Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts. (b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items. (c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. (d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account. (e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Jp Morgan Chase Com Mort Sec Corp Ps THR Certs Ser 2003-Ln1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Jp Morgan Chase Com Mort Sec Corp Ps THR Certs Ser 2003-Ln1)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). Each Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all otherwise unapplied collections from the Mortgagors, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedincluding amounts collected for the payment of taxes, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by each Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as Trustee of Taxes and Insurance Custodial Account for borrowers and for NAMC or PHH, as the case may be (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for NAMC or PHH, as the case may be, as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the relevant Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. Each Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to transfer previously unapplied collections to a Protected Account, to reimburse the Trustee and then the relevant Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). The Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all otherwise unapplied collections from the Mortgagors, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedincluding amounts collected for the payment of taxes, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as a custodial account for borrowers and for the Master Servicer (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for the Master Servicer as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. The Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to transfer previously unapplied collections to a Protected Account, to reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). The Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedassessments, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as Trustee of Taxes and Insurance Custodial Account for borrowers and for [ ] (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for [ ] as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. The Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "“Servicing Accounts"”), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and and, if applicable, the Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Account related to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Noteholder collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify respective interests of either noteholder therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan and the Servicing StandardsStandard. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or other than a Companion Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (and any related Companion Loan does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion LoansLoan that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard and for all each Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and each Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, the Special Master Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five (5) Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five (5) Business Days' ’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two (2) Business Day's Days’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The Special Servicer, at its option, may make Servicing Advances for Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. In the event the Special Servicer makes a determination to make such a Servicing Advance, not more than five (5) Business Days following the request of the Special Servicer (which request shall not be made more than once per calendar month and shall be part of the same request that is otherwise made for such month pursuant to the above provisions of this paragraph), the Master Servicer shall, subject to its right to make a nonrecoverability determination as provided in the succeeding paragraph, reimburse the Special Servicer for such Servicing Advances along with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate and the Master Servicer shall thereafter be entitled to reimbursement of such Servicing Advances in the same manner and as if the Master Servicer had made such Servicing Advances originally. In addition, in connection with any request by the Special Servicer for the disbursement or reimbursement of any Servicing Advance pursuant to the above provisions, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that but such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, and shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.053.05(a). No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating Certificate Administrator’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or related Companion LoansLoan, if applicable, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or related Companion Loans Loan, if applicable, so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer for, or to make at the direction of the Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if the Master Servicer determines that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Servicing AdvancesAdvance shall be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by a Companion Loan Paying Agent, if applicable) (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard (as evidenced by an Officer's ’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable applicable, the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of Section 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided The parties acknowledge that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loanapplicable Non-Serviced Pooling Agreement, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required obligated to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant make servicing advances with respect to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.related
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-Lc9), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-Lc9)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "“Servicing Accounts"”), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and the related Subordinate Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Subordinate Companion Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Subordinate Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Subordinate Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Subordinate Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Subordinate Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Subordinate Companion Loan)Loan that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Subordinate Companion Loan)Loan that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or and the related Subordinate Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the related Subordinate Companion Loan and the Servicing StandardsStandard. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a and the related Subordinate Companion Loan) does Loan do not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and each Subordinate Companion LoansLoan that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard and for all each Mortgage LoansLoan and AB Whole Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five (5) Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five (5) Business Days' ’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two (2) Business Day's Days’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The Special Servicer, at its option, may make Servicing Advances for Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. In the event the Special Servicer makes a determination to make such a Servicing Advance, not more than five (5) Business Days following the request of the Special Servicer (which request shall not be made more than once per calendar month and shall be part of the same request that is otherwise made for such month pursuant to the above provisions of this paragraph), the Master Servicer shall, subject to its right to make a nonrecoverability determination as provided in the succeeding paragraph, reimburse the Special Servicer for such Servicing Advances along with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate and the Master Servicer shall thereafter be entitled to reimbursement of such Servicing Advances in the same manner and as if the Master Servicer had made such Servicing Advances originally. In addition, in connection with any request by the Special Servicer for the disbursement or reimbursement of any Servicing Advance pursuant to the above provisions, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.053.05(a). No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating