Title 101: Making Sense of Title Insurance in Commercial Transactions

85 ALTA OWNER’S POLICY OF TITLE INSURANCE CHICAGO TITLE NCS DC | MD CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OWNER'S POLICY NO. SampleDCACC Copyright American Land Title Association. All rights reserved. The use of this Form (or any derivative thereof) is restricted to ALTA licensees and ALTA members in good standing as of the date of use. All other uses are prohibited. Reprinted under license from the American Land Title Association. ALTA Owner's Policy of Title Insurance w-DC Mod (07/01/2021) Printed: 11.10.23 @ 05:28 PM Page 2 DC-CT-FA61-02100.141018-SPS-72512-1-23-SampleDCACC 6. An enforcement of a governmental forfeiture, police, regulatory, or national security power, but only to the extent of the enforcement described by the enforcing governmental authority in an Enforcement Notice. 7. An exercise of the power of eminent domain, but only to the extent: a. of the exercise described in an Enforcement Notice; or b. the taking occurred and is binding on a purchaser for value without Knowledge. 8. An enforcement of a PACA-PSA Trust, but only to the extent of the enforcement described in an Enforcement Notice. 9. The Title being vested other than as stated in Schedule A, the Title being defective, or the effect of a court order providing an alternative remedy: a. resulting from the avoidance, in whole or in part, of any transfer of all or any part of the Title to the Land or any interest in the Land occurring prior to the transaction vesting the Title because that prior transfer constituted a: i. fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, or preferential transfer under federal bankruptcy, state insolvency, or similar state or federal creditors' rights law; or ii. voidable transfer under the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act; or b. because the instrument vesting the Title constitutes a preferential transfer under federal bankruptcy, state insolvency, or similar state or federal creditors' rights law by reason of the failure: i. to timely record the instrument vesting the Title in the Public Records after execution and delivery of the instrument to the Insured; or ii. of the recording of the instrument vesting the Title in the Public Records to impart notice of its existence to a purchaser for value or to a judgment or lien creditor. 10. Any defect in or lien or encumbrance on the Title or other matter included in Covered Risks 1 through 9 that has been created or attached or has been filed or recorded in the Public Records subsequent to the Date of Policy and prior to the recording of the deed or other instrument vesting the Title in the Public Records. DEFENSE OF COVERED CLAIMS The Company will also pay the costs, attorneys' fees, and expenses incurred in defense of any matter insured against by this policy, but only to the extent provided in the Conditions. Chicago Title Insurance Company 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 201 Washington, DC 20006 Chicago Title Insurance Company By: Countersigned By: Authorized Officer or Agent Michael J. Nolan, President Attest: Marjorie Nemzura, Secretary Chicago Title NCS DC l MD Page 111

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