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11707 E. Sprague Avenue, Suite 106
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
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THE GRANTOR(S) Spokane County, a municipal corporation
for and in consideration of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand and No /100 Dollars
($2,400,000.00), in hand paid, bargains, sells, and conveys to the City of Spokane
Valley, a municipal corporation the following described real estate, situated in the
County of Spokane, State of Washington: See, Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made
a part hereof.
Abbreviated Legal: (Required if full legal not inserted above) Ptn West half of Tract 162
of Opportunity
Tax Parcel Number(s): 45222.0227
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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MARK RICHARD, Vice -Chair
Daniela Erickson
Clerk of the Board
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On this day of , 2006, before me, the undersigned, a Notary
Public in and for the State of Washing n, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared
TODD MIELKE, MARK RICHARD and PHILLIP D. HARRIS, to me known to be the
Commissioners of the Board of County Commissioners of Spokane County, a municipal
corporation of the State of Washington, that executed the within and foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged the said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said
political subdivision, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that
he /she were authorized to execute said instrument, and that the seal affixed is the seal of
Spokane County.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day
and year first written above.
(VOTARY PUBLI in and for the State of
Washington, residing at Spokane.
My commission expires.
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EXHIt3IT "A"
THAT PORTION OF TRACT 162, OPPORTUNITY AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
IN VOLUME "K" OF PLATS, PAGE 20, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTH EST CORNER OF SAID TRACT; THENCE NORTH
90 °00'00" EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 246.30
FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 10 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF THE EAST
HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF SAID TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 00 °10'27" WEST,
ALONG SAID EAST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 428.00 FEET TO A LINE PARALLEL WITH
AND DISTANT SOUTHERLY 428.00 FEET, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, FROM
SAID NORTH LINE OF TRACT 162; THENCE NORTH 90 °00'00" WEST, ALONG SAID
PARALLEL LINE A DISTANCE OF 246.62 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID TRACT
162; THENCE NORTH 00 °13'00" EAST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF
428.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
SITUATE IN THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, COUNTY OF SPOKANE, STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
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JAN 1 6 2007
105 West Third Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: 500'022'2222
Fax: 509-227-6474
January 11, 2007
City of Spokane Valley
11707 E. Sprague Avenue, Suite 106
Spokane Valley, WA, 99206
YOUR REF: Spokane County to City of Spokane Valley
OUR NO.: 20248036
Attached is your Owners Policy 10-17-92 policy of title insurance. Please retain it for
future reference with your other closing papers.
Judie Mitchell
Transnation
POLICY OF TITLE INSURANCE
Issued by
Transnation Title Insurance Company
SCHEDULE A
Amount of Insurance: $2,400,000.00
Premium: $2,091.00
Date of Policy: August 3, 2006 at 8:00 A.M.
Policy /File No.: 20248036
1. Name of Insured:
City of Spokane Valley, a municipal corporation
2. The estate or interest in the land described herein and which is covered by this policy is:
a fee simple estate
3. The estate or interest referred to herein is at the Date of Policy vested in:
City of Spokane Valley, a municipal corporation
4. The land referred to in this policy is situated in the County of Spokane, State of Washington,
and is more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Transnation Title Insurance Company
By
Authorized Si nature
ALTA Owner's Policy (10- 17 -92)
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File No.: 20248036
EXHIBIT "A"
THAT PORTION OF TRACT 162, OPPORTUNITY AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN
VOLUME "K" OF PLATS, PAGE 20, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT; THENCE NORTH 90 °00'00"
EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 246.30 FEET TO THE EAST
LINE OF THE WEST 10 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF
SAID TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 00 °10'27" WEST, ALONG SAID EAST LINE, A DISTANCE OF
428.00 FEET TO A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND DISTANT SOUTHERLY 428.00 FEET,
MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, FROM SAID NORTH LINE OF TRACT 162; THENCE NORTH
90 °00'00" WEST, ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE A DISTANCE OF 246.62 FEET TO THE WEST
LINE OF SAID TRACT 162; THENCE NORTH 00 °13'00" EAST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE, A
DISTANCE OF 428.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
SITUATE IN THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, COUNTY OF SPOKANE, STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
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File No.: 20248036
SCHEDULE B
EXCEPTIONS FROM COVERAGE
This Policy does not insure against loss or damage (and the Company will not pay costs, attorneys'
fees or expenses) which arise by reason of:
1. Taxes or assessments which are not now payable or which are not shown as existing liens by
the records of any taxing authority that levies taxes or assessments on real property or by the
public records; proceedings by a public agency which may result in taxes or assessments, or
notices of such proceedings, whether or not shown by the records of such agency or by the
public records.
