These mortgage terms are considered to be included in and form a part of every mortgage which incorporates prescribed standard mortgage terms, either by an election in the mortgage form or by operation of law. The mortgage terms are authorized under s. 4 of the Land Title Act (Board of Directors) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 332/2010, and repro¬duced here from Schedule B to the regulation. The regulation is current to August 23, 2016; it has not been amended since it became effective on January 1, 2011.
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In these mortgage terms
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(2) | In this mortgage the singular includes the plural and vice versa. |
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(1) | In return for the lender agreeing to lend the principal amount to the borrower, the borrower grants and mortgages the land to the lender as security for repayment of the mortgage money and for performance of all the borrower's promises and agreements. | ||||
(2) | If the interest mortgaged is described in the mortgage form as a leasehold interest, the grant in subsection (1) shall be construed as a charge of the unexpired term of the lease less the last month of that term. | ||||
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This means that
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(4) | The borrower may continue to remain in possession of the land as long as the borrower performs all of the borrower's promises and agreements. | ||||
(5) | When the borrower has paid the mortgage money and performed all the borrower's promises and agreements under this mortgage and the lender has no obligation to make any further advances or readvances, the lender will no longer be entitled to enforce any rights under this mortgage and the borrower will be entitled, at the borrower's cost, to receive a discharge of this mortgage. The dis¬charge must be signed by the lender and must be registered by the borrower in the land title office to cancel the registration of this mortgage against the land. |
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(1) | Interest is chargeable on the mortgage money and is pay¬able by the borrower. |
(2) | Interest is not payable in advance. This means that interest must be earned before it is payable. |
(3) | Interest on advances or readvances of the principal amount starts on the date and on the amount of each advance or readvance and accrues on the principal amount until the borrower has paid all the mortgage money. |
(4) | Interest payable on any part of the principal amount advanced before the interest adjustment date is due and payable to the lender on the interest adjustment date. |
(5) | At the end of each interest calculation period, unpaid accrued interest will be added to the principal amount and bear interest. This is known as compound interest. |
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The borrower promises to pay the mortgage money to the lender at the place of payment in accordance with the payment provisions set out in the mortgage form and these mortgage terms.
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The borrower promises
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The borrower declares to the lender that
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(3) | The insurance policy or policies required by subsec¬tion (1)(k) shall contain a mortgage clause approved by the lender that states that payment of any loss shall be made to the lender at the place of payment or any other place the lender requires and, if this mortgage is not a first mortgage, the amount of any payment made by the insurance company shall be paid to the borrower's lenders in the order of their priorities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) | The borrower gives up any statutory right to require the insurance proceeds to be applied in any particular manner. |
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Agreements between the borrower and the lender
(1) | The lender will use the money paid to the lender under sec¬tion 5(1)(b) to pay taxes unless there is a default in which case the lender may apply the money in payment of the mortgage money. | ||||||||
(2) | By this mortgage the borrower grants and mortgages any additional or greater interest in the land that the borrower may later acquire. | ||||||||
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Any money paid to the lender under this mortgage shall,
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(4) | The lender may at any reasonable time inspect the land and any buildings and improvements which form part of it. | ||||||||
(5) | If the lender takes possession of the land the lender will not be responsible for maintaining and preserving the land and need only account to the borrower for any money which the lender actually receives in connection with this mortgage or the land. | ||||||||
(6) | The lender may spend money to perform any of the bor¬rower's promises and agreements which the borrower has not performed and any money so spent shall be added to the principal amount, bear interest from the date that the money was so spent, and be immediately due and payable to the lender. | ||||||||
(7) | If the borrower wants to give any notice to the lender, the borrower must do so by having it delivered to the lender personally or by sending it by registered or certified mail to the lender mailing address or to any other address later specified in writing by the lender to the borrower. | ||||||||
(8) | If the lender wants to give any notice to the borrower, the lender must do so by having it delivered to the borrower personally or by sending it by registered or certified mail to the borrower mailing address or to any other address later specified in writing by the borrower to the lender. | ||||||||
(9) | Any notice sent by mail is considered to have been received 5 days after it is mailed. | ||||||||
