fense in such action or proceeding, and all appeals <br />therein, and permit it to use, at its option, the name <br />of the Insured for such purpose. Whenever requested <br />by the Company the Insured shall give the Company <br />all assistance in any such action or proceeding, in <br />effecting settlement, securing evidence, obtaining <br />witnesses, or prosecuting or defending such action or <br />proceeding, and the Company shall reimburse the <br />Insured for any expense so incurred. <br />S. NOTICE OF LOSS —LIMITATION OF ACTION <br />In addition to the notices required under paragraph <br />4(b), a statement in writing of any loss or damage for <br />which it is claimed the Company is liable under this <br />policy shall be furnished to the Company within sixty <br />days after such loss or damage shall have been de- <br />termined and no right of action shall accrue to the <br />Insured under this policy until thirty days after such <br />statement shall have been furnished, and no recovery <br />shall be had by the Insured tinder this policy unless <br />action shall be commenced thereon within five years <br />after expiration of said thirty day period. Failure to <br />furnish such statement of loss or damage, or to com- <br />mence such action within the time hereinbefore speci- <br />fied. shall be a conclusive bar against maintenance by <br />the Insured 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 <br />or compromise for or in the name of the Insured any <br />claim insured against or to pay the full amount of <br />this policy, or, in case loss is claimed under this policy <br />by the owner of the indebtedness secured by a mort- <br />gage covered by this policy, the Company shall have <br />the option to purchase said indebtedness; such pur- <br />chase, payment or tender of payment of the full <br />amount of this policy, together with all costs, at- <br />tomeys' fees and expenses which the Company is <br />obligated hereunder to pay, shall terminate all lia- <br />bility of the Company hereunder. In the event, after <br />notice of claim has been given to the Company by the <br />Insured, the Company offers to purchase said in- <br />debtedness, the owner of such indebtedness shall <br />transfer and assign said indebtedness and the mort- <br />gage 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 <br />policy shall in no case exceed, in all, the actual loss of <br />the Insured and costs and attorneys' fees which the <br />Company may be obligated hereunder to pay. <br />(b) The Company will pay, in addition to any <br />loss insured against by this policy, all costs imposed <br />upon the Insured in litigation carried on by the Com- ' <br />pang for the Insured, and all costs and attorneys' <br />fees in litigation carried on by the Insured with the <br />written authorization of the Company. <br />(c) No claim for damages shall arise or be main- <br />tainable under this policy (1) if the Company, after <br />having received notice of an alleged defect, lien or <br />encumbrance not excepted or excluded herein removes <br />such defect, lien'or encumbrance within a reasonable <br />time after receipt of such notice, or (2) for liability <br />voluntarily assumed by the Insured in settling any <br />claim or suit without written consent of the Company, <br />or (3) in the event the title is rejected as unmarket- <br />able because of a defect, lien or encumbrance not ex- <br />cepted or excluded in this policy, until there has been <br />a final determination by a court of competent juris- <br />diction sustaining such rejection. <br />(d) All payments under this policy, except pay- <br />ments made for costs, attorneys' fees and expenses, <br />shall reduce the amount of the insurance pro tanto <br />and no payment shall be made without producing <br />this policy for endorsement of such payment unless <br />the policy be lost or destroyed, in which case proof of <br />such loss or destruction shall be furnished to the satis- <br />faction of the Company; provided, however, if the <br />owner of an indebtedness secured by a mortgage <br />shown in Schedule B is an Insured herein then such <br />payments shall not reduce pro tanto the amount of <br />the insurance afforded hereunder as to such Insured. <br />except to the extent that such payments reduce the <br />amount of the indebtedness secured by such mortgage. <br />Payment in full by any person or voluntary satisfac- <br />tion or release by the Insured of a mortgage covered <br />by this policy shall terminate all liability of the Com- <br />pany to the insured owner of the indebtedness secured <br />by such mortgage, except as provided in paragraph <br />2 hereof. <br />(e) When liability has been definitely fixed in <br />accordance with the conditions of this policy the loss <br />or damage shall be payable within thirty days <br />thereafter. <br />B. LIABILITY NONCUMULATIVE <br />It is expressly understood that the amount of this <br />policy is reduced by any amount the Company may <br />pay under any policy insuring the validity or priority <br />of any mortgage shown or referred to in Schedule B <br />hereof or any mortgage hereafter executed by the <br />Insured which is a charge or lien on the estate or <br />interest described or referred to in Schedule A. The <br />provisions of this paragraph numbered S shall not <br />apply to an insured