2. Any facts, rights, interests or claims which are not shown by the public records but which
could be ascertained by an inspection of the land or which may be asserted by persons in
possession, or claiming to be in possession, thereof.
3. Easements, liens or encumbrances, or claims thereof, which are not shown by the public
records.
4. Any encroachment, encumbrance, violation, variation, or adverse circumstance affecting the
Title that would be disclosed by an accurate and complete land survey of the Land, and that is
not shown by the Public Records.
5. Any lien, or right to a lien, for labor, material, services or equipment, or for contributions to
employee benefit plans, or liens under Workmans' Compensation Acts, not disclosed by the
public records.
6. (a) Unpatented mining claims; (b) reservations or exceptions in patents or in Acts authorizing
the issuance thereof; (c) Indian treaty or aboriginal rights, including, but not limited to,
easements or equitable servitudes; or, (d) water rights, claims or title to water, whether or not
the matters excepted under (a), (b), (c) or (d) are shown by the public records.
7. Right of use, control or regulation by the United States of America in the exercise of powers
over navigation; any prohibition or limitation on the use, occupancy or improvement of the
land resulting from the rights of the public or riparian owners to use any waters which may
cover the land or to use any portion of the land which is now or may formerly have been
covered by water.
8. Any service, installation, connection, maintenance or construction charges for sewer, water,
electricity, or garbage collection or disposal, or other utilities unless disclosed as an existing
lien by the public records.
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS:
1. GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES AND SERVICE CHARGES, AS FOLLOWS, TOGETHER WITH
INTEREST, PENALTY AND STATUTORY FORECLOSURE COSTS, IF ANY, AFTER DELINQUENCY:
(1ST HALF DELINQUENT ON MAY 1; 2ND HALF DELINQUENT ON NOVEMBER 1)
TAX ACCOUNT NO.: 45222.0227
YEAR BILLED PAID BALANCE
2006 $703.88 $351.94 $351.94
(THE ABOVE TAXES INCLUDE AQUIFER PROTECTION AND STORMWATER FEES)
2. RESOLUTION IMPOSED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED ON JULY 15, 1955, UNDER RECORDING
NO. 330054B.
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File No.: 20248036
SCHEDULE B Continued
3. EASEMENT AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF:
GRANTEE: PROPERTY OWNER
PURPOSE: INGRESS AND EGRESS
AREA AFFECTED: A PORTION OF SAID PREMISES
RECORDED: MAY 25, 1957
RECORDING NO.: 448364B
4. UTILITY EASEMENT AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF:
GRANTEE: PROPERTY OWNER
PURPOSE: MAINTAIN A SEWER LINE AND EXISTING WATER LINE
AREA AFFECTED: A PORTION OF SAID PREMISES
RECORDED: AUGUST 4, 1998
RECORDING NO.: 4252316
5. GRANT OF EASEMENT /TERMINATION OF EASEMENT AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
THEREOF:
GRANTEE: EAST BOWL, LTD.
PURPOSE: INGRESS AND EGRESS
AREA AFFECTED: A PORTION OF SAID PREMISES
RECORDED: AUGUST 4, 1998
RECORDING NOS.: 4252317 AND 4252318
6. GRANT OF EASEMENT AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF:
GRANTEE: EAST BOWL, LTD.
