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EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE <br />The following matters ore expressly excluded from the coverage of this policy and the Company will not pay loss or damage, costs, attorneys' fees or <br />expenses which arise by reason of: <br />1. (a) Any law, ordinance or governmental regulation (including but not limited to building or zoning laws, ordinances, or regulations) restricting, regulat- <br />ing, prohibiting or relating to (i) the occupancy, use, or enjoyment of the land; (ii) the character, dimensions or location of any improvement now or hereafter <br />erected on the land; (iii) a separcrion in ownership or a change in the dimensions or area of the land or any parcel of which the land is or was a part; or (iv) <br />environmental protection, or the effect of any violation of these laws, ordinances or governmental regulations, except to the extent that a notice of the <br />enforcement thereof or a notic: of a defect, lien or encumbrance resulting from a violation or alleged violation affecting the land has been recorded in the <br />public records at Date of Poli,.yy. <br />(b) Any governmental Folice power not excluded by (a) above, except to the extent that a notice of the exercise thereof or a notice of a defect, lien or <br />encumbrance resulting from a violation or alleged violation affecting the land has been recorded in the public records at Date of Policy. <br />2. Rights of eminent domain unless notice of the exercise thereof has been recorded in the public records at Date of Policy, but not excluding from coverage <br />any taking which has occurred prior to Date of Policy which would be binding on the rights of a purchaser for value without knowledge. <br />3. Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other matters: <br />(a) whether or not recorded in the public records at Date of Policy, but created, suffered, assumed or agreed to by the insured claimant; <br />(b) not known to the Company, not recorded in the public records at Date of Policy, but known to the insured claimant and not disclosed in writing to <br />the Company by the insured claimant prior to the date the insured claimant became an insured under this policy; <br />(c) resulting in no loss or damage to the insured claimant; <br />() attaching or created subsequent to Date of Policy; or <br />(e) resulting in loss or damage which would not have been sustained if the insured claimant had paid value for the insured mortgage or for the estate <br />or interest insured by this policy. <br />4. Unenforceability of the lien of the insured mortgage because of the inability or failure of the insured at Date of Policy, or the inability or failure of any <br />subsequent owner of the indebtedness, to comply with the applicable doing business laws of the state in which the land is situated. <br />5. Invalidity or unenforceability of the lien of the insured mortgage, or claim thereof, which arises out of the transaction evidenced by the insured <br />mortgage and is based upon usury or any consumer credit protection or truth in lending law. <br />CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS <br />1. DEFINITION OF TERMS. <br />The following, terms when used in this policy mean: <br />(a) "insured': the insured named in Schedule A, and, subject to any rights <br />or defenses the Company would have had against the named insured, those <br />who succeed to the interest of the named insured by operation of law as distin- <br />guished from purchase including, but not limited to, heirs, distributees, devisees, <br />survivors, personal representatives, next of kin, or corporate or fiduciary succes- <br />sors. The term "insured" also includes <br />(i) the owner of the indebtedness secured by the insured mortgage <br />and ea&, successor in ownership of the indebtedness except a successor who is <br />an obligor under the provisions of Section 12(c) of these Conditions and Stipula- <br />tions (reserving, however, all rights and defenses as to any successor that the <br />Company would have had against any predecessor insured, unless the successor <br />acquired the indebtedness as a purchaser for value without knowledge of the <br />asserted defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse claim or other matter insured <br />against by this policy as affecting title to the estate or interest in the land); <br />(ii) any governmental agency or governmental instrumentality which is <br />an insurer or guarantor under an insurance contract or guaranty insuring or <br />guaranteeing the indebtedness secured by the insured mortgage, or any part <br />thereof, whether named as an insured herein or not; <br />(iii) the parties designated in Section 2(a) of these Conditions and <br />Stipulations. <br />(b) "insured claimant": an insured claiming loss or damage. <br />c)) "insured lender": the owner of an insured ( mortgage. d) "insured mortgage": a mortgage shown in Schedule B, the owner of <br />which is named as an insured in Schedule A. <br />(e) "knowledge" or "known": actual knowledge, not constructive knowk <br />edge or notice which may be imputed to an insured by reason of the public <br />records as defined in this policy or any other records which impart constructive <br />notice of matters affecting the land. <br />(f) "land": the land described or referred to in Schedule A, and improve- <br />ments affixed thereto which by law constitute real property. The term ' land" <br />does not include any property beyond the lines of the area described or <br />referred to in