(10) | Any notice to be given by the borrower to the lender or vice versa during a mail strike or disruption must be delivered rather than sent by mail. | ||||||||
(11) | The borrower is not released from the borrower's prom¬ises and agreements only because the borrower sells the land. | ||||||||
(12) | If the borrower has mortgaged anything else to the lender better to secure payment of the mortgage money, the lender may take all lawful proceedings under any of the mortgages in any order that the lender chooses. | ||||||||
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The lender does not have to advance or readvance the prin¬cipal amount or the rest or any further part of the principal amount to the borrower unless the lender wants to even though
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The lender may deduct from any advance of the principal amount
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(15) | The lender's right of consolidation applies to this mortgage and to any other mortgages given by the borrower to the lender. This means that if the borrower has mortgaged other property to the lender the borrower will not have the right, after default, to pay off this mort¬gage or any mortgage of other property unless the borrower pays the lender all money owed by the borrower under this mortgage and all of the mortgages of other property. |
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A default occurs under this mortgage if
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(2) | If a default occurs under this mortgage, it will have the same effect as though a default had occurred under any other mortgage or agreement between the borrower and the lender. |
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(1) | If a default occurs, all the mortgage money then owing to the lender will, if the lender chooses, at once become due and payable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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If a default occurs the lender may, in any order that the lender chooses, do any one or more of the following:
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(3) | Nothing in subsection (2) affects the jurisdiction of the court. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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If the lender sells the land by public auction or by private sale the lender will use the amount received from the sale to pay
and will pay any surplus
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(5) | If the money available to pay the mortgage money after payment of the commission, adjustments and expenses referred to in subsection (4)(a) to (c) is not sufficient to pay all the mortgage money, the borrower will pay to the lender on demand the amount of the deficiency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) | The borrower will pay to the lender on demand all expenses and costs incurred by the lender in enforcing this mortgage. These expenses and costs include the lender's cost of taking and keep¬ing possession of the land, the cost of the time and services of the lender or the lender's employees for so doing, the lender's legal fees and disbursements on a solicitor and client basis, unless the court allows legal fees and disbursements be paid on a different basis, and all other costs and expenses incurred by the lender to protect the lender's interest under this mortgage. These expenses and costs will be added to the principal amount, be payable on demand and bear interest until they are fully paid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(7) | If the lender obtains judgment against the borrower as a result of a default, the remedies described in subsection (2) may con¬tinue to be used by the lender to compel the borrower to perform the borrower's promises and agreements. The lender will continue to be entitled to receive interest on the mortgage money until the judgment is paid in full. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) | If the lender does not exercise any of the lender's rights on the happening of a default or does not ask the borrower to cure it, the lender is not prevented from later compelling the borrower to cure that default or exercising any of those rights in connection with that default or any later default of the same or any other kind. |
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Construction of buildings or improvements
(1) | The borrower will not construct, alter or add to any build¬ings or improvements on the land without the prior written consent of the lender, and then only in accordance with accepted construction standards, building codes and municipal or government requirements and plans and specifications approved by the lender. |
(2) | If this mortgage is intended to finance any construction, alteration or addition, the lender may make advances of the principal amount to the borrower based on the progress of construction. The lender will decide whether or not any advances will be made, the amount of the advances, and when they will be made. |
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(1) | This section applies if the interest mortgaged shown in the mortgage form is or includes a leasehold interest. | ||||||||||||
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The borrower represents to the lender that
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The borrower will
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(4) | Any default under the lease is a default under this mortgage. | ||||||||||||
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The borrower promises the lender that the borrower will not, without first obtaining the written consent of the lender
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(6) | The lender may perform any promise or agreement of the borrower under the lease. | ||||||||||||
