Adoption by reference on and after March 1, 1967.

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In any mortgage of real property, made on or after March 1, 1967, the parties may adopt by reference all or any of the following covenants, agreements, obligations, rights and remedies:

1. Covenant No. 1. That the mortgagor will perform each and all of the promises and obligations of the mortgage and all covenants thereof, adopted by reference as provided herein, and will pay the indebtedness therein described with interest as therein provided.

2. Covenant No. 2. That the mortgagor will pay a reasonable attorney fee in case suit is started for the collection of the mortgage debt or any part thereof, and will pay all costs and expenses of the suit, whether the suit be prosecuted to judgment or not, and will also pay all costs of any sale made thereunder without court proceedings, including in case of such sale an attorney fee equal to ........ percent of the amount due at the date of the sale upon the principal and interest of the mortgage debt.

3. Covenant No. 3. That the mortgagor will pay, in lawful money of the United States, all sums expended or advanced by the mortgagee for taxes or assessments levied or assessed against the mortgaged property, fire insurance upon the same, or advanced for any other purpose provided for by the terms of the mortgage or the covenants thereof adopted by reference, together with interest upon any such sums from the date of the payment by the mortgagee until repaid, at the rate of ........ percent per annum.

4. Covenant No. 4. That this mortgage will be security for the payment in lawful money of the United States of any and all moneys that may hereafter become due or payable from the mortgagor to the mortgagee, from any cause whatsoever.

5. Covenant No. 5. That this mortgage shall be security for any and all renewals of the mortgage debt or of the promissory note or notes evidencing the same, which may be executed and delivered by the mortgagor to the mortgagee, and any and all additional or future advances or loans which may be made by the mortgagee to the mortgagor.

6. Covenant No. 6. That the mortgagor agrees to pay and discharge at maturity all taxes and assessments and all other charges and encumbrances which are, or shall hereafter be, or appear to be, a lien upon the mortgaged property, or any part thereof, and the mortgagor will pay all interest or installments due on any prior encumbrance. And in default thereof, the mortgagee may, without demand or notice, pay the same and the mortgagee shall be the sole judge of the legality or validity of such taxes, assessments, charges or encumbrances and the amount necessary to be paid in the satisfaction or discharge thereof.

7. Covenant No. 7. That the mortgagor will at all times keep the buildings and improvements, which are now or which shall hereafter be erected upon the mortgaged premises, insured against loss or damage by fire to the amount of at least $........ in some reliable insurance company or companies, approved by the mortgagee, and will deliver the policies therefor to the mortgagee to be held by the mortgagee as further security. In default of the mortgagor to obtain such insurance, the mortgagee may procure the same, not exceeding the amount aforesaid, and may pay and expend for premiums for such insurance such sums of money as the mortgagee shall deem necessary.

8. Covenant No. 8. That if there be more than one mortgagor in a mortgage, all covenants, terms, promises and obligations set forth in the mortgage or adopted by reference are agreed to be joint and several covenants, terms, conditions, promises and obligations of each of the mortgagors thereto.

9. Covenant No. 9. That this mortgage is made upon the express condition that if all sums secured hereby shall be paid at the time, place and manner mentioned in the mortgage, or in any of the covenants provided by this section which shall be adopted by reference, the mortgage and the estate therein mentioned and described shall cease, determine and be void, and the mortgagor, for himself or herself, his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, covenants and agrees to pay in lawful money of the United States to the mortgagee all sums secured by the mortgage, or by the terms of the covenants adopted by reference at the time and in the manner therein provided, and if default be made in the payment of the principal or interest or any part thereof described in the mortgage, or of any promissory note or other instrument or obligation for which such mortgage is given as security, the whole of the principal sum for which the mortgage is given, which shall be then unpaid, shall become forthwith payable, although the time expressed in the promissory note or notes or other obligation or obligations shall not have arrived.

10. Covenant No. 10. That it is further understood and agreed that the mortgagee, its agents or attorneys, shall have the right at all times to inspect and examine any property which may at any time be subject to the lien of the mortgage, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the security given is being lessened, diminished, depleted or impaired, and if such inspection or examination shall disclose, in the judgment of the mortgagee, that the security given or the property mortgaged is being lessened or impaired, such condition shall be deemed a breach of the covenants of the mortgage on the part of the mortgagor.

11. Covenant No. 11. That it is expressly agreed by and between the mortgagor and mortgagee that, in the event suit shall be instituted for the foreclosure of the mortgage, the mortgagee, may, at its option and without notice, apply for the appointment of a receiver for the purpose of taking possession of the mortgaged property pending foreclosure, and with the approval of the court wherein such suit is instituted, such receiver as may be designated by the mortgagee shall be appointed. All costs in connection with the appointment of a receiver or in connection with the discharge of the duties of the receiver shall be taxed as costs in the suit.

12. Covenant No. 12. That it is expressly agreed and understood that in any sale of any of the property at any time subject to the lien of the mortgage, under the terms of the mortgage or any of the covenants adopted by reference, the property may, at the option of the mortgagee, be sold in one lot or parcel or in such other lots or parcels as may be designated by the mortgagee; and it is further covenanted and agreed that the mortgagee may become the purchaser of the property or any part thereof at any sale made under any of the terms of the mortgage, or upon foreclosure.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 123)


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