GUARANTEE
FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE, TRUSTEE'S SALE,
STATUTORY LAND SALE CONTRACT FORFEITURE,
OR LITIGATION
Issued by
STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY
SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE, THE LIMITS OF LIABILITY AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS HERETO ANNEXED AND MADE A PART OF THIS GUARANTEE, BLANK TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Blank corporation, herein called the Company, for the fee paid for this Guarantee, the amount and effective date of which are shown herein, hereby guarantees the parties herein called the Assured, against actual loss not exceeding the liability amount stated herein which the Assured shall sustain by reason of any incorrectness in the assurance which the Company hereby gives that, according to the public records, on the effective date stated herein,
1. The title to the estate or interest described on Exhibit 1 was vested in the vestee named on Exhibit 1, subject to the matters shown as Exceptions on Exhibit 1, which Exceptions are not necessarily shown in the order of their priority;
2. If applicable, the necessary parties to be made defendants in a suit to enforce the encumbrance identified on Exhibit 1 are as shown on Exhibit 2;
3. If applicable, the names and addresses, as shown therein, of persons who have recorded requests, under Section 86.785 of the Oregon Revised Statutes, for a copy of notice of default or for a copy of notice of sale are as shown on Exhibit 2, and the names of additional persons who, under Sections 86.705 et seq. of the Oregon Revised Statutes, are entitled to receive notice of sale are as shown on Exhibit 2;
4. If applicable, the names of persons entitled to receive notice of defaults, pursuant to Sections 93.905 et seq. of the Oregon Revised Statutes, are as shown on Exhibit 2.
[Witness clause optional]
STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY
BY:___________________________________
PRESIDENT
BY:___________________________________
SECRETARY
EXHIBIT 1
[File No. ]
Guarantee No.
Liability $
[Fee $ ]
Effective Date: [at a.m./p.m.]
A. The Assured is:
B. The encumbrance to be enforced is:
C. The estate or interest in the land which is covered by this Guarantee is:
[a. A fee.]
[b. A vendee's interest in the contract referenced in Paragraph B above.]
D. Title to the estate or interest in the land is vested, as of the effective date, in:
E. The land referred to in this Guarantee is described as follows:
F. As of the effective date, the land covered b y this Guarantee is subject to the following Exceptions:
NOTE: Material in brackets in Paragraph C is suggested format for land sale contract foreclosure or statutory forfeiture.
EXHIBIT 2
[File No. ] [Guarantee No. ]
Relative to the encumbrance to be enforced, if any, shown on Exhibit 1:
1. Attention is directed to The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (successor to The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940), which restricts proceedings against persons in the military service of the United States.
2. Attention is called to the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-719) which, among other things, provides that written notice of a non-judicial sale be given to the Secretary of the Treasury or his or her delegate as a requirement for the discharge of a federal tax lien or the divestment of any title of the United States, and establishes a right in the United States to redeem the property within a period of 120 days from the date of such sale.
3. Except as shown on Exhibit 1, no notice of pendency of an action for the foreclosure of the encumbrance to be enforced has been recorded in the county in which the premises are situated.
4. This Guarantee provides no assurances with respect to any facts, rights, title, interests or claims which are not shown by the public records, and this Exhibit 2 is not intended to show the names of persons whose rights, title, interests or claims are not shown by the public records, including, without limitation, those who may be known to the Assured or who could be ascertained by an inspection of the land or by making inquiry of persons in possession of the land.
5. If applicable, the names and addresses, as shown therein, of persons who have recorded requests for a copy of a notice of sale or notice of default, under ORS 86.785 of the Oregon trust deed statutes, are:
6. If applicable, the name of the Grantor in the encumbrance whose lien is to be enforced is:
7. If applicable, the name of the successor in interest to the Grantor is:
8. If applicable, the names of additional necessary persons not shown above to be made defendants in a suit to enforce the subject encumbrance; or, if applicable, the names of additional persons who are entitled, under the Oregon trust deed statutes, ORS 86.705 et seq., to receive notice of sale; or, if applicable, the names of additional persons who are entitled, under the land sale contract forfeiture statutes, ORS 93.905 et seq., to receive notice of default, are:
CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS
1. DEFINITION OF TERMS
The following terms when used in this Guarantee mean:
(a) "Land": the land described, specifically or by reference, in this Guarantee and improvements affixed thereto which by law constitute real property.
(b) "Public records": those records established under State statutes at Date of Guarantee for the purposes of imparting constructive notice of matters relating to real property to purchasers for value and without knowledge.
(c) "Date": the effective date.
(d) "The Assured": the party or parties named as the Assured in this Guarantee, or in a supplemental writing executed by the Company.
(e) "Mortgage": mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed, land sale contract, or other security instrument.
2. EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE
The following matters are expressly excluded from the coverage of this Guarantee and the Company will not pay loss or damage, costs, attorneys' fees or expenses which arise by reason of:
(a) (1) 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 effect 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 Guarantee.
(2) Any governmental police power not excluded by (a)(l) 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 Guarantee.(b) Rights of eminent domain unless notice of the exercise thereof has been recorded in the public records at Date of Guarantee.
(c) Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims against the title as guaranteed, or other matters:(1) created, suffered, assumed or agreed to by one or more of the Assured, whether or not shown by the public records;
(2) not known to the Company, not recorded in the public records at Date of Guarantee but known to one or more of the Assured at Date of Guarantee;
(3) resulting in no loss or damage to the Assured;
(4) not resulting in the invalidity or potential invalidity of any judicial or non-judicial proceeding which is within the scope and purpose of the assurances provided; or
(5) attaching or created subsequent to Date of Guarantee.(d) The identity of any party named or referred to in Exhibit 2 or the validity, legal effect or priority of any matter shown in Section F of Exhibit 1.