(7) | Nothing done by the lender under this section will make the lender a mortgagee in possession. |
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(1) | The borrower appoints both the lender and any agent of the lender as the borrower's attorney to appoint a receiver of the land. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The lender or the lender's agent may, if any default happens, appoint a receiver of the land and the receiver
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From income received the receiver may do any of the following in any order the receiver chooses:
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(4) | The receiver may borrow money for the purpose of doing anything the receiver is authorized to do. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(5) | Any money borrowed by the receiver, and any interest charged on that money and all the costs of borrowing, will be added to and be part of the mortgage money. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(6) | A receiver appointed by the lender may be removed by the lender and the lender may appoint another in the receiver's place. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(7) | The commission and disbursements of the receiver will be a charge on the land and will bear interest at the interest rate. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(8) | Nothing done by the receiver under this section will make the lender a mortgagee in possession. |
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(1) | This section applies if the land described in the mortgage form is or becomes a strata lot created under the Condominium Act. |
(2) | The borrower will fulfill all of the borrower's obligations as a strata lot owner under the Condominium Act and the bylaws, rules and regulations of the strata corporation and will pay all money owed by the borrower to the strata corporation. |
(3) | The borrower gives to the lender the right to vote for the borrower under the bylaws of the strata corporation, but the lender is not required to do so or to attend or vote at any meeting or to protect the borrower's interest. |
(4) | At the request of the lender, the borrower will give the lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other documents given by the strata corporation to the borrower. |
(5) | The borrower appoints the lender to be the borrower's agent to inspect or obtain copies of any records or other documents of the strata corporation that the borrower is entitled to inspect or obtain. |
(6) | If the strata corporation transfers, charges or adds to the common property, or amends its bylaws without the consent of the lender, and if, in the lender's opinion, the value of the land is reduced, the mortgage money shall, at the lender's option, immediately become due and payable to the lender on demand. |
(7) | Nothing done by the lender under this section will make the lender a mortgagee in possession. |
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If the land is subdivided
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(2) | Even though the lender is not required to discharge any subdivided lot from this mortgage, the lender may agree to do so in return for payment of all or a part of the mortgage money. If the lender discharges a subdivided lot, this mortgage will continue to charge the subdivided lot or lots that have not been discharged. |
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If the mortgage form states that this mortgage secures a current or running account, the lender may, on one or more occasions, advance and readvance all or part of the principal amount and this mortgage
(a) | will be security for payment of the principal amount as advanced and readvanced and for all other money payable to the lender under this mortgage, | ||||
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will not be considered to have been redeemed only because
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(c) | remains effective security for further advances and readvances until the borrower has received a discharge of this mortgage. |
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Covenantor's promises and agreements
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As the lender would not have agreed to lend the principal amount to the borrower without the promises of the covenantor and in consideration of the lender advancing all or part of the principal amount to the borrower at the request of the covenantor, the covenantor promises
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The covenantor agrees that, with or without notice, the following shall in no way affect any of the promises of the covenantor or the liability of the covenantor to the lender:
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(3) | All the covenantor's promises shall be binding on the covenantor until all the mortgage money is fully paid to the lender. | ||||||||||||
(4) | The covenantor is a primary debtor to the same extent as if the covenantor had signed this mortgage as a borrower and is not merely a guarantor or a surety, and the covenantor's promises and agreements are joint and several with the borrower's promises and agreements. This means that the covenantor and the borrower are both liable to perform all the borrower's promises and agreements. | ||||||||||||
(5) | If more than one person signs the mortgage form as covenantor, the promises are both joint and several. |
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(1) | This mortgage binds the borrower and the covenantor and their successors, executors, administrators and assigns. |
(2) | Each person who signs this mortgage as a borrower is jointly and severally liable for all of the borrower's promises and agree¬ments as though each such borrower had been the only borrower to sign. |
(3) | If any part of this mortgage is not enforceable all other parts will remain in effect and be enforceable against the borrower and any covenantor. |