ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS; ACCOUNTS. Section 3.01 The Servicer to act as Servicer of the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Properties are located (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the “Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class I-P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group I Mortgage Loan) or for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group II-V Mortgage Loan), by depositing such amount into the related Custodial Account within ninety (90) days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five percent (5%) of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the “Accepted Servicing Practices”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to it any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel applicable to all locations in which the Mortgaged Properties are located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Servicer, while the Servicer is acting pursuant to the powers granted to it in this paragraph. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.27, and further as provided in Section 3.32. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS; ACCOUNTS. Section 3.01 The Servicer to act as Servicer of the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Properties are located (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the “Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class I-P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group I Mortgage Loan) or for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group II-V Mortgage Loan)Certificates, by depositing such amount into the related Custodial Account within ninety (90) 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five percent (5%) % of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Mortgage Loan Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the “Accepted Servicing Practices”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to it the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel applicable to all locations for each county in which the a Mortgaged Properties are Property related to Mortgage Loan is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Servicer, while the Servicer is acting pursuant to the powers granted to it in this paragraph. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.27, and further as provided in Section 3.32. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS; ACCOUNTS. Section 3.01 SECTION 3.01. The Servicer to act Act as Servicer of a Servicer. From and after the Closing Date until the day preceding the Servicing Transfer Date, the Mortgage LoansLoans will be serviced and administered by the Interim Servicers pursuant to the Servicing Agreements and the Servicer will have no responsibility to service and administer the Mortgage Loans during this period. The On and after the Servicing Transfer Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction in which Servicer may have with the related Mortgaged Properties are located Mortgagor;
(including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder.
(v) To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related the Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered "predatory" pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If a the Servicer waives any Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of other than pursuant to the standards described standard set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethis Section 3.01, then the Servicer is required to will pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the “Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount”)Charge, from its own funds without any right of reimbursement, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class I-P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group I Mortgage Loan) or for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group II-V Mortgage Loan)Certificates, by depositing such amount into the related Custodial Collection Account within ninety (90) 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Servicer or receipt of notice or discovery by the Servicer of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; providedbreach. Furthermore, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five percent (5%) of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence this paragraph shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the Mortgage Note related to a Mortgage Loan is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in the Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, the Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference, and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of any uncollected Prepayment Charge if the failure to collect such amount is the direct result of inaccurate or incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the “"Accepted Servicing Practices”") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage LoansLoans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and with respect to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the related Mortgaged Properties held Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to it any special or limited powers the Servicer a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel applicable to all locations in which the Mortgaged Properties are located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer hereunder and submitted furnished to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Servicer, while and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer is acting pursuant to under such powers of attorney and shall be indemnified by the powers granted to it Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in this paragraphconnection with the Servicer's use or misuse of any such power of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.273.07, and further as provided in Section 3.323.09; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the startup date" under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee's right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. From and after the Servicing Transfer Date, the Servicer will fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp Series 2004-He3)
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS; ACCOUNTS. Section 3.01 The Servicer to act as Servicer of the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Properties are located (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the “Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class I-P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group I Mortgage Loan) or for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group II-V Mortgage Loan)Certificates, by depositing such amount into the related Custodial Account within ninety (90) days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five percent (5%) % of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Mortgage Loan Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the “Accepted Servicing Practices”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to it the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel applicable to all locations for each county in which the a Mortgaged Properties are Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Servicer, while the Servicer is acting pursuant to the powers granted to it in this paragraph. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.27, and further as provided in Section 3.32. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS; ACCOUNTS. Section 3.01 The Servicer to act as Servicer of the Related Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall service and administer the applicable Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction in which where the related Mortgaged Properties are Property is located (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or Servicer, (iii) the Servicer of the related Mortgage Loan reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iv) the Servicer has not been provided with information sufficient to enable it to collect the Prepayment Charge. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the “"Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount”"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class I-P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group I Mortgage Loan) or for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group II-V Mortgage Loan)Certificates, by depositing such amount into the related Custodial Account within ninety (90) days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five five-percent (5%) of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Mortgage Loan Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the “"Accepted Servicing Practices”") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to it any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel applicable to all locations form of Exhibit M hereto for each county in which the a Mortgaged Properties are Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the that Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the any Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the any Servicer, while the Servicer is acting pursuant to the powers granted to it in this paragraph. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans is serviced by the Servicer in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.27, and further as provided in Section 3.32. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc.)
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS; ACCOUNTS. Section 3.01 The Servicer to act as Servicer of the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Properties are located (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the “Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class I-P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group I Mortgage Loan) or for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates (in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Group II-V Mortgage Loan)Certificates, by depositing such amount into the related Custodial Account within ninety (90) 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five percent (5%) % of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Mortgage Loan Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the “Accepted Servicing Practices”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to it the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel applicable to all locations for each county in which the a Mortgaged Properties are Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Servicer, while the Servicer is acting pursuant to the powers granted to it in this paragraph. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.27, and further as provided in Section 3.32. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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