Certificate Administrator’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Subordinate Companion LoansLoan, if applicable, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Subordinate Companion Loans Loan, if applicable so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer for, or to make at the direction of the Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if the Master Servicer determines that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Servicing AdvancesAdvance shall be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (or any Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by a Subordinate Companion Loan Paying Agent, if applicable) (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard (as evidenced by an Officer's ’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable applicable, the related Subordinate Companion Loan Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of Section 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee Trustee, the Special Servicer and then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Subject to Section 3.19(c), the Master Servicer shall reimburse itself itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAccount (or any Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Subordinate Companion Loan Paying Agent, if applicable) subject to the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan and the related Subordinate Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-Cibx), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-Cibx)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "“Servicing Accounts"”), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts or, solely with respect to accounts related to Mortgage Loans serviced by KeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc. in its capacity as a Sub-Servicer hereunder, Sub-Servicer Eligible Accounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing StandardsStandard. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard and for all Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' ’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The Special Servicer, at its option, may make Servicing Advances for Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. In the event the Special Servicer makes a determination to make such a Servicing Advance, not more than five Business Days following the request of the Special Servicer (which request shall not be made more than once per calendar month and shall be part of the same request that is otherwise made for such month pursuant to the above provisions of this paragraph), the Master Servicer shall, subject to its right to make a nonrecoverability determination as provided in the succeeding paragraph, reimburse the Special Servicer for such Servicing Advances along with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate and the Master Servicer shall thereafter be entitled to reimbursement of such Servicing Advances in the same manner and as if the Master Servicer had made such Servicing Advances originally. In addition, in connection with any request by the Special Servicer for the disbursement or reimbursement of any Servicing Advance pursuant to the above provisions, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.053.05(a). No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating ’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer for, or to make at the direction of the Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if the Master Servicer determines that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Servicing AdvancesAdvance shall be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard (as evidenced by an Officer's ’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders)Certificateholders, all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(cSection 3.19(b). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Subject to Section 3.19(b), the Master Servicer shall reimburse itself itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAccount subject to the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2011-C5), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2011-C5)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "“Servicing Accounts"”), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and and, if applicable, the Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Account related to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Noteholder collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify respective interests of either noteholder therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, Other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, Master Servicer shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan and the Servicing StandardsStandard. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or other than a Companion Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Companion Loan does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion LoansLoan that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard and for all each Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and each Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, the Special Master Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five (5) Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five (5) Business Days' ’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two (2) Business Day's Days’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The Special Servicer, at its option, may make Servicing Advances for Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. In the event the Special Servicer makes a determination to make such a Servicing Advance, not more than five (5) Business Days following the request of the Special Servicer (which request shall not be made more than once per calendar month and shall be part of the same request that is otherwise made for such month pursuant to the above provisions of this paragraph), the Master Servicer shall, subject to its right to make a nonrecoverability determination as provided in the succeeding paragraph, reimburse the Special Servicer for such Servicing Advances along with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate and the Master Servicer shall thereafter be entitled to reimbursement of such Servicing Advances in the same manner and as if the Master Servicer had made such Servicing Advances originally. In addition, in connection with any request by the Special Servicer for the disbursement or reimbursement of any Servicing Advance pursuant to the above provisions, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that but such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, and shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.053.05(a). No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating Certificate Administrator’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Companion LoansLoan, if applicable, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Companion Loans Loan, if applicable, so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer for, or to make at the direction of the Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if the Master Servicer determines that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Servicing AdvancesAdvance shall be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by a Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard (as evidenced by an Officer's ’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable applicable, the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.of