Schedule A, nor any right, title, interest, estate or easement in <br />abutting streets, roads, avenues, alleys, lanes, ways or waterways, but nothing <br />herein shall modify or limit the extent to which a right of access to and from the <br />land is insured by this policy. <br />(g) "mortgage": mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed, or other security <br />instrument. <br />(h) "public records": records established under state statutes at Date of <br />Policy f{or the purpose of imparting constructive notice of matters relating to real <br />property to purchasers for value and without knowledge. <br />(i) "unmarketability of the title": an alleged or apparent matter affecting <br />the title to the land, not excluded or excepted from coverage, which would <br />entitle a purchaser of the estate or interest described in Schedule A or the <br />insured mortgage to be released from the obligation to purchase by virtue of a <br />contractual condition requiring the delivery of marketable title. <br />2. CONTINUATION OF INSURANCE. <br />(a) After Acquisition of Title by Insured lender. If this policy insures the <br />owner of the indebtedness secured by the insured mortgage, the coverage of <br />this policy shall continue in force as of Date of Policy in favor of (i) such insured <br />lender who acquires all or any part of the estate or interest in the land by <br />foreclosure, trustee's sale, conveyance in lieu of re, or other legal <br />manner which discharges the lien of the insured mortgage; (ii) a transferee of <br />the estate or interest so acquired from an insured corporation, provided the <br />transferee is the parent or wholly -owned subsidiary of the insured corporation, <br />and their corporate successors by operation of law and not by purchase, subject <br />to any rights or defenses the Company may have against any predecessor <br />insureds; and (iii) any governmental agency or governmental instrumentality <br />which acquires all or any part of the estate or interest pursuant to a contract of <br />insurance or guaranty insuring or guaranteeing the indebtedness secured by the <br />insured mortgage. <br />(b) After Conveyance of Title by an Insured. The coverage of this policy <br />shall continue in force as of Date of Policy in favor of an insured only so long as <br />the insured retains an estate or interest in the land, or holds an indebtedness <br />secured by a purchase money mortgage given by a purchaser from the insured, <br />or only so long as the insured shall have liability by reason of covenants of <br />warranty made by the insured in any transfer or conveyance of the estate or <br />interest. This policy shall not continue in force in favor of any purchaser from an <br />insured of either (i) an estate or interest in the land, or (ii) an indebtedness <br />secured by a purchase money mortgage given to an insured. <br />(c) Amount of Insurance. The amount of insurance after the acquisition or <br />after the conveyance by an insured lender shall in neither event exceed the <br />least of: <br />(i) The amount of insurance stated in Schedule A; <br />(ii) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness secured by the <br />insured mortgage as of Date of Policy, interest thereon, expenses of foreclosure, <br />amounts advanced pursuant to the insured mortgage to assure compliance with <br />laws or to protect the lien of the insured mortgage prior to the time of acquisi- <br />tion of the estate or interest in the land and secured thereby and reasonable <br />amounts expended to prevent deterioration of improvements, but reduced by <br />the amount of all payments made; or <br />(iii) The amount paid by any governmental agency or governmental <br />instrumentality, if the agency or the instrumentality is the insured claimant, in <br />the acquisition of the estate or interest in satisfaction of its insurance contract or <br />guaranty. <br />3. NOTICE OF CLAIM TO BE GIVEN BY INSURED CLAIMANT. <br />An insured shall notify the Company promptly in writing (i) in case of any <br />litigation as set forth in 4(a) below, (ii) in case knowledge shall come to an <br />insured hereunder of any claim of title or interest which is adverse to the title to <br />the estate or interest or the lien of the insured mortgage, as insured, and which <br />might cause loss or damage for which the Company may be liable by virtue of <br />this policy, or (iii) if title to the estate or interest or the lien of the insured <br />mortgage, as insured, is rejected as unmarketable. If prompt notice shall not be <br />given to the Company, then as to that insured all liability of the Company shall <br />terminate with regard to the matter or matters for which prompt notice is <br />required; provided, however, that failure to notify the Company shall in no case <br />prejudice the rights of any insured under this policy unless the Company shall be <br />prejudiced by the failure and then only to the extent of the prejudice. <br />4. DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION OF ACTIONS; DUTY OF INSURED <br />CLAIMANT TO COOPERATE. <br />(a) Upon written request by an insured and subject to the options <br />contained in Section 6 of these Conditions and Stipulations, the Company, at its <br />own cost and without unreasonable delay, shall provide for the defense of such <br />insured in litigation it ...k" ^ny third party asserts a claim adverse to the title <br />or interest as insurec ly as to those stated causes of action alleging a <br />(continued on last page and back page of this policy) <br />