PURPOSE: INGRESS AND EGRESS
AREA AFFECTED: A PORTION OF SAID PREMISES
RECORDED: AUGUST 28, 1998
RECORDING NO.: 4262355
7. MATTERS SET FORTH BY SURVEY:
RECORDED: SEPTEMBER 3, 1998
RECORDING NO.: 4264758
DISCLOSES: (A) LOCATION OF PROPERTY; (B) LOCATION OF A NUMBER OF
ENCROACHMENTS ALONG THE WEST LINE
8. NATURAL GAS PIPELINE RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
THEREOF:
GRANTEE: THE WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY , A WASHINGTON
CORPORATION
PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN UNDERGROUND NATURAL
GAS PIPELINE; REMOVE BRUSH AND TREES
AREA AFFECTED: A PORTION OF SAID PREMISES
RECORDED: NOVEMBER 24, 1998
RECORDING NO.: 4296918
9. TITLE NOTICE AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF:
GIVEN BY: SPOKANE CO. DIVISION OF BUILDING AND PLANNING
REGARDING: LAND USE
DATED: NOVEMBER 27, 2002
RECORDED: DECEMBER 4, 2002
RECORDING NO.: 4810689
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SCHEDULE B Continued
10. UNRECORDED LEASEHOLDS, IF ANY; RIGHTS OF VENDORS AND HOLDERS OF SECURITY
INTERESTS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY INSTALLED UPON THE LAND; AND RIGHTS OF TENANTS
TO REMOVE TRADE FIXTURES AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM.
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Issued by
Transnation
Order No.: 20248036
105 West Third Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: 509 - 922 -2222
Fax: 509 - 227 -6474
Transnation Title Insurance Company OWNER'S POLICY OF TITLE INSURANCE
SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE, THE EXCEPTIONS FROM COVERAGE CONTAINED IN SCHEDULE B AND THE CONDITIONS
AND STIPULATIONS, Transnation Title Insurance Company, an Arizona corporation, herein called the Company, insures, as of Date of
Policy shown in Schedule A, against loss or damage, not exceeding the Amount of Insurance stated in Schedule A, sustained or incurred by
the insured by reason of:
1. Title to the estate or interest described in Schedule A being vested other than as stated therein;
2. Any defect in or lien or encumbrance on the title;
3. Unmarketability of the title;
4. Lack of a right of access to and from the land.
The Company will also pay the costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in defense of the title, as insured, but only to the extent provided
in the Conditions and Stipulations.
Attest:
Secretary
By:
Transnation Title Insurance Company
,00-1/4
President
EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE
The following matters are expressly excluded from the coverage of this policy and the Company will not pay loss or damage, costs, attorneys'
fees or expenses which arise by reason of:
1. (a) Any law, ordinance or governmental regulation (including but not limited to building and zoning laws, ordinances, or regulations)
restricting, regulating, 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 erected on the land; (iii) a separation 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) environmental protection, or the affect of any violation of these laws,
ordinances or governmental regulations, except to the extent that a notice of the enforcement thereof or a notice of a defect, lien or
encumbrance resulting from a violation or alleged violation affecting the land has been recorded in the public records at Date of Policy.
(b) Any governmental police 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 encumbrance resulting from a violation or alleged violation affecting the land has been recorded in the public records at
Date of Policy.
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 any taking which has occurred prior to Date of Policy which would be binding on the rights of a purchaser for
value without knowledge.
3. Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other matters:
(a) created, suffered, assumed or agreed to by the insured claimant;
(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 the Company by the insured claimant prior to the date the insured claimant became an insured under this policy;
(c) resulting in no loss or damage to the insured claimant;
(d) attaching or created subsequent to Date of Policy; or
(e) resulting in loss or damage which would not have been sustained if the insured claimant had paid value for the estate or interest
insured by this policy.
4. Any claim, which arises out of the transaction vesting in the insured the estate or interest insured by this policy, by reason of the
operation of federal bankruptcy, state insolvency, or similar creditors' rights laws, that is based on:
(i) the transaction creating the estate or interest insured by this policy being deemed a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer;
or
(ii) the transaction creating the estate or interest insured by this policy being deemed a preferential transfer except where the
preferential transfer results from the failure:
(a) to timely record the instrument of transfer; or
(b) of such recordation to impart notice to a purchaser for value or a judgment or lien creditor.
ALTA Owner's Policy 1992 (Revised 10/17/92)
Valid Only If Schedules A and B are Attached
CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS
1. DEFINITION OF TERMS
The follbwing terms when used in this policy mean:
(a) "insured ": the insured named in Schedule A, and, subject to
any rights or defenses the Company would have had against
the named insured, those who succeed to the interest of the
named insured by operation of law as distinguished from
purchase including, but not limited to, heirs, distributees,
devisees, survivors, personal representatives, next of kin, or
corporate or fiduciary successors.