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C12), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C12)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special applicable Master Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the applicable Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; , (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, each Master Servicer, with respect to the Servicer Mortgage Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the such Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the applicable Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)) that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the applicable Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) Loan does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion LoansLoans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans and Loan Pairs that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, the applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, provided further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the applicable Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the such Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the such Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, provided further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The applicable Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the applicable Master Servicer and or the Trustee with such information in its possession as the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, may reasonably request to enable the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the any Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon the Serviceron such Master Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the applicable Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special such Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon such Master Servicer, but shall no way limit the Servicerability of such Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the applicable Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying AgentTrustee's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the applicable Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the applicable Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation under this Agreement to make any Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the any Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the applicable Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the such Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the such Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided provided, that in each instance, such Master Servicer or the Servicer Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Each Master Servicer or the Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of Section 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the applicable Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and Trustee, then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the such Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Subject to Section 3.19(c), each Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the applicable Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the applicable Master Servicer shall shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standards, determine whether the related Mortgagor has failed to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan and report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004the making of the request for written confirmation.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-Ldp5), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-Ldp5)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Accounts related to any Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holder, but this shall not be construed to modify their respective interests therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee Co-Trustee, and then the Servicer or Special applicable Master Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the applicable Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, each Master Servicer, with respect to the Servicer Mortgage Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the such Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the applicable Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)) that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the applicable Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or Companion Loan. The applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion LoansLoans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, Loans (other than the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and Serviced Whole Loans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, the Special applicable Master Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, insurance premiums and rents under any Ground Lease, the applicable Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of (1) five Business Days after the such Master Servicer, the Special Servicer Servicer, the Trustee or the Co-Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or (2) the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments or after which a lapse in insurance coverage or a breach under any Ground Lease would occur as a result of a failure to pay such taxes, assessments, premiums or payments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer applicable Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Co-Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the such Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The applicable Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the applicable Master Servicer and the Co-Trustee with such information in its possession as the such Master Servicer or the Co-Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, may reasonably request to enable the such Master Servicer or the Co-Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the any Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon the Serviceron such Master Servicer or Co-Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the applicable Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special such Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon such Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the ability of such Master Servicer, in the absence of such determination, to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the applicable Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying AgentTrustee's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the applicable Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Co-Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Co-Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the applicable Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advancesnonrecoverability determinations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the The Special Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) required to make a payment out of Servicing Advances under this Agreement but may make such Servicing Advances at its option in which event the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the applicable Master Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, shall reimburse the Special Servicer has notified for such Servicing Advance as provided below. No later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) first Determination Date that follows the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) date on which it makes any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO LoansAdvance, the Special Servicer shall make provide the foregoing determination as appropriate and applicable Master Servicer an Officer's Certificate setting forth the details of the Servicing Advance, upon which such Master Servicer may conclusively rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and in reimbursing the Special Servicer, as the case may be, . The applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to receiveobligated, out of its own funds, to reimburse the Special Servicer for any amounts then on deposit in unreimbursed Servicing Advances (other than Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances) made by the Certificate Account, Special Servicer together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Any such reimbursement, together with any accompanying payment of interest, shall be made by the applicable Master Servicer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Special Servicer, no later than the first P&I Advance Date that is at least three (3) Business Days after the date on which such Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or receives the Trusteecorresponding Officer's Certificate contemplated by the prior sentence; provided that any such Officer's Certificate received after 1:00 p.m., as the case may beNew York City time, on any particular date shall, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms purposes of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure reimbursement, be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day. Upon its reimbursement to the Special Servicer within of any Servicing Advance and payment to the Special Servicer of interest thereon, the applicable Master Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have made such Servicing Advance at the same time as the Special Servicer actually made such Servicing Advance, and accordingly, such Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such Servicing Advance, together with interest accrued thereon, at the same time, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Master Servicer would otherwise have been entitled if it had actually made such Servicing Advance at the time the Special Servicer did. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), a reasonable time after April 15Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer for, 2004or to make at the direction of the Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if such Master Servicer determines that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The subject Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a).
