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California Land Title Association Standard Coverage Policy Form —Copyright 1961 ( Includes NDITIONS AND STIPULATIONc, he American Title Association -Owner's Policy-Standarc E➢I�1 1. DEFINITION OF TERMS The following terms when used in this policy mean: (a) "land": the land described, specifically or by ref- erence, in Schedule A and improvements athxed there- to which by law constitute real property; (b) "public records": those records which impart con- structive notice of matters relating to said land; (c) knowledge": actual knowledge, not constructive knowledge or notice which may be imputed to the Insured by reason of any public records; (d) "date": the effective date; (e) "mortgage": mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed, or other 'security instrument; and (f) "insured": the party or parties herein designated as Insured, and if the owner of the indebtedness secured by a mortgage shown in Schedule B is named as an Insured in Schedule A, the Insured shall include (1) each successor in interest in ownership of such indebtedness, (2) any such owner who acquires the estate or interest referred to in this policy by forclosure, trustee's sale, or other leggal manner in satisfaction of said indebtedness, and (3) any tederal agency or instrumentality which is an insurer or guarantor under an insurance contract or guaranty insuring or guaranteeing said indebtedness, or any part thereof, whether named as an Insured herein or not. 4. BENEFITS AFTER ACQUISITION OF TITLE If an insured owner of the indebtedness secured by a mortgage described in Schedule B acquires said estate or interest, or any part thereof, by foreclosure, trustee's sale, or other legal manner in satisfaction of said indebtedness, or any Part thereof, or if a federal agency or instrumentality acquires said estate or interest, or any part thereof, as a consequence of an insurance contract or guaranty insuring or guaranteeing the indebtedness secured by a mortgage cov- ered by this policy, or any part thereof, this policy shall continue in force in favor of such Insured, agency or instru- mentality, subject to all of the conditions and stipulations hereof. 3. EXCLUSIONS FROM THE COVERAGE OF THIS POLICY This policy does not insure against loss or damage by reason of the following: (a) Any law, ordinance or governmental regulation (including but not limited to building and zoning ordi- nances) restricting or regulating or prohibiting the occu- pancy, use or enjoyment of the land, or regulating the char- acter, dimensions, or location of any improvement now or hereafter erected on said land, or prohibiting a separation in ownership or a reduction in the dimensions or area of any lot or parcel of land. (b) Governmental rights of police power or eminent domain unless notice of judicial action to exercise such rights appears in the public records at the date hereof. (c) Title to any property beyond the lines of the land expressly described in Schedule A. or title to streets, roads, avenues, lanes, ways or waterways on which such land abuts, or the right to maintain therein vaults, tunnels, ramps or any other structure or improvement ; or any rights or ease- ments therein unless this policy specifically provides that such property, rights or easements are insured, except that if the land abuts upon one or more physically open streets or high- ways this policy insures the ordinary rights of abutting own- ers for access to one of such streets or highways, unless otherwise excepted or excluded herein. (d) Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims against the title as insured or other matters (1) created, suffered, assumed or agreed to by the Insured ; or (2) known to the Insured either at the date of this policy or at the date such Insured acquired an estate or interest insured by this policy and not shown by the public records, unless dis- closure thereof in writing by the Insured shall have been made to the Company prior to the date of this policy; or (31 resulting in no loss to the Insured; or (4) attaching or created subsequent to the date hereof. (e) Loss or damage which would not have been sus- tained if the Insured were a purchaser or encumbrancer for value without knowledge. 4. DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION OF ACTIONS —NOTICE OF CLAIM TO BE GIVEN BY THE INSURED (a) The Company, at its own cost and without undue delay shall provide (1) for the defense of the Insured in all litigation consisting of actions or proceedings commenced against the Insured, or defenses, restraining orders, or in- junctions interposed against a foreclosure or sale of the indebtedness secured by a mortgage covered by this polity or a sale of the estate or interest in said land; or (2 ) for such action as may be appropriate to establish the title of the estate or interest or the lien of the mortgage as insured, which litigation or action in any of such events is founded upon an alleged defect, lien or encumbrance insured against by this policy, and may pursue any litigation to final deter- mination in the court of last resort. (b) In case any such action or proceeding shall be begun, or defense interposed, or in case knowledge shall come to the Insured of any claim of title or interest which is adverse to the title of the estate or interest or lien of the mortgage as insured, or which might cause loss or damage for which the Company shall or may be liable by virtue of this policy, or if the Insured shall in good faith contract to sell the indebtedness secured by a mortgage covered by this policy, or, if an Insured in good faith leases or contracts to sell, lease or mortgage the same, or if the successful bidder at a foreclosure sale under a mortgage covered by this pol- icy refuses to purchase and in