Title Documentation; Compliance with Appropriate Conveyancing Standards. The real property interests necessary for the construction, reconstruction, relocation, operation, repair, maintenance and removal of the New Facilities shall be conveyed to NMPC in fee simple (by warranty deed) or by fully-assignable/transferable easement approved by NMPC, with good and marketable title free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and exceptions to title for a sum of $1.00. With respect to any approved conveyance of easements, the Requesting Party shall subordinate pertinent mortgages to the acquired easement rights. The Requesting Party shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless NMPC, its agents and employees, officers, directors, parent(s) and affiliates, and successors in interest, from all liens and encumbrances against the property conveyed. The Requesting Party further agrees to provide to NMPC a complete field survey (with iron pin markers delineating the perimeter boundaries of the parcel or the centerline of the entire right-of-way in the case of an electric transmission line), an abstract of title (of at least 40 years or such longer period as may be required by NMPC on a case-by-case basis), and a 10-year tax search for real property interests to be transferred to NMPC. The Requesting Party shall be required to provide NMPC with a title insurance commitment with a complete title report issued by a reputable and independent title insurance company for any real property rights in fee or easement that are to be transferred to NMPC. At the time of the transfer of such interests to NMPC, the Requesting Party shall provide a title insurance policy naming NMPC as the insured covering the real property interests, in fee or easement, that are to be transferred to NMPC. The Requesting Party shall provide such title documentation and title insurance as shall be required by the NMPC real estate attorney assigned to review and close the transfer of ownership from the Requesting Party to NMPC. The Requesting Party shall request direction from such attorney with respect to preparation of abstracts of title, title insurance commitments and policies, and preparation of boundary surveys that comply with ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards and which must conform to proposed legal descriptions. The Requesting Party will be provided legal forms which include acceptable language and format for title transfer. Title shall be determined satisfactory by the NMPC real estate attorney in his or her sole discretion. Title requirements of NMPC shall be of ...
