This form should not be used if a comparable ALTA version is available. If a comparable ALTA version is available, the most current version of the ALTA form available in each state should be used, unless approved by a Stewart underwriter.
ENDORSEMENT
Attached to Policy No. ___________
Issued By
STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY
The Company hereby insures against loss which said insured shall sustain by reason of any of the following matters:
1. Any incorrectness in the assurance which the Company hereby gives:
(a) That there are no present violations on the land of any enforceable covenants, conditions or restrictions;
(b) That, except as shown in Schedule B, there are no encroachments of buildings, structures, or improvements located on the land onto adjoining lands, nor any encroachments onto the land of buildings, structures or improvements located on adjoining lands.
2. Unmarketability of the title to the estate or interest by reason of any violations on the land, occurring prior to acquisition of title to the estate or interest by the insured, of any covenants, conditions or restrictions.
3. Damage to existing building improvements.
(a) Which are located or encroach upon the portion of the land subject to any easement shown in Schedule B, which damage results from the exercise of the right to use or maintain the easement for the purposes for which the same was granted or reserved;
(b) Resulting from the exercise of any right to use the surface of the land for the extraction or development of the minerals excepted from the description of the land or shown as a reservation in Schedule B.
4. Any final court order or judgment requiring removal from any land adjoining the land of any encroachment shown in Schedule B.
Wherever in the endorsement any or all the words, “covenants, conditions or restrictions” appear, they shall not be deemed to refer to or include the terms, covenants and conditions contained in any lease referred to in Schedule A or relating to environmental protection.
This endorsement is made a part of the policy and is subject to all of the terms and provisions thereof and of any prior endorsements thereto. Except to the extent expressly stated, it neither modifies any of the terms and provisions of the policy and any prior endorsements, nor does it extend the effective date of the policy and any prior endorsements, nor does it increase the face amount thereof.
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