EXHIBIT 99.2

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Thomas A. Klemens, state and attest that:

(1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
     The First American Corporation, and except as corrected or supplemented in
     a subsequent covered report:

     .    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
          of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
          report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
          which it was filed); and

     .    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
          the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
          covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
          definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was field).

(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
     committee.

(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
     the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

     .    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, of
          The First American Corporation, filed with the Commission on March 29,
          2002;

     .    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
          proxy materials of The First American Corporation filed with the
          Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above;
          and

     .    any amendments to any of the foregoing.



/s/ Thomas A. Klemens                            Subscribed and sworn to
------------------------------------             before me this 12th day of
Thomas A. Klemens                                August 2002.
Senior Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 12, 2002
                                                 /s/ Colleen R. Suiste
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                                                 Notary Public

                                                 My Commission Expires:

                                                 November 19, 2004
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