owner of an indebtedness secured <br />by a mortgage shown in Schedule B unless such <br />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 <br />an alteration or improvement subsequent to the date <br />of this policy, and only in that event. the Insured <br />becomes a coinsurer to the extent hereinafter set <br />forth. <br />If the cost of the alteration or improvement ex- <br />ceeds twenty per centum of the amount of this policy, <br />such proportion only of any partial loss established <br />shall be borne by the Company as one hundred twenty <br />per centum of the amount of this policy bears to the <br />sum of the amount of this policy and the amount ex- <br />pended for the alteration or improvement. The fore- <br />going provisions shall not apply to costs and attorneys' <br />fees incurred by the Company in prosecuting or pro- <br />viding for the defense'of actions or proceedings in <br />behalf of the Insured pursuant to the terms of this <br />policy or to costs imposed on the Insured in such ac- <br />tions or proceedings, and shall not apply to losses <br />which do not exceed, in the aggregate, an amount <br />equal to one per centum of the face amount of this <br />policy. <br />Provided, however, that the foregoing coinsur- <br />ance provisions shall not apply to any loss if, at the <br />time of the occurrence of such loss, the then value of <br />the premises, as so improved, does not exceed the <br />amount of this policy, and provided further that the <br />foregoing coinsurance provisions shall not apply to an <br />insured owner of an indebtedness secured by a mort- <br />gage shown in Schedule B prior to acquisition of title <br />to said estate or interest in satisfaction of said indebted- <br />ness or any part thereof. <br />(b) If the land described or referred to in Schedule <br />C is divisible into separate and noncontiguous parcels, <br />or if contiguous and such parcels are not used as one <br />single site, and a loss is established affecting one or <br />more of said parcels but not all, the loss shall be com- <br />puted and settled on a pro rata basis as if the face <br />amount of the policy was divided pro rata as to the <br />value on the date of this policy of each separate inde- <br />pendent parcel to the whole, exclusive of any im- <br />provements made subsequent to the date of this <br />policy, unless a liability or value has otherwise been <br />agreed upon as to each such parcel by the Company <br />and the Insured at the time of the issuance of this <br />policy and shown by an express statement herein or <br />by an endorsement attached hereto. <br />10. SUBROGATION UPON PAYMENT OR SETTLEMENT <br />Whenever the Company shall have settled a claim <br />under this policy, all right of subrogation shall vest in <br />the Company unaffected by any act of the Insured, <br />and it shall be subrogated to and be entitled to all <br />rights and remedies which the Insured would have <br />had against any person or property in respect to such <br />claim had this policy not been issued. If the payment <br />does not cover the loss of the Insured, the Company <br />shall be subrogated to such rights and remedies in the <br />proportion which said payment bears to the amount <br />of said loss. If loss should result from any act of the <br />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 <br />which shall exceed the amount, if any, lost to the <br />Company by reason of the impairment of the right <br />of subrogation. The Insured, if requested by the Com- <br />pany, shall transfer to the Company all rights and <br />remedies against any person or property necessary in <br />order to perfect such right of subrogation, and shall <br />permit the Company to use the name of the Insured in <br />any transaction or litigation involving such rights or <br />remedies. <br />If the Insured is the owner of the indebtedness <br />secured by a mortgage covered by this policy, such <br />Insured may release or substitute the personal liability <br />of any debtor or guarantor, or extend or otherwise <br />modify the terms of payment, or release a portion of <br />the estate or interest from the lien of the mortgage, or <br />release any collateral security for the indebtedness, <br />provided such act does not result in any loss of pri- <br />ority of the lien of the mortgage. <br />11. POLICY SMIRK CONTRACT <br />Any action or actions or rights of action that the <br />Insured may have or may bring against the Company <br />arising out of the status of the lien of the mortgage <br />covered by this policy or the title of the estate or <br />interest insured herein must be based on the pro- <br />visions of this policy. <br />This policy shall not be valid until countersigned <br />by a Vice President of the Company. No provision or <br />condition of this policy can be waived or changed <br />except by writing endorsed hereon or attached hereto <br />signed by the President, a Vice President, the Secre- <br />tary, an Assistant Secretary or other validating <br />officer of 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 <br />Company shall be addressed to it at its Main Office, <br />240 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California. <br />13. The fee specified on the face of this policy is <br />the total fee for title search and examination and for <br />title insurance. <br />