(e) Taxes or assessments which are not shown as existing liens by the public records.
(f) Unpatented mining claims; reservations or exceptions in United States Patents or in Acts authorizing the issuance thereof; water rights, claims or title to water.(g) Title to any property beyond the lines of the land expressly described in the description set forth in this Guarantee, or title to streets, roads, avenues, lanes, ways or waterways on which such land abuts, or the right to maintain therein vaults, tunnels, ramps or any other structure or improvement; or any rights or easements therein unless such property, rights or easements are expressly and specifically set forth in said description.
3. PROSECUTION OF ACTIONS
(a) The Company shall have the right at its own cost to institute and prosecute any action or proceeding or do any other act which in its opinion may be necessary or desirable to establish or confirm the matters herein guaranteed; and the Company may take any appropriate action under the terms of this Guarantee whether or not it shall be liable thereunder and shall not thereby concede liability or waive any provision hereof.
(b) In all cases where the Company does so institute and prosecute any action or proceeding, the Assured shall permit the Company to use, at its option, the name of the Assured for such purpose. Whenever requested by the Company, the Assured shall give the Company all reasonable aid in prosecuting such action or proceeding, and the Company shall reimburse the Assured for any expense so incurred.
4. NOTICE OF LOSS - LIMITATION OF ACTION
A statement in writing of any loss or damage for which it is claimed the Company is liable under this Guarantee shall be furnished to the Company within sixty days after such loss or damage shall have been determined, and no right of action shall accrue to the Assured under this Guarantee until thirty days after such statement shall have been furnished, and no recovery shall be had by the Assured under this Guarantee unless action shall be commenced thereon within two years after expiration of said thirty day period. Failure to furnish such statement of loss or damage or to commence such action within the time hereinbefore specified shall be a conclusive bar against maintenance by the Assured of any action under this Guarantee.
5. OPTION TO PAY, SETTLE OR COMPROMISE CLAIMS
The Company shall have the option to pay or settle or compromise for or in the name of the Assured any claim which could result in loss to the Assured within the coverage of this Guarantee, or to pay the full amount of this Guarantee or, if this Guarantee is issued for the benefit of a holder of a mortgage, the Company shall have the option to purchase the indebtedness secured by said mortgage. Such purchase, payment or tender of payment of the full amount of the Guarantee shall terminate all liability of the Company hereunder. In the event after notice of claim has been given to the Company by the Assured the Company offers to purchase said indebtedness, the owner of such indebtedness shall transfer and assign said indebtedness and the mortgage securing the same to the Company upon payment of the purchase price.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY - PAYMENT OF LOSS
(a) The liability of the Company under this Guarantee shall be limited to the amount of actual loss sustained by the Assured because of reliance upon the assurances herein set forth, but in no event shall such liability exceed the amount of the liability stated within this Guarantee.
(b) The liability of the Company under this Guarantee shall be secondary to and shall not supersede the liability of any other insurer under any existing policy of title insurance which insures one or more of the Assured, and any loss payable under this Guarantee shall be paid only to the extent it is not payable under such other existing policy. This Guarantee is furnished for the purpose of facilitating the enforcement of the subject encumbrance or for other specific judicial or non-judicial proceeding; this Guarantee shall not be used or relied upon for any other reason.
(c) The Company will pay all costs imposed upon the Assured in litigation carried on by the Company for the Assured, and all costs and attorneys' fees in litigation carried on by the Assured with the written authorization of the Company.
(d) No claim for damages shall arise or be maintainable under this Guarantee (1) if the Company after having received notice of an alleged defect, lien or encumbrance not shown as an Exception or excluded herein removes such defect, lien or encumbrance within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, or (2) for liability voluntarily assumed by the Assured in settling any claim or suit without written consent of the Company.
(e) All payments under this Guarantee, except for attorney's fees as provided for in paragraph 6(c) hereof, shall reduce the amount of the liability hereunder pro tanto, and no payment shall be made without producing this Guarantee for endorsement of such payment unless the Guarantee be lost or destroyed, in which case proof of such loss or destruction shall be furnished to the satisfaction of the Company.
(f) When liability has been definitely fixed in accordance with the conditions of this Guarantee, the loss or damage shall be payable within thirty days thereafter.
7. SUBROGATION UPON PAYMENT OR SETTLEMENT
Whenever the Company shall have settled a claim under this Guarantee, all right of subrogation shall vest in the Company unaffected by any act of the Assured, and it shall be subrogated to and be entitled to all rights and remedies which the Assured would have had against any person or property in respect to such claim had this Guarantee not been issued. If the payment does not cover the loss of the Assured, the Company shall be subrogated to such rights and remedies in the proportion which said payment bears to the amount of said loss. The Assured, if requested by the Company, shall transfer to the Company all rights and remedies against any person or property necessary in order to perfect such right of subrogation, and shall permit the Company to use the name of the Assured in any transaction or litigation involving such rights or remedies.
8. GUARANTEE ENTIRE CONTRACT
Any action or actions or rights of action that the Assured may have or may bring against the Company arising out of the subject matter hereof must be based on the provisions of this Guarantee.
No provision or condition of this Guarantee can be waived or changed except by a writing endorsed or attached hereto signed by the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or other validating officer of the Company.
9. 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 the Company at (FILL IN).
10. FEE
The fee specified within this Guarantee is the total fee for title search and examination and for this Guarantee. The Company may declare this Guarantee null and void for failure to pay the fee.
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