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-Ldp10), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-Ldp10)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee Trustee, and then the Servicer or Special Master Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; , (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan) (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan) and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan (other than the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan). The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (other than the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan) or a Companion Loan) Loan does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans (other than the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan) and Loan Pairs, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, provided further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, provided further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation under this Agreement to make any Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided provided, that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of Section 3.19(c). With The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance in accordance with Section 3.03(d). The parties acknowledge that pursuant to the Universal Hotel Portfolio Pooling Agreement, the Universal Hotel Portfolio Master Servicer is obligated to make servicing advances with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Universal Hotel Portfolio Whole Loan. The Universal Hotel Portfolio Master Servicer shall make be entitled to reimbursement for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances with respect to the foregoing determination as appropriate Universal Hotel Portfolio Whole Loan (with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the Universal Hotel Portfolio Pooling Agreement) in the manner set forth in the Universal Hotel Portfolio Pooling Agreement and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the ServicerUniversal Hotel Portfolio Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan (other than the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan (other than the Universal Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standards, determine whether the related Mortgagor has failed to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan and report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April the later of December 15, 20042005 and the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or have been taken or completed.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp Series 2005-Ldp3), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp Series 2005-Ldp3)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "“Servicing Accounts"”), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and and, if applicable, the Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Account related to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Noteholder collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify respective interests of either noteholder therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, Other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, Master Servicer shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan and the Servicing StandardsStandard. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or other than a Companion Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Companion Loan does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion LoansLoan that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard and for all each Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and each Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, the Special Master Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five (5) Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five (5) Business Days' ’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two (2) Business Day's Days’ written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; basis provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances. In addition, in connection with any request by the Special Servicer for the disbursement of any Servicing Advance pursuant to the above provisions, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that but such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, and shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.053.05(a). No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating Certificate Administrator’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Companion LoansLoan, if applicable, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Companion Loans Loan, if applicable, so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advancesunder this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by a Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard (as evidenced by an Officer's ’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable applicable, the Companion Holders), all as a collective wholewhole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans, as the case may be). The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of Section 3.19(c). With The parties acknowledge that pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced Pooling Agreement, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer is obligated to make servicing advances with respect to Specially the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Whole Loan. The applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer shall make be entitled to reimbursement for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan (with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the foregoing determination as appropriate applicable Non-Serviced Pooling Agreement) in the manner set forth in the applicable Non-Serviced Pooling Agreement and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicerapplicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee Trustee, the Special Servicer and then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may bebe and in that order, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Subject to Section 3.19(c), the Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAccount (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) subject to the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein. To the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account with respect to the related Companion Loan are insufficient for any such reimbursement, the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to enforce the rights of the holder of the related Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain any reimbursement available from the holder of the related Companion Loan.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-C22), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-C21)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan) documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than the REO Loan succeeding the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan) (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan) (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan) or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, Master Servicer shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan) (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its optionin the case of emergency advances as specified below) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). If the Special Servicer makes more than one request for an emergency Servicing Advance per month or if an emergency request for a Servicing Advance is made with less than two Business Days' notice to the Master Servicer, then the Special Servicer shall make such emergency Servicing Advance and the Master Servicer shall reimburse the Special Servicer for the emergency Servicing Advance together with interest on such Servicing Advance within five (5) Business Days of the Special Servicer's written request, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the Master Servicer. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Master Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due (including any applicable cure periods) shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advancesdeterminations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Master Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer. The parties acknowledge that pursuant to the LB-UBS 2004-C2 PSA, the LB-UBS 2004-C2 Master Servicer is obligated to make servicing advances with respect to the Somerset Collection Whole Loan. The LB-UBS 2004-C2 Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Certificate Account for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (as and when determined under the Somerset Collection Co-Lender Agreement and the LB-UBS 2004-C2 PSA) with respect to the Somerset Collection Whole Loan (with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the LB-UBS 2004-C2 PSA) in the manner set forth in the LB-UBS 2004-C2 PSA and the Somerset Collection Co-Lender Agreement; provided that, to the extent that the LB-UBS 2004-C2 Master Servicer or the LB-UBS 2004-C2 Special Servicer is entitled to reimbursement from the Trust Fund, such reimbursement shall be made, as applicable, from general collections on deposit in the Certificate Account, as though such reimbursement was for a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance under this Agreement, and such reimbursement shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate AccountAccount or, if applicable, the Republic Plaza Collection Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account and the Republic Plaza Collection Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan (other than the Somerset Collection Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April November 15, 2004.