any such event the title to said estate or interest is rejected as unmarketable, the Insured shall notify the Company thereof in writing. If such notice shall not be given to the Company within ten days of the receipt of process or pleadings or if the Insured shall not, in writing, promptly notify the Company of any defect, lien or encumbrance insured against which shall come to the knowledge of the Insured, or if the Insured shall not, in writing, promptly notify the Company of any such rejection by reason of claimed unmarketability of title, then all lia- bility of the Company in regard to the subject matter of such action, proceeding or matter shall cease and terminate; pro- vided, however, that failure to notify shall in no case prejudice the claim of any Insured unless the Company shall be actually prejudiced by such failure and then only to the extent of such prejudice. (c) The Company shall have the right at its own cost to institute and prosecute any action or proceeding or do any other act which in its opinion may be necessary or de- sirable to establish the title of the estate or interest or the lien of the mortgage as insured; and the Company may take any appropriate action under the terms of this policy whether or not it shall be liable thereunder and shall not thereby concede liability or waive any' provision of this policy. (d) In all cases where this Policy permits or requires the Company to prosecute or provide for the defense of any action or proceeding, the Insured shall secure to it the right to so prosecute or provide defense in such action or proceed- ing, and all appeals therein, and permit it to use, at its option, the name of the Insured for such purpose. When- ever requested by the Company the Insured shall give the Comppany all assistance in any such action or proceeding, in effecting settlement, securing evidence, obtaining wit- nesses, or prosecuting or defending such action or proceed- ing, and the Company shall reimburse the Insured for any expense so incurred. S. NOTICE OF LOSS —LIMITATION OF ACTION In addition to the notices required under paragraph 4(b), a statement in writing of any loss or damage fnr which it is claimed the Company is liable under this policy shall be furnished to the Company within sixty days after such loss or damage shall have been determined and no right of action shall accrue to the Insured under this policy until thirty days after such statement shall have been furnished, and no recovery shall be had by the Insured under this policy unless action shall be commenced thereon within five years after expiration of said thirty day period. Failure to furnish such statement of loss or damage, or to com- mence such action within the time hereinbefore specified, shall be a conclusive bar against maintenance by the In- sured of any action under this policy. 6. OPTION TO PAY, SETTLE OR COMPROMISE CLAIMS The Company shall have the option to pay or settle or compromise for or in the name of the Insured any claim insured against or to pay the full amount of this policy, or, in case loss is claimed under this policy by the owner of the indebtedness secured by a mortgage covered by this policy, the Company shall have the option to purchase said indetbedness; such purchase, payment or tender of payment of the full amount of this policy, together with all costs, attorneys' fees and expenses which the Company is obligated hereunder to pay, shall terminate all liability of the Company hereunder. In the event, after notice of claim has been given to the Company by the Insured, the Company oilers to purchase said indebtedness, the owner of such in- debtedness shall transfer and assign said indebtedness and the mortgage securing the same to the Company upon pay- ment of the purchase price. 7. PAYMENT OF LOSS (a) The liability of the Company under this policy shall in no case exceed, in all, the actual loss of the Insured and costs and attorneys' fees which the Company may be obligated hereunder to pay. (b) The Company will pay, in addition to any loss insured against by this policy, all costs imposed upon the Insured in litigation carried on by the Company for the Insured, and all costs and attorneys' fees in litigation car- ried on by the Insured with the written authorization of the Company. (c) No claim for damages shall arise or be maintain- able under this policy (1) if the Company, after having received notice of an alleged defect, lien or encumbrance not excepted or excluded herein removes such defect, lien or encumbrance within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, or (21 for liability voluntarily assumed by the In- sured in settling any claim or suit without written consent of the Company, or (3) in the event the title is rejected as unmarketable because of a defect, lien or encumbrance not excepted or excluded in this policy, until there has been a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction sustaining such rejection. (d) All payments under this policy, except Payments made for costs, attorneys' fees and expenses, shall reduce the amount of the insurance pro tanto and no payment shall be made without producing this policy for indorsement of such payment unless the policy be lost or destroyed, in which case proof of such loss or destruction shall be fur- nished to the satisfaction of the Company; provided, how- ever, if the owner of an indebtedness secured by a mort- gage shown in Schedule B is an Insured herein then such payments shall not reduce pro tanto the amount of the insurance afforded hereunder as to such Insured, except to the extent that such payments reduce the amount of the indebtedness secured by such mortgage. Payment in full by son any peror voluntary satisfaction or release by the In- sure a mortgage covered by this policy shall terminate all liability of the Company to the insured owner of the indebtedness secured by such mortgage, except as provided in paragraph 2 hereof. (e) When liability has been definitely fixed in ac- cordance with the conditions of this policy the loss or dam- age shall be payable within thirty days thereafter. 