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ALTA ENDORSEMENT 35.3-06

MINERALS AND OTHER SUBSURFACE SUBSTANCES – LAND UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Adopted (4-2-12)

1. The insurance provided by this endorsement is subject to the exclusion in Section 4 of this
endorsement; and the Exclusions from Coverage, the Exceptions from Coverage contained in
Schedule B, and the Conditions in the policy.
2. For purposes of this endorsement only:

a. “Improvement” means a building, structure located on the surface of the Land, and any paved
road, walkway, parking area, driveway, or curb, affixed to the Land at Date of Policy and that by
law constitutes real property, but excluding any crops, landscaping, lawn, shrubbery, or trees.

b. “Future Improvement” means a building, structure, and any paved road, walkway, parking area,
driveway, or curb to be constructed on or affixed to the Land in the locations according to the
Plans and that by law will constitute real property, but excluding any crops, landscaping, lawn,
shrubbery, or trees.
c. “Plans” means the survey, site and elevation plans or other depictions or drawings prepared by
(insert name of architect or engineer) dated ____, last revised ________, designated as (insert
name of project or project number) consisting of ___ sheets.
3. The Company insures against loss or damage sustained by the Insured by reason of the enforced
removal or alteration of an Improvement or a Future Improvement, resulting from the future exercise
of any right existing at Date of Policy to use the surface of the Land for the extraction or development
of minerals or any other subsurface substances excepted from the description of the Land or
excepted in Schedule B.

4. This endorsement does not insure against loss or damage (and the Company will not pay costs,
attorneys' fees, or expenses) resulting from:
a. contamination, explosion, fire, flooding, vibration, fracturing, earthquake or subsidence; [or]

b. negligence by a person or an Entity exercising a right to extract or develop minerals or other
subsurface substances [; or

c. the exercise of the rights described in ( )]. *
* Instructional note: identify the interest excepted from the description of the Land in Schedule A
or excepted in Schedule B that you intend to exclude from this coverage.

This endorsement is issued as part of the policy. Except as it expressly states, it does not (i) modify any
of the terms and provisions of the policy, (ii) modify any prior endorsements, (iii) extend the Date of
Policy, or (iv) increase the Amount of Insurance. To the extent a provision of the policy or a previous
endorsement is inconsistent with an express provision of this endorsement, this endorsement controls.
Otherwise, this endorsement is subject to all of the terms and provisions of the policy and of any prior
endorsements.

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