(b) "insured claimant ": an Insured claiming loss or damage.
(c) "knowledge" or "known ": actual knowledge, not constructive
knowledge or notice which may be imputed to an insured by
reason of the public records as defined in this policy or any
other records which impart constructive notice of matters
affecting the land.
(d) "land ": the land described or referred to In Schedule (A), and
improvements affixed thereto which by law constitute real
property. The term "land" does not include any property
beyond the lines of the area described or referred to in
Schedule (A), nor any right, title, interest, estate or easement
in abutting streets, roads, avenues, alleys, lanes, ways or
waterways, but nothing herein shall modify or limit the extent
to which a right of access to and from the land is insured by
this policy.
(e) "mortgage ": mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed, or other
security instrument.
(f) "public records ": records established under state statutes at
Date of Policy for the purpose of imparting constructive notice
of matters relating to real property to purchasers for value and
without knowledge. With respect to Section 1(a) (iv) of the
Exclusions From Coverage, "public records" shall also include
environmental protection liens filed in the records of the clerk
of the United States district court for the district in which the
land is located.
(g) "unmarketability of the title ": an alleged or apparent matter
affecting the title to the land, not excluded or excepted from
coverage, which would entitle a purchaser of the estate or
interest described in Schedule A to be released from the
obligation to purchase by virtue of a contractual condition
requiring the delivery of marketable title.
2. CONTINUATION OF INSURANCE AFTER CONVEYANCE OF
TITLE
The coverage of this policy shall continue in force as of Date of
Policy in favor of an insured only so long as the insured retains an estate
or interest in the land, or holds an indebtedness secured by a purchase
money mortgage given by a purchaser from the Insured, or only so long
as the insured shall have liability by reason of covenants of warranty
made by the insured in any transfer or conveyance of the estate or
interest. This policy shall not continue in force in favor of any purchaser
from the insured of either (i) an estate or interest in the land, or (ii) an
Indebtedness secured by a purchase money mortgage given to the
insured.
3. NOTICE OF CLAIM TO BE GIVEN BY INSURED CLAIMANT
The insured shall notify the Company promptly in writing (I) in case
of any litigation as set forth in Section 4(a) below, (Ii) in case knowledge
shall come to an insured hereunder of any claim of title or interest which
Is adverse to the title to the estate or interest, as insured, and which
might cause loss or damage for which the Company may be liable by
virtue of this policy, or (iii) if title to the estate or interest, as insured, is
rejected as unmarketable. If prompt notice shall not be given to the
Company, then as to the insured all liability of the Company shall
terminate with regard to the matter or matters for which prompt notice
is required; provided, however, that failure to notify the Company shall
in no case prejudice the rights of any insured under this policy unless the
Company shall be prejudiced by the failure and then only to the extent
of the prejudice.
4. DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION OF ACTIONS; DUTY OF
INSURED CLAIMANT TO COOPERATE
(a) Upon written request by the insured and subject to the options
contained in Section 6 of these Conditions and Stipulations,
the Company, at its own cost and without unreasonable delay,
shall provide for the defense of an insured in litigation in which
any third party asserts a claim adverse to the title or Interest
as insured, but only as to those stated causes of action
alleging a defect, lien or encumbrance or other matter insured
against by this policy. The Company shall have the right to
select counsel of its choice (subject to the right of the insured
to object for reasonable cause) to represent the insured as to
those stated causes of action and shall not be liable for and
ALTA Owner's Policy 1992 (Revised 10/17/92)
Order No.: 20248036
will not pay the fees of any other counsel. The Company will
not pay any fees, costs or expenses incurred by the Insured in
the defense of those causes of action which allege matters not
insured by this policy.
(b) The Company shall have the right, at its own cost, to Institute
and prosecute any action or proceeding or to do any other act
which in its opinion may be necessary or desirable to establish
the title to the estate or interest, as insured, or to prevent or
reduce loss or damage to the insured. The Company may take
any appropriate action under the terms of this policy, whether
or not it shall be liable hereunder, and shall not thereby
concede liability or waive any provision of this policy. If the
Company shall exercise its rights under this paragraph, it shall
do so diligently.
