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Ralph Osterling Consultants, Inc. TERMS AND CONDITIONS The following terms and conditions apply to all oral and written reports and correspondence pertaining to the consultations, inspections and activities of Ralph Osterling Consultants, Inc. hereinafter referred to as"ROC". 1. Any legal description provided to the consultant is assumed to be correct. No responsibility is assumed for matters legal in character nor is any opinion rendered as to the quality of any title. 2. It is assumed that any property referred to in any report or in conjunction with any services performed by ROC, is not in violation of any applicable codes, ordinances, statutes, or other governmental regulations, and that any titles and ownership to any property are assumed to be good and marketable. Any existing liens and encumbrances have been disregarded. 3. Possession of this report or a copy thereof does not imply any right of publication or use for any purpose,without the express permission of the consultant and the client to whom the report was issued. Loss, removal or alteration of any part of a report invalidates the entire appraisal/evaluation. 4. The scope of any report or other correspondence is limited to the trees and conditions specifically mentioned in those reports and correspondence. ROC and the consultant assume no liability for the failure of trees or parts of trees, either inspected or otherwise. The consultant assumes no responsibility to report on the condition of any tree or landscape feature not specifically requested by the named client. 5. No tree described in this report was climbed, unless otherwise stated. We cannot take responsibility for any defects,which could only have been discovered by climbing. A full roots collar inspection, consisting of excavating the soil around the tree to uncover the root collar and major buttress roots was not performed unless otherwise stated. We cannot take responsibility for any root defects,which could only have been discovered by such an inspection. 6. The consultant shall not be required to provide further documentation, give testimony, be deposed, or attend court by reason of this appraisal/report unless subsequent contractual arrangements are made, including payment of additional fees for such services as described by the consultant or in the fee schedules or contract. 7. ROC offers no guarantees or warrantees, either expressed or implied, as to the suitability of the information contained in the reports for any purpose. It remains the responsibility of the client to determine applicability to his/her particular case. 8. Any report and the values, observations, and recommendations expressed therein represent the professional opinion of the consultants, and the fee for services is in no manner contingent upon the reporting of a specified value nor upon any particular finding to be reported. 9. Any photographs,diagrams, graphs, sketches, or other graphic material included in any report, being intended solely as visual aids, are not necessarily to scale and should not be construed as engineering reports or surveys, unless otherwise noted in the report. Any reproductions of graphs material or the work produce of any other persons is intended solely for the purpose of clarification and ease of reference. Inclusion of said information does not constitute a representation by ROC or the consultant as to the sufficiency or accuracy of that information. 10. Trees can be managed, but they cannot be controlled. To live near trees is to accept some degree of risk. The only way to eliminate all risk associated with trees is to eliminate all trees. 11. Payment terms are net payable upon receipt of invoice. All balances due beyond 30 days of invoice date will be charged a service fee of 1.5 percent per month (18.0%APR). All checks returned for insufficient funds or any other reason will be subject to a$25.00 service fee. Advance payment of fees may be required in some cases. Ralph Osterling Consultants,Inc. 113