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Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Accounts related to the Bank of America Plaza Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Bank of America Plaza Companion Noteholder collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify their respective interests therein as set forth in the Bank of America Plaza Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans and Loan Pairs, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advancesunder this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Subject to Section 3.19(c), the Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAccount subject to the Master Servicer's or the Trustee's options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standards, determine whether the related Mortgagor has failed to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan and report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004the making of the request for written confirmation.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-Cibc17)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Accounts related to the CenterPoint I Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the CenterPoint I Companion Noteholders, but this shall not be construed to modify their respective interests therein as set forth in the CenterPoint I Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee Trustee, and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the Houston Galleria Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans other than the Houston Galleria Mortgage Loan (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the Houston Galleria Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, other than the Houston Galleria Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (other than the Houston Galleria Mortgage Loan or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans (other than the Houston Galleria Mortgage Loan) and Loan Pairs, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer, in the absence of such determination, to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective wholenonrecoverability determinations. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall not make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAdvances under this Agreement.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-Cibc14)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). The Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedassessments, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as Trustee of Taxes and Insurance Custodial Account for borrowers and for ICI Funding (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for ICI Funding as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. The Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special a Sub- Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts unless not permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; , (vi) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause enforce the requirement of the related Mortgage that the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option, except as provided herein) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each the P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount for which the Servicer may rely conclusively on the Special Servicer's determination that such Servicing Advance shall not constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance) with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two if less than five (5) Business Day's written (facsimile) Days' notice is given, such Servicing Advance shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made by the Special Servicer on an emergency or urgent basis, and the Servicer shall reimburse the Special Servicer for the emergency Servicing Advance together with interest on such Servicing Advance within five (5) Business Days of the Special Servicer's written request; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance (including a Servicing Advance pursuant to the third paragraph of this Section 3.03(c)) as and when due (including any applicable cure periods) shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below Servicing Advance notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a such Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure)Advance, where making such expenditure Servicing Advance would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; , provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure Servicing Advance is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective wholeCertificateholders. The Servicer may elect shall be entitled to obtain reimbursement of for such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from Advance in accordance with Section 3.03(d). If the Trust Fund 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xxxls to make a "Servicing Advance" (as defined under the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxreement) it is required to make with respect to the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxn or the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxoperty pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxreement and the Servicer has not received written notice from the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xxxt such servicing advance would be nonrecoverable and based on information available to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loansthe Servicer, the Special Servicer has not determined such servicing advance to be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Servicer shall make the foregoing determination such servicing advance as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicera Servicing Advance.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and then the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standards, determine whether the related Mortgagor has failed to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan and report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April the later of June 15, 20042003, and the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.
(f) With respect to the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxn, the Servicer shall make payment of costs and expenses owed by the Trust Fund as the holder of the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxn, including any costs and expenses as such holder under the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xx-Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx xxd the 75/101 Federax Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxreement, as a Servicing Advance, and if such Servicing Advance is determined to be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, such Servicing Advance shall be an additional trust fund expense.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Jp Morgan Chase Com Mort Sec Corp Pas THR Cer Ser 2002-C2)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee Trustee, then the Master Servicer, and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing AdvancesAdvances from amounts recovered from the related Mortgagor that represent late collections of the amounts in respect of which such Servicing Advance was made; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans and Loan Pairs, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation under this Agreement to make any Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAccount subject to the Master Servicer's or the Trustee's (as applicable) options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April September 15, 20042005.
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Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts unless not permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; , (vi) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the related REO Account (with respect to REO Loans, to the extent of funds available therefrom) or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause enforce the requirement of the related Mortgage that the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its optionas provided herein) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each the P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount amount) (for which the Servicer may rely conclusively on the Special Servicer's determination that such Servicing Advance shall not constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance) with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two if less than five (5) Business Day's written (facsimile) Days' notice is given, such Servicing Advance shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made by the Special Servicer on an emergency or urgent basis, and the Servicer shall reimburse the Special Servicer for the emergency Servicing Advance together with interest on such Servicing Advance within five (5) Business Days of the Special Servicer's written request; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the The Special Servicer shall promptly report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans Loan so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due (including any applicable cure periods) shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below Servicing Advance notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a such Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure)Advance, where making such expenditure Servicing Advance would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; , provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure Servicing Advance is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective wholeCertificateholders. The Servicer may elect shall be entitled to obtain reimbursement of for such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(cAdvance in accordance with Section 3.03(d). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and then the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standards, determine whether the related Mortgagor has failed to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan and report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April the later of January 15, 2004, and the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Jp Morgan Chase Comm Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003-Pm1)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee Trustee, and then the Servicer or Special applicable Master Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the applicable Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; , (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, each Master Servicer, with respect to the Servicer Mortgage Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the such Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the applicable Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)) that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the applicable Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) Loan does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion LoansLoans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans and Loan Pairs that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, the applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the applicable Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the such Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the such Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The applicable Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, may reasonably request to enable the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the any Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon the Serviceron such Master Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the applicable Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special such Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon such Master Servicer, but shall no way limit the Servicerability of such Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the applicable Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the applicable Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the applicable Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation under this Agreement to make any Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the any Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the applicable Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the such Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the such Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided provided, that in each instance, such Master Servicer or the Servicer Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Each Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the applicable Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the such Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Each Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the applicable Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the applicable Master Servicer shall shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standards, determine whether the related Mortgagor has failed to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan and report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004the making of the request for written confirmation.
