103 ALTA LOAN POLICY OF TITLE INSURANCE CHICAGO TITLE NCS DC | MD Privacy Statement Printed: 11.10.23 @ 05:29 PM by COMD1170.doc DC-CT-FA61-02100.141018-SampleDCACC CONDITIONS 1. DEFINITION OF TERMS In this policy, the following terms have the meanings given to them below. Any defined term includes both the singular and the plural, as the context requires: a. "Affiliate": An Entity: i. that is wholly owned by the Insured; ii. that wholly owns the Insured; or iii. if that Entity and the Insured are both wholly owned by the same person or entity. b. "Amount of Insurance": The Amount of Insurance stated in Schedule A, as may be increased by Condition 8.c.; decreased by Condition 10; or increased or decreased by endorsements to this policy. c. "Consumer Protection Law": Any law regulating trade, lending, credit, sale, and debt collection practices involving consumers; any consumer financial law; or any other law relating to truth-in-lending, predatory lending, or a borrower's ability to repay a loan. d. "Date of Policy": The Date of Policy stated in Schedule A. e. "Discriminatory Covenant": Any covenant, condition, restriction, or limitation that is unenforceable under applicable law because it illegally discriminates against a class of individuals based on personal characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, disability, national origin, or other legally protected class. f. "Enforcement Notice": A document recorded in the Public Records that describes any part of the Land and: i. is issued by a governmental agency that identifies a violation or enforcement of a law, ordinance, permit, or governmental regulation; ii. is issued by a holder of the power of eminent domain or a governmental agency that identifies the exercise of a governmental power; or iii. asserts a right to enforce a PACA-PSA Trust. g. "Entity": A corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, or other entity authorized by law to own title to real property in the State where the Land is located. h. "Government Mortgage Agency or Instrumentality": Any government agency or instrumentality that is the owner of the Indebtedness, an insurer, or a guarantor under an insurance contract or guaranty insuring or guaranteeing the Indebtedness, or any part of it, whether named as an Insured or not. i. "Indebtedness": Any obligation secured by the Insured Mortgage, including an obligation evidenced by electronic means authorized by law. If that obligation is the payment of a debt, the Indebtedness is: i. the sum of: (a). principal disbursed as of the Date of Policy; (b). principal disbursed subsequent to the Date of Policy; (c). the construction loan advances made subsequent to the Date of Policy for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the construction of an improvement to the Land or related to the Land that the Insured was and continues to be obligated to advance at the Date of Policy and at the date of the advance; (d). interest on the loan; (e). prepayment premiums, exit fees, and other similar fees or penalties allowed by law; (f). expenses of foreclosure and any other costs of enforcement; (g). advances for insurance premiums; (h). advances to assure compliance with law or to protect the validity, enforceability, or priority of the lien of the Insured Mortgage before the acquisition of the estate or interest in the Title; including, but not limited to: (1). real estate taxes and assessments imposed by a governmental taxing authority, and (2). regular, periodic assessments by a property owners' association; and (i). advances to prevent deterioration of improvements before the Insured's acquisition of the Title, but ii. reduced by the sum of all payments and any amounts forgiven by an Insured. j. "Insured": i. (a). The Insured named in Item 1 of Schedule A or future owner of the Indebtedness other than an Obligor, if the named Insured or future owner of the Indebtedness owns the Indebtedness, the Title, or an estate or interest in the Land as provided in Condition 2, but only to the extent the named Insured or the future owner either: (1). owns the Indebtedness for its own account or as a trustee or other fiduciary, or (2). owns the Title after acquiring the Indebtedness; (b). the person or Entity who has "control" of the "transferable record," if the Indebtedness is evidenced by a "transferable record," as defined by applicable electronic transactions law; (c). the successor to the Title of an Insured resulting from dissolution, merger, consolidation, distribution, or reorganization; (d). the successor to the Title of an Insured resulting from its conversion to another kind of Entity; (e). the grantee of an Insured under a deed or other instrument transferring the Title, if the grantee is an Affiliate; (f). an Affiliate that acquires the Title through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure of the Insured Mortgage; or (g). any Government Mortgage Agency or Instrumentality. ii. With regard to Conditions 1.j.i.(a). and 1.j.i.(b)., the Company reserves all rights and defenses as to any successor that the Company would have had against any predecessor Insured, unless the successor acquired the Indebtedness as a purchaser for value without Knowledge of the asserted defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse claim, or other matter insured against by this policy. iii. With regard to Conditions 1.j.i.(c)., 1.j.i.(d)., 1.j.i.(e)., and 1.j.i.(f)., the Company reserves all rights and defenses as to any successor or grantee that the Company would have had against any predecessor Insured. k. "Insured Claimant": An Insured claiming loss or damage arising under this policy. Chicago Title NCS DC l MD Page 127
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