(c) Whenever the Company shall have brought an action or
interposed a defense as required or permitted by the
provisions of this policy, the Company may pursue any
litigation to final determination by a court of competent
jurisdiction and expressly reserves the right, In its sole
discretion, to appeal from any adverse judgment or order.
(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 the Company the right
to so prosecute or provide defense In the action or proceeding,
and all appeals therein, and permit the Company to use, at its
option, the name of the insured for this purpose. Whenever
requested by the Company, the insured, at the Company's
expense, shall give the Company all reasonable aid (I) in any
action or proceeding, securing evidence, obtaining witnesses,
prosecuting or defending the action or proceeding, or effecting
settlement, and (ii) In any other lawful act which in the opinion
of the Company may be necessary or desirable to establish the
title to the estate or interest as insured. If the Company is
prejudiced by the failure of the insured to furnish the required
cooperation, the Company's obligations to the insured under
the policy shall terminate, including any liability or obligation
to defend, prosecute, or continue any litigation, with regard to
the matter or matters requiring such cooperation.
5. PROOF OF LOSS OR DAMAGE
In addition to and after the notices required under Section 3 of
these Conditions and Stipulations have been provided the Company, a
proof of loss or damage signed and sworn to by the insured claimant
shall be furnished to the Company within 90 days after the insured
claimant shall ascertain the facts giving rise to the loss or damage. The
proof of loss or damage shall describe the defect in, or lien or
encumbrance on the title, or other matter insured against by this policy
which constitutes the basis of loss or damage and shall state, to the
extent possible, the basis of calculating the amount of the loss or
damage. If the Company is prejudiced by the failure of the insured
claimant to provide the required proof of loss or damage, the Company's
obligations to the insured under the policy shall terminate, including any
liability or obligation to defend, prosecute, or continue any litigation,
with regard to the matter or matters requiring such proof of loss or
damage.
In addition, the insured claimant may reasonably be required to
submit to examination under oath by any authorized representative of
the Company and shall produce for examination, inspection and copying,
at such reasonable times and places as may be designated by any
authorized representative of the Company, all records, books, ledgers,
checks, correspondence and memoranda, whether bearing a date before
or after Date of Policy, which reasonably pertain to the loss or damage.
Further, if requested by any authorized representative of the Company,
the insured claimant shall grant its permission, in writing, for any
authorized representative of the Company to examine, inspect and copy
all records, books, ledgers, checks, correspondence and memoranda in
the custody or control of a third party, which reasonably pertain to the
loss or damage. All information designated as confidential by the
insured claimant provided to the Company pursuant to this Section shall
not be disclosed to others unless, in the reasonable judgment of the
Company, it is necessary in the administration of the claim. Failure of
the insured claimant to submit for examination under oath, produce
other reasonably requested information or grant permission to secure
reasonably necessary information from third parties as required in this
paragraph shall terminate any liability of the Company under this policy
as to that claim.
6. OPTIONS TO PAY OR OTHERWISE SETTLE CLAIMS;
TERMINATION OF LIABILITY
In case of a claim under this policy, the Company shall have the
following additional options:
CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS (continued)
(a) To Pay or Tender Payment of the Amount of Insurance under
.< thts policy together with any costs, attorneys' fees and
expenses incurred by the insured claimant, which were
authorized by the Company, up to the time of payment or
tender of payment and which the Company is obligated to pay.
Upon the exercise by the Company of this option, all liability
and obligations to the insured under this policy, other than to
make the payment required, shall terminate, including any
liability or obligation to defend, prosecute, or continue any
litigation, and the policy shall be surrendered to the Company
for cancellation.
(b) To Pay or Otherwise Settle With Parties Other than the Insured
or With the Insured Claimant.
(i) to pay or otherwise settle with other parties for or in the
name of an insured claimant any claim insured against
under this policy, together with any costs, attorneys' fees
and expenses incurred by the insured claimant which
were authorized by the Company tip to the time of
payment and which the Company is obligated to pay; or
(ii) to pay or otherwise settle with the insured claimant the
loss or damage provided for under this policy, together
with any costs, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by
the insured claimant which were authorized by the
Company up to the time of payment and which the
Company is obligated to pay.