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Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special applicable Master Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the applicable Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the each Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the such Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the applicable Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the 599 Lexington Avenue Mortgage Loan and the AmeriCold Portfolio Mortgage Xxxx), xxx xxx xxxxicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than the 599 Lexington Avenue Mortgage Loan and each Companion the AmeriCold Portfolio Mortgage Xxxx) (xxx xxxx Xxxpanion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding the 599 Lexington Avenue Mortgage Loan and the AmeriCold Portfolio Mortgage Xxxx), xxx xxx xxxxicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the applicable Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the applicable Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion (other than the 599 Lexington Avenue Mortgage Loan and the AmeriCold Portfolio Mortgage Xxxx) xx Xxxxxxxxx Loan. The applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion other than the 599 Lexington Avenue Mortgage Loan and the AmeriCold Portfolio Mortgage Xxxx) (xx x Xxxxxxxon Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans (other than the 599 Lexington Avenue Mortgage Loan and the AmeriCold Portfolio Mortgage Xxxx) xxx Xxxx Xxxxs, the applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the applicable Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the such Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the such Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The applicable Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the any Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon the Serviceron such Master Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the applicable Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special such Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon such Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the Servicerability of such Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the applicable Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the applicable Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the applicable Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective wholenonrecoverability determinations. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAdvances under this Agreement.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-Cibc19)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). Each Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all otherwise unapplied collections from the Mortgagors, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedincluding amounts collected for the payment of taxes, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account held in trust by each Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as Trustee of Taxes and Insurance Custodial Account for borrowers and for CMC or IndyMac, as the case may be (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for CMC or IndyMac, as the case may be, as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the relevant Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. Each Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to transfer previously unapplied collections to a Protected Account, to reimburse the Trustee and then the relevant Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so requiredAccounts, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw remove any amounts deposited in error; , or (vii) to clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Accounts related to the One & Two Prudential Plaza Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the One & Two Prudential Plaza A2 Noteholder, but this shall not be construed to modify their respective interests therein as set forth in the One & Two Prudential Plaza Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee Trustee, and then the Servicer or Special applicable Master Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the applicable Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, each Master Servicer, with respect to the Servicer Mortgage Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the such Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the applicable Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)) that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the applicable Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion LoansLoans that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans and Loan Pairs that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, the applicable Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, insurance premiums and rents under any Ground Lease, the applicable Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later earlier of (1) five Business Days after the such Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or (2) the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments or after which a lapse in insurance coverage or a breach under any Ground Lease would occur as a result of a failure to pay such taxes, assessments, premiums or payments. The Special Servicer shall give the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the such Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The applicable Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, may reasonably request to enable the such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the any Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon the Serviceron such Master Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the applicable Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special such Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon such Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the ability of such Master Servicer, in the absence of such determination, to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the applicable Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the applicable Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the applicable Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation under this Agreement to make any Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the any Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the applicable Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the such Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the such Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, such Master Servicer or the Servicer Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Each Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of Section 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the applicable Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the such Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The If there are insufficient funds to reimburse the Trustee or a Master Servicer interest at the Reimbursement Rate out of the applicable Certificate Account, such party shall be entitled to receive the amounts referred to in this Section 3.03(d) out of amounts then on deposit in the other Certificate Account. Subject to Section 3.19(c), each Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the applicable Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the applicable Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-Ldp7)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). The Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all otherwise unapplied collections from the Mortgagors, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedincluding amounts collected for the payment of taxes, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as a custodial account for borrowers and for the Master Servicer (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for the Master Servicer as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. The Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to transfer previously unapplied collections to a Protected Account, to reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2003 -Abf1)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). The Master Servicer or a Sub- Servicer will deposit and retain therein all otherwise unapplied collections from the Mortgagors, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedincluding amounts collected for the payment of taxes, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as Trustee of Taxes and Insurance Custodial Account for borrowers and for Countrywide (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for Countrywide as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub- Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. The Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to transfer previously unapplied collections to a Protected Account, to reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so requiredAccounts, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts pay earnings not required to be paid to Mortgagors to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan Master Servicer or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) to clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee Trustee, and then the Servicer or Special Master Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; , (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage LoansLoans and Loan Pairs, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation under this Agreement to make any Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be requiredrequired unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment out of from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April June 15, 20042005.
