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ALTA Commitment Form

Commitment for Title Insurance

Issued By

STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY

STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY, a Texas Corporation ("Company"), for a valuable consideration, commits to issue its policy or policies of title insurance, as identified in Schedule A, in favor of the Proposed Insured named in Schedule A, as owner or mortgagee of the estate or interest in the land described or referred to in Schedule A, upon payment of the premiums and charges and compliance with the Requirements: all subject to the provisions of Schedules A and B and to the Conditions of this Commitment.

This Commitment shall be effective only when the identity of the Proposed Insured and the amount of the policy or policies committed for have been inserted in Schedule A by the Company.

All liability and obligation under this Commitment shall cease and terminate six months after the Effective Date or when the policy or policies committed for shall issue, whichever first occurs, provided that the failure to issue the policy or policies is not the fault of the Company.

The Company will provide a sample of the policy form upon request.

This Commitment shall not be valid or binding until countersigned by a validating officer or authorized signatory.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Stewart Title Guaranty Company has caused its corporate name and seal to be affixed by its duly authorized officers on the date shown in Schedule A.

Countersigned by:

_____________________________
Authorized Countersignature

_____________________________
Company Name

_____________________________
City, State

CONDITIONS

1. The term mortgage, when used herein, shall include deed of trust, trust deed, or other security instrument.

2. If the proposed Insured has or acquired actual knowledge of any defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse claim or other matter affecting the estate or interest or mortgage thereon covered by this Commitment other than those shown in Schedule 8 hereof, and shall fail to disclose such knowledge to the Company in writing, the Company shall be relieved from liability for any loss or damage resulting from any act of reliance hereon to the extent the Company is prejudiced by failure to so disclose such knowledge. If the proposed Insured shall disclose such knowledge to the Company, or if the Company otherwise acquires actual knowledge of any such defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse claim or other manner, the Company at its option may amend Schedule B of this Commitment accordingly, but such amendment shall not relieve the Company from liability previously incurred pursuant to paragraph 3 of these Conditions and Stipulations.

3. Liability of the Company under this Commitment shall be only to the named proposed Insured and such parties included under the definition of Insured in the form of policy or policies committed for and only for actual loss incurred In reliance hereon in undertaking in good faith (a) to comply with the requirements hereof, or (b) to eliminate exceptions shown in Schedule B: or (c) to acquire or create the estate or interest or mortgage thereon covered by this Commitment In no event . shall such liability exceed the amount stated in Schedule A for the policy or policies committed for and such liability is subject to the insuring provisions and Conditions and Stipulations and the Exclusions from Coverage of the form of policy or policies committed for in favor of the proposed Insured which are hereby incorporated by reference and are made a part of this Commitment except as expressly modified herein.

4. This Commitment is a contract to issue one or more title insurance policies and is not an abstract of title or a report of the condition of title. Any action or actions or rights of action that the proposed Insured may have or may bring against the Company arising out of the status of the title to the estate or interest or the status of the mortgage thereon covered by this Commitment must be based on and are subject to the provisions of this Commitment.

5. The policy to be issued contains an arbitration clause. All Arbitrable matters when the Amount of Insurance is $2.000,000 or less shall be arbitrated at the option of either the Company or the Insured as the exclusive remedy of the parties. You may review a copy of the arbitration rules at< http://www.alta.orgl>.

All notices required to be given the Company and any statement In writing required to be furnished the Company shall be addressed to it at P.O. Box 2029, Houston, Texas 77252.

SCHEDULE A

Order Number: ___________________ Commitment Number: ____________

1. Effective Date: ______________________

2. Policy or Policies to be issued: Amount of Insurance: (a) ALTA Owners $___________________ Proposed Insured: ________________________ (b) ALTA Mortgagee’s $___________________ Proposed Insured: ________________________

3. The estate or interest in the land described or referred to in this Commitment and covered herein is: __________________________________

4. Title to the _______________estate or interest in said land is at the effective date hereof vested in: _______________________________________

5. The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows: __________________________________________________________

SCHEDULE B PART I

Order Number: ___________________ Commitment Number: ____________

Schedule B of the policy or policies to be issued will contain exceptions to the following matters unless the same are disposed of to the satisfaction of the Company:

1. Taxes or assessments which are not shown as existing liens by the public records.

2. (i) Unpatented mining claims; (ii) reservations or exceptions in patents or in Acts authorizing the issuance thereof; (iii) water rights, claims or title to water; whether or not the matters described in (i), (ii) & (iii) are shown in the public records; (iv) Indian tribal codes or regulations, Indian treaty or aboriginal rights, including easements or equitable servitudes. (This exception may be removed with underwriter approval.)

3. Extended coverage exceptions, as follows: (a) Rights or claims of parties in possession not shown by the public records. (b) Easements, claims of easements or encumbrances which are not shown by the public records. (c) Encroachments, overlaps, boundary line disputes, or other matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the premises and which are not shown by the public records. (d) Any lien, or right to a lien, for services, labor or material heretofore or hereafter furnished, imposed by law and not shown by the public records.

4. Any service, installation, connection, maintenance, tap, capacity, construction or reimbursement charges for sewer, water, electricity or other utilities, or for garbage collection and disposal. (This exception may be removed with underwriter approval.)

5. Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other matters, if any, created, first appearing in the public records or attaching subsequent to the effective date hereof but prior to the date the proposed insured acquires of record for value the estate or interest or mortgage thereon covered by this commitment.

6. Any titles or rights asserted by anyone, including but not limited to persons, corporations, governments, or other entities, to tidelands, or lands comprising the shores or bottoms of navigable rivers, lakes, bays, ocean or gulf, or lands beyond the line of the harbor or bulkhead lines as established or changed by the United States Government, or riparian rights, if any. (This exception may be removed with underwriter approval.)

SCHEDULE B PART II

Requirements: _____________________________ Order Number: ___________________ Commitment Number: ____________

Item (a) Payment to or for the account of the grantors or mortgagors of the full consideration for the estate or interest to be insured.

Item (b) Proper instrument(s) creating the estate or interest to be insured must be executed and duly filed for record

Note: Effective January 1, 1997, and pursuant to amendment of Washington state statutes relating to standardization of recorded documents, the following format and content requirements must be met. Failure to comply may result in rejection of the document by the recorder.