Upon the exercise by the Company of either of the options provided
for in paragraphs(b), (I) or (ii), the Company's obligations to the insured
under this policy for the claimed loss or damage, other than the
payments required to be made, shall terminate, including any liability or
obligation to defend, prosecute or continue any litigation.
7. DETERMINATION, EXTENT OF LIABILITY AND COINSURANCE
This policy is a contract of indemnity against actual monetary loss
or damage sustained or incurred by the insured claimant who has
suffered loss or damage by reason of matters insured against by this
policy and only to the extent herein described.
(a) The liability of the Company under this policy shall not exceed
the least of:
(i) the Amount of Insurance stated in Schedule A; or,
(ii) the difference between the value of the insured estate or
Interest as insured and the value of the insured estate or
interest subject to the defect, lien or encumbrance
insured against by this policy.
(b) In the event the Amount of Insurance stated in Schedule A at
the Date of Policy is less than 80 percent of the value of the
insured estate or interest or the full consideration paid for the
land, whichever is less, or if subsequent to the Date of Policy
an improvement is erected on the land which increases the
value of the insured estate or interest by at least 20 percent
over the Amount of Insurance stated in Schedule A, then this
Policy is subject to the following:
(i) where no subsequent improvement has been made as to
any partial loss, the Company shall only pay the loss pro
rata in the proportion that the amount of insurance at
Date of Policy bears to the total value of the insured
estate or interest at Date of Policy: or
(ii) where a subsequent improvement has been made, as to
any partial loss, the Company shall only pay the loss pro
rata in the proportion that 120 percent of the Amount of
Insurance stated in Schedule A bears to the sum of the
Amount of Insurance stated in Schedule A and the
amount expended for the improvement.
The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to costs, attorneys'
fees and expenses for which the Company is liable under this policy, and
shall only apply to that portion of any loss which exceeds, in the
aggregate, 10 percent of the Amount of Insurance stated in Schedule A.
(c) The Company will pay only those costs, attorneys' fees and
expenses incurred in accordance with Section 4 of these
Conditions and Stipulations.
8. APPORTIONMENT
If the land described in Schedule A consists of two or more parcels
which are not used as a single site, and a loss is established affecting
one or more of the parcels but not all, the loss shall be computed and
settled on a pro rata basis as if the amount of insurance under this policy
was divided pro rata as to the value on Date of Policy of each separate
parcel to the whole, exclusive of any improvements made subsequent to
Date of Policy, unless a liability or value has otherwise been agreed upon
as to each parcel by the Company and the insured at the time of the
issuance of this policy and shown by an express statement or by an
endorsement attached to this policy.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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(a) If the Company establishes the title, or removes the alleged
defect, lien or encumbrance, or cures the lack of a right of
access to or from the land, or cures the claim of
unmarketability of title, all as insured, in a reasonably diligent
manner by any method, including litigation and the completion
of any appeals therefrom, it shall have fully performed its
obligations with respect to that matter and shall not be liable
for any loss or damage caused thereby.
(b) In the event of any litigation, including litigation by the
Company or with the Company's consent, the Company shall
have no liability for loss or damage until there has been a final
determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, and
disposition of all appeals therefrom, adverse to the title as
insured.
(c) The Company shall not be liable for loss or damage to any
insured for liability voluntarily assumed by the insured in
settling any claim or suit without the prior written consent of
the Company.
10. REDUCTION OF INSURANCE; REDUCTION OR TERMINATION
OF LIABILITY
All payments under this policy, except payments made for costs,
attorneys' fees and expenses, shall reduce the amount of the insurance
pro tanto.
11. LIABILITY NONCUMULATIVE
It is expressly understood that the amount of insurance under this
policy shall be reduced by any amount the Company may pay under any
policy insuring a mortgage to which exception Is taken in Schedule B or
to which the Insured has agreed, assumed, or taken subject, or which is
hereafter executed by an insured and which is a charge or lien on the
estate or interest described or referred to in Schedule A, and the amount
so paid shall be deemed a payment under this policy to the insured
owner.
