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EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE
<br />CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS
<br />The following matters are expressly excluded from the
<br />coverage of this policy and the Company will not pay loss or damage,
<br />costs, attorneys' fees or expenses which arise by reason of:
<br />1. (a) Any law, ordinance or governmental regulation
<br />(including but not limited to building or zoning laws, ordinances, or
<br />regulations) restricting, regulating, prohibiting or relating to (i) the
<br />occupancy, use, or enjoyment of the land; (ii) the character, dimensions
<br />or location of any improvement now or hereafter erected on the land;
<br />(iii) a separation in ownership or a change in the dimensions or area of
<br />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,
<br />ordinances or governmental regulations, except to the extent that a
<br />notice of the enforcement thereof or a notice of a defect, lien or
<br />encumbrance resulting from a violation or alleged violation affecting
<br />the land has been recorded in the public records at Date of Policy.
<br />(b) Any governmental police power not excluded by (a)
<br />above, except to the extent that a notice of the exercise thereof or a
<br />notice of a defect, lien or encumbrance resulting from a violation or
<br />alleged violation affecting the land has been recorded in the public
<br />records at Date of Policy.
<br />2. Rights of eminent domain unless notice of the exercise
<br />thereof has been recorded in the public records at Date of Policy, but
<br />not excluding from coverage any taking which has occurred prior to
<br />Date of Policy which would be binding on the rights of a purchaser for
<br />value without knowledge.
<br />3. Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other
<br />matters:
<br />(a) whether or not recorded in the public records at Date of
<br />Policy, but created, suffered, assumed or agreed to by the insured
<br />claimant;
<br />(b) not known to the Company, not recorded in the public
<br />records at Date of Policy, but known to the insured claimant and not
<br />disclosed in writing to the Company by the insured claimant prior to
<br />the date the insured claimant became an insured under this policy;
<br />(c) resulting in no loss or damage to the insured claimant;
<br />(d) attaching or created subsequent to Date of Policy; or
<br />(e) resulting in loss or damage which would not have been
<br />sustained if the insured claimant had paid value for the insured
<br />mortgage or for the estate or interest insured by this policy.
<br />4. Unenforceability of the lien of the insured mortgage
<br />because of the inability or failure of the insured at Date of Policy, or
<br />the inability or failure of any subsequent owner of the indebtedness, to
<br />comply with the applicable doing business laws of the state in which
<br />the land is situated.
<br />5. Invalidity or unenforceability of the lien of the insured
<br />mortgage, or claim thereof, which arises out of the transaction
<br />evidenced by the insured mortgage and is based upon usury or any
<br />consumer credit protection or truth in lending law.
<br />6. Any claim, which arises out of the transaction vesting in
<br />the insured the estate or interest insured by this policy or the
<br />transaction creating the interest of the insured lender, by reason of the
<br />operation of federal bankruptcy, state insolvency or similar creditors'
<br />rights laws.
<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,
<br />subject to any rights or defenses the Company would have had against
<br />the named insured, those who succeed to the interest of the named
<br />insured by operation of law as distinguished from purchase including,
<br />but not limited to, heirs, distributees, devisees, survivors, personal
<br />representatives, next of kin, or corporate or fiduciary successors. The
<br />term "insured" also includes (i► the owner of the indebtedness secured
<br />by the insured mortgage and each successor in ownership of the
<br />indebtedness except a successor who is an obligor under the
<br />provisions of Section 12(c) of these Conditions and Stipulations
<br />(reserving, however, all rights and defenses as to any successor that
<br />the Company would have had against any predecessor insured, unless
<br />the successor acquired the indebtedness as a purchaser for value
<br />without knowledge of the asserted defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse
<br />claim or other matter insured against by this policy as affecting title to
<br />the estate or interest in the land); (ii) any governmental agency or
<br />governmental instrumentality which is an insurer or guarantor under
<br />an insurance contract or guaranty insuring or guaranteeing the
<br />indebtedness secured by the insured mortgage, or any part thereof,
<br />whether named as an insured herein or not; (iii) the parties designated
<br />in Section 2(a) of these Conditions and Stipulations.
<br />(b) "insured claimant": an insured claiming loss or damage.
<br />(c) "insured lender": the owner of an insured mortgage.
<br />(d) "insured mortgage": a mortgage shown in Schedule B,
<br />the owner of which is named as an insured in Schedule A.
<br />(e) "knowledge" or "known": actual knowledge, not
<br />constructive knowledge or notice which may be imputed to an insured
<br />by reason of the public records as defined in this policy or any other
<br />records which impart constructive notice of matters affecting the land.
<br />(f) "land": the land described or referred to in Schedule
<br />[A][C], and improvements affixed thereto which by law constitute real
<br />property. The term "land" does not include any property beyond the
<br />lines of the area described or referred to in Schedule [A][C], nor any
<br />right, title, interest, estate or easement in abutting streets, roads,
<br />avenues, alleys, lanes, ways or waterways, but nothing herein shall
<br />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
<br />other security instrument.
<br />(h) "public records": records established under state
<br />statutes at Date of Policy for the purpose of imparting constructive
<br />notice of matters relating to real property to purchasers for value and
<br />without knowledge.
<br />(i) "unmarketability of the title": an alleged or apparent
<br />matter affecting the title to the land, not excluded or excepted from
<br />coverage, which would entitle a purchaser of the estate or interest
<br />described in Schedule A or the insured mortgage to be released from
<br />the obligation to purchase by virtue of a contractual condition requiring
<br />the delivery of marketable title.
<br />2. Continuation of Insurance.
<br />(a) After Acquisition of Title by Insured Lender. If this policy
<br />insures the owner of the indebtedness secured by the insured
<br />mortgage, the coverage of this policy shall continue in force as of Date
<br />of Policy in favor of (i) such insured lender who acquires all or any part
<br />of the estate or interest in the land by foreclosure, trustee's sale,
<br />conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, or other legal manner which
<br />discharges the lien of the insured mortgage; (ii) a transferee of the
<br />(Continued on insert front.)
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