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CONDITIONS <br />1. DEFINITION OF TERMS <br />The following terms when used in this policy mean: <br />(a) "Amount of Insurance": The amount stated in Schedule A, as <br />may be increased or decreased by endorsement to this policy, <br />increased by Section 8(b), or decreased by Section 10 of these <br />Conditions. <br />(b) "Date of Policy": The date designated as "Date of Policy" in <br />Schedule A. <br />(c) "Entity": A corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability <br />company, or other similar legal entity. <br />(d) "Indebtedness": The obligation secured by the Insured Mortgage <br />including one evidenced by electronic means authorized by law, <br />and if that obligation is the payment of a debt, the Indebtedness <br />is the sum of: <br />(1) the amount of the principal disbursed as of Date of Policy; <br />(i) the amount of the principal disbursed subsequent to Date <br />of Policy; <br />(iii) the construction loan advances made subsequent to Date <br />of Policy for the purpose of financing in whole or in part <br />the construction of an improvement to the Land or related <br />to the Land that the Insured was and continued to be <br />obligated to advance at Date of Policy and at the date of <br />the advance; <br />(iv) interest on the loan; <br />(v) the prepayment premiums, exit fees, and other similar fees <br />or penalties allowed by law; <br />(vi) the expenses of foreclosure and any other costs of <br />enforcement; <br />(vii) the amounts advanced to assure compliance with laws or <br />to protect the lien or the priority of the lien of the Insured <br />Mortgage before the acquisition of the estate or interest in <br />the Title; <br />(viii) the amounts to pay taxes and insurance; and <br />(ix) the reasonable amounts expended to prevent deterioration <br />of improvements; <br />but the Indebtedness is reduced by the total of all payments <br />and by any amount forgiven by an Insured. <br />(e) 'Insured": The Insured named in Schedule A. <br />(i) The term "Insured" also includes <br />(A) the owner of the Indebtedness and each successor in <br />ownership of the Indebtedness, whether the owner or <br />successor owns the Indebtedness for its own account <br />or as a trustee or other fiduciary, except a successor <br />who is an obligor under the provisions of Section <br />12(c) of these Conditions; <br />(B) the person or Entity who has "control" of the <br />"transferable record," if the Indebtedness is evidenced <br />by a "transferable record," as these terms are defined <br />by applicable electronic transactions law; <br />(C) successors to an Insured by dissolution, merger, <br />consolidation, distribution, or reorganization; <br />(D) successors to an Insured by its conversion to another <br />kind of Entity; <br />(E) a grantee of an Insured under a deed delivered <br />without payment of actual valuable consideration <br />conveying the Title <br />(1) if the stock, shares, memberships, or other <br />equity interests of the grantee are wholly-owned <br />by the named Insured, <br />(2) if the grantee wholly owns the named Insured, <br />or <br />(3) if the grantee is wholly-owned by an affiliated <br />Entity of the named Insured, provided the <br />affiliated Entity and the named Insured are both <br />wholly-owned by the same person or Entity; <br />(F) any government agency or instrumentality that is an <br />insurer or guarantor under an insurance contract or <br />guaranty insuring or guaranteeing the Indebtedness <br />secured by the Insured Mortgage, or any part of it, <br />whether named as an Insured or not; <br />(ii) With regard to (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) reserving, however, <br />all rights and defenses as to any successor that the Company <br />would have had against any predecessor Insured, unless the <br />successor acquired the Indebtedness as a purchaser for value <br />without Knowledge of the asserted defect, lien, encumbrance, <br />or other matter insured against by this policy. <br />(f) "Insured Claimant": An Insured claiming loss or damage. <br />(g) 'Insured Mortgage": The Mortgage described in paragraph 4 of <br />Schedule A. - <br />(h) "Knowledge" or "Known": Actual knowledge, not constructive <br />knowledge or notice that may be imputed to an Insured by reason <br />of the Public Records or any other records that impart constructive <br />notice of matters affecting the Title. <br />(i) "Land": The land described in Schedule A, and affixed <br />improvements that by law constitute real property. The term <br />"Land" does not include any property beyond the lines of the area <br />described in Schedule A, nor any right, title, interest, estate, or <br />easement in abutting streets, roads, avenues, alleys, lanes, ways, <br />or waterways, but this does not modify or limit the extent that a <br />right of access to and from the Land is insured by this policy. <br />(j) "Mortgage": Mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed, or other security <br />instrument, including one evidenced by electronic means <br />authorized by law. <br />(k) "Public Records": Records established under state statutes at Date <br />of Policy for the purpose of imparting constructive notice of <br />matters relating to real property to purchasers for value and <br />without Knowledge. With respect to Covered Risk 5(d), "Public <br />Records" shall also include environmental protection liens riled in <br />the records of the clerk of the United States District Court for the <br />district where the Land is located. <br />(1) "Title": The estate or interest described in Schedule A. <br />(m) "Unmarketable Title": Title affected by an alleged or apparent <br />matter that would permit a prospective purchaser or lessee of the <br />Title or lender on the Title or a prospective purchaser of the <br />Insured Mortgage to be released from the obligation to purchase, <br />lease, or lend if there is a contractual condition requiring the <br />delivery of marketable title. <br />2. CONTINUATION OF INSURANCE <br />The coverage of this policy shall continue in force as of Date of Policy in <br />favor of an Insured after acquisition of the Title by an Insured or after <br />conveyance by an Insured, but only so long as the Insured retains an <br />estate or interest in the Land, or holds an obligation secured by a <br />purchase money Mortgage given by a purchaser from the Insured, or <br />only so long as the Insured shall have liability by reason of warranties in <br />any transfer or conveyance of the Title. This policy shall not continue in <br />force in favor of any purchaser from the Insured of either (i) an estate <br />or interest in the Land, or (ii) an obligation secured by a purchase <br />money Mortgage given to the Insured. <br />3. NOTICE OF CLAIM TO BE GIVEN BY INSURED CLAIMANT <br />The Insured shall notify the Company promptly in writing (i) in case of <br />any litigation as set forth in Section 5(a) of these Conditions, (ii) in case <br />Knowledge shall come to an Insured of any claim of title or interest that <br />is adverse to the Title or the lien of the Insured Mortgage, as insured, <br />and that might cause loss or damage for which the Company may be <br />liable by virtue of this policy, or (iii) if the Title or the lien of the Insured <br />Mortgage, as insured, is rejected as Unmarketable Title. If the Company <br />is prejudiced by the failure of the Insured Claimant to provide prompt <br />notice, the Company's liability to the Insured Claimant under the policy <br />shall be reduced to the extent of the prejudice. <br />4. PROOF OF LOSS <br />In the event the Company is unable to determine the amount of loss <br />or damage, the Company may, at its option, require as a condition of <br />payment that the Insured Claimant furnish a signed proof of loss. The <br />proof of loss must describe the defect, lien, encumbrance, or other <br />matter insured against by this policy that constitutes the basis of loss <br />or damage and shall state, to the extent possible, the basis of <br />calculating the amount of the loss or damage. <br />