12. PAYMENT OF LOSS
(a) No payment shall be made without producing this policy for
endorsement of the payment unless the policy has been lost or
destroyed, In which case proof of loss or destruction shall be
furnished to the satisfaction of' the Company.
(b) When liability and the extent of loss or damage has been
definitely fixed in accordance with these Conditions and
Stipulations, the loss or damage shall be payable within 30
days thereafter.
13. SUBROGATION UPON PAYMENT OR SETTLEMENT
(a) The Company's Right of Subrogation.
Whenever the Company shall have settled and paid a claim under
this policy, all right of subrogation shall vest in the Company unaffected
by any act of the insured claimant.
The Company shall be subrogated to and be entitled to all rights
and remedies which the insured claimant would have had against any
person or property in respect to the claim had this policy not been
issued. If requested by the Company, the insured claimant shall transfer
to the Company all rights and remedies against any person or property
necessary In order to perfect this right of subrogation. The insured
claimant shall permit the Company to sue, compromise or settle in the
name of the insured claimant and to use the name of the insured
claimant in any transaction or litigation involving these rights or
remedies.
If a payment on account of a claim does not fully cover the loss of
the insured claimant, the Company shall be subrogated to these rights
and remedies in the proportion which the Company's payment bears to
the whole amount of the loss.
If loss should result from any act of the insured claimant, as stated
above, that 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 by this policy which shall exceed the amount, if any, lost to the
Company by reason of the impairment by the insured claimant of the
Company's right of subrogation.
(b) The Company's Rights Against Non - Insured Obligors.
The Company's right of subrogation against non - insured obligors
shall exist and shall include, without limitation, the rights of the insured
to indemnities, guaranties, other policies of insurance or bonds,
notwithstanding any terms or conditions contained in those instruments
which provide for subrogation rights by reason of this policy.
Order No.: 20248036
CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS (continued)
14. ARBITRATION
U'ltss `prohibited by applicable law, either the Company or the
insured may demand arbitration pursuant to the Title Insurance
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Arbitrable
matters may include, but are not limited to any controversy or claim
between the Company and the insured arising out of or relating to this
policy, any service of the Company in connection with its issuance or the
breach of a policy provision or other obligation. All arbitrable matters
when the Amount of Insurance is $1,000,000 or less shall be arbitrated
at the option of either the Company or the insured. All arbitrable
matters when the Amount of Insurance is in excess of $1,000,000 shall
be arbitrated only when agreed to by both the Company and the insured.
Arbitration pursuant to this policy and under the Rules in effect on the
date the demand for arbitration is made or, at the option of the insured,
the Rules in effect at Date of Policy shall be binding upon the parties.
The award may include attorneys' fees only if the laws of the state in
which the land is located permit a court to award attorneys' fees to a
prevailing party. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
Arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
The law of the situs of the land shall apply to an arbitration under
the Title Insurance Arbitration Rules.
A copy of the Rules may be obtained from the Company upon
request.
15. LIABILITY LIMITED TO THIS POLICY; POLICY ENTIRE
CONTRACT
(a) This policy together with all endorsements, if any, attached
hereto by the Company is the entire policy and contract
between the insured and the Company. In interpreting any
provision of this policy, this policy shall be construed as a
whole.
(b) Any claim of loss or damage, whether or not based on
negligence, and which arises out of the status of the title to
the estate or interest covered hereby or by any action
asserting such claim, shall be restricted to this policy.
(c) No amendment of or endorsement to this policy can be made
except by a writing endorsed hereon or attached hereto signed
by either the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, an
Assistant Secretary, or validating officer or authorized
signatory of the Company.
16. SEVERABILITY
In the event any provision of the policy is held invalid or
unenforceable under applicable law, the policy shall be deemed not to
include that provision and all other provisions shall remain in full force
and effect.
17. NOTICES, WHERE SENT
All notices required to be given the Company and any statement in
writing required to be furnished the Company shall include the number
of this policy and shall be addressed to Consumer Affairs Department,
101 Gateway Centre, Gateway One, Richmond, VA 23235 -5153.
ALTA Owner's Policy 1992 (Revised 10/17/92)