8. LIABILITY NONCUMULATIVE It is expressly understood that the amount of this policy is reduced by any amount the Company may pay under any policy insuring the validity or priority of any mortgage shown or referred to in Schedule B hereof or any mortgage hereafter executed by the Insured which is a charge or lien on the estate or interest described or referred to in Schedule A. The provisions of this paragraph numbered 8 shall not apply to an Insured owner of an indebtedness secured by a mortgage shown in Schedule B unless such Insured acquires title to said estate or interest in satisfaction of said indebted- ness or any part thereof. 9. COINSURANCE AND APPORTIONMENT (a I In the event that a partial loss occurs after an alter- ation or improvement subsequent to the date of this policy, and only in that event, the Insured becomes a coinsurer to the extent hereinafter set forth. If the cost of the alteration or improvement exceeds twenty per centum of the amount of this policy, such proportion only of any partial loss established shall be borne by the Company as one hundred twenty per centum of the amount of this policy bears to the sum of the amount of this policy and the amount expended for the alteration or im- provement. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to costs and attorneys' fees incurred by the Company in prose- cuting or providing for the defense of actions or proceed- ings in behalf of the Insured pursuant to the terms of this' policy or to costs imposed on the Insured in such actions or proceedings, and shall not apply to losses which do not exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to one per centum of the face amount of this policy. Provided, however, that the foregoing coinsurance pro- visions shall not apply to any loss if, at the time of the occurrence of such loss, the then value of the premises, as so improved, does not exceed the amount of this policy, and provided further that the foregoing coinsurance provisions shall not apply to an insured owner of an indebtedness secured by a mortgage shown in Schedule B prior to acqui. sition of title to said estate or interest in satisfaction of said indebtedness or any part thereof. (b) If the land described or referred to in Schedule A is divisible into separate and noncontiguous parcels, or if contiguous and such parcels are not used as one single site, and a loss is established affecting one or more of said parcels but not all, the loss shall be computed and settled on a pro rata basis as if the face amount of the policy was divided pro rata as to the value on the date of this policy of each separate independent parcel to the whole, exclusive of any improvements made subsequent to the date of this policy, unless a liability or value has otherwise been agreed upon as to each such parcel by the Company and the Insured at the time of the issuance of this policy and shown by an express statement herein or by an indorsement attached hereto. 10. SUBROGATION UPON PAYMENT OR SETTLEMENT Whenever the Company shall have settled a claim under this policy, all right of subrogation shall vest in the Com- pany unaffected by any act of the Insured, and it shall be subrogated to and be entitled to all rights and remedies which the Insured would have had against any person or property in respect to such claim had this policy not been issued. If the payment does not cover the loss of the Insured, the Company shall be subrogated to such rights and reme- dies in the proportion which said payment bears to the amount of said loss. If loss should result from any act of the Insured, such act shall not void this policy, but the Company, in that event, shall be required to pay only that part of any losses insured against hereunder which shall exceed the amount, if any, lost to the Company by reason of the impairment of the right of subrogation. The Insured, if requested by the Company, shall transfer to the Company all rights and remedies against any person or property necessary in order to perfect such right of subro- gation, and shall permit the Company to use the name of the Insured in any transaction or litigation involving such rights or remedies. If the Insured is the owner of the indebtedness secured by a mortgage covered by this policy, such Insured may release or substitute the personal liability of any debtor or guaran- tor, or extend or otherwise modify the terms of payment, or release a portion of the estate or interest from the lien of the mortgage, or release any collateral security for the indebtedness, provided such act does not result in any loss of priority of the lien of the mortgage. 11. POLICY ENTIRE CONTRACT Any action or actions or rights of action that the Insured may have or may bring against the Company arising out of the status of the lien of the mortgage covered by this policy or the title of the estate or interest insured herein must be based on the provisions of this policy. No provision or condition of this policy can be waived or changed except by writing indorsed hereon or attached hereto signedby the President, a Vice President, the Secre- tary, an Assistant Secretary or other validating officer of the Company. 12. NOTICES, WHERE SENT All notices required to be given the Company and any statement in writing required to be furnished the Company shall be addressed to it at 360 - 14th Street, Oakland, California. 13. THE FEE SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS POLICY IS THE TOTAL FEE FOR TITLE SEARCH AND EXAMI- NATION AND FOR TITLE INSURANCE.