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Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). The Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedassessments, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as Trustee of Taxes and Insurance Custodial Account for borrowers and for Headlands (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for Headlands as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. The Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special a Sub- Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Terms Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall Sub-Servicers will establish and maintain maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). The Sub-Servicers will deposit and retain therein all otherwise unapplied collections from the Mortgagors, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedincluding amounts collected for the payment of taxes, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account designated as a "Mortgage Loan Servicing Account," held in trust by the Sub-Servicer, as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC or the NCUSIF, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another account in a Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. The Sub- Servicers may establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to transfer previously unapplied collections to a Protected Account, to reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) Advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (CMC Securities Corp Iii)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the Sub-Servicers to establish and maintain, in addition to the Protected Accounts, one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"). Each Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer will deposit and retain therein all otherwise unapplied collections from the Mortgagors, into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retainedincluding amounts collected for the payment of taxes, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Mortgagors.
(b) The deposits in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution in an account held in trust by each Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as Trustee of Taxes and Insurance Custodial Account for borrowers and for CMC or NBMC, as the case may be (and its successors and assigns) acting on its own behalf and for CMC or NBMC, as the case may be, as agent for holders of various pass-through securities and other interests in mortgage loans sold by it; and agent for various mortgagors, as their interests may appear or under such other designation as may be permitted by a Sub-Servicing Agreement. The amount at any time credited to a Servicing Account must be fully insured by the FDIC, or, to the extent that such deposits exceed the limits of such insurance, such excess must be (i) transferred to another fully insured account in another Designated Depository Institution or (ii) if permitted by applicable law, invested in Permitted Investments held in trust by the relevant Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment. Each Master Servicer may, or may permit a Sub-Servicer to, establish Servicing Accounts not conforming to the foregoing requirements to the extent that such Servicing Accounts are Rating Agency Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a the Servicing Account Accounts may be made only to: (i) to effect timely payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items; (ii) , to transfer previously unapplied collections to a Protected Account, to reimburse the Trustee and then the relevant Master Servicer or Special a Sub-Servicer for any Servicing Advances; (iii) advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) , to pay interest interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law Accounts or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts10.01.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan), shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. The Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documentsDocuments. Amounts on deposit in Each Servicing Accounts may only Account shall be invested maintained in accordance with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan and in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Loans, in an Eligible Account. Funds on deposit in the Servicing Accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. As and to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan Documents, the Master Servicer may make withdrawals from the Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account maintained by it, and may be made apply Escrow Payments held therein with respect to any Mortgage Loan (together with interest earned thereon), only toas follows: (i) to effect the payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums (including, premiums on any Environmental Insurance Policy), ground rents (if applicable) and comparable itemsitems in respect of the related Mortgaged Property; (ii) to reimburse the Trustee and then Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or Special Servicer the Trustee, as applicable, for any unreimbursed Servicing AdvancesAdvances made thereby (together with Advance Interest accrued thereon) with respect to such Mortgage Loan to cover any of the items described in the immediately preceding clause (i); (iii) to refund to Mortgagors the related Borrower any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) to pay interest or other income, if required and as described below, to Mortgagors the related Borrower on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below Account (or, if and to the extent not so requiredpayable to the related Borrower, to pay such interest or other income (up to the amount of any Net Investment Earnings in respect of such Servicing Account for each Collection Period) to such Master Servicer); (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under default, to pay the related principal of, accrued interest on and any other amounts payable with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; or (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; or (vii) to clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the The Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors related Borrowers interest and other income, if any, earned on the investment of funds in Servicing AccountsAccounts maintained thereby, if and to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that Documents. If the Master Servicer shall deposit in no event shall the Servicer be a Servicing Account maintained by it any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from such Servicing Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Promptly after any Escrow Payments are received by the Special Servicer from any Borrower, and in any event within two Business Days after any such receipt, the Special Servicer shall remit such Escrow Payments to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds the applicable Master Servicer for deposit in the related applicable Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing AccountsAccount(s).
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansProperties, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related REO Property or Mortgaged Property Property, as applicable, reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon (including related penalty or interest charges) and the status of insurance Insurance Policy premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereofthereof and the status of any Letters of Credit. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansProperties, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, obtain all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Servicing Accounts, as applicable, and, if such amounts are insufficient to pay such items in full, the Master Servicer as shall (subject to Section 3.04(c)) make a Servicing Advances Advance prior to the applicable penalty or termination date anddate, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loanand, in any event, consistent with the Servicing Standard. The Servicer orNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, with respect to any Mortgage Loan Loans that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loando not provide for escrows for the payment of taxes and assessments, the Special Servicer, Master Servicer shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing subject to Section 3.04(c)) make a Servicing Advance for the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms payment of such Mortgage Loan items upon the earlier of (i) five Business Days after the Master Servicer has received confirmation that such item has not been paid and (ii) the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date such payments first become due and (B) if applicable, five Business Days before the scheduled date of foreclosure of any lien arising from nonpayment of such items. In no event shall the Master Servicer or Special Servicer be required to make any such Servicing StandardsAdvance that would, if made, be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor Borrower to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance Insurance Policy premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loansas applicable, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make require that payments in respect of such items be made by the Borrower at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such itemsdue.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard and for all Mortgage LoansLoans and REO Properties, the Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Master Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute make a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any and each REO Property) Property of all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (without duplication) (i) ground rents (if applicable), (ii) premiums on Insurance Policies, (iii) operating, leasing, managing and liquidation expenses for REO Properties, (iv) environmental inspections, (v) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) thereon and (iiivi) premiums on Insurance Policiesany other amount specifically required to be paid as a Servicing Advance hereunder, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from monies in the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) Servicing Accounts are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor Borrower has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, ; provided that the particular Master Servicer shall not be required to make any such advance would notthat would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessmentsAdvance. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no not less than five Business Days' written (facsimile) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested required to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced any Mortgage Loan that the Special Servicer is required to service or any REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's written (facsimile) Days' notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis (the Special Servicer to identify any such urgent or urgent basisemergency basis to the Master Servicer at the time it notifies the Master Servicer of the need to make the Advance); and provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, ; provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer. On the first business day after the Determination Date for fourth Business Day before each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines Servicer's determination as to whether any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan Property is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, ; provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or if the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans so permit. The failure by the Servicer to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) and, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the The Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in not be responsible for any delay on the part of the Special Servicer to notify the Master Servicer of any required Servicing Advance with respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advancesto a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c)set forth herein, the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall or, at the direction of the Special Servicer, upon not less than five Business Days' (or, if payment is required to be requiredmade on an urgent or emergency basis as indicated by the Special Servicer, two Business Days') to make prior written notice if a payment Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property is involved, shall) pay directly out of the Certificate Collection Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that any servicing expense that, if paid by the Master Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure or the Special Servicer, would be constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unlesswhich shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections); provided that such payment shall be made only if the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer, with respect to if a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans Loan or REO Loans, the Special Servicer Property is involved) has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines determined in accordance with the Servicing Standards Standard that making such payment is in the best interests of the Certificateholders (or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan Combination, the Certificateholders and the related B Loan Holder) (as a collective whole), as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate promptly delivered to by the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole. The Master Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and or the Special Servicer, as the case may beapplicable, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the case may beDepositor, for each Rating Agency, the Series 2006-C2 Directing Certificateholder, any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available Requesting Subordinate Certificateholder and any affected B Loan Holder, setting forth the basis for such purpose are deposited in determination and accompanied by any information that the Certificate Account.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within may have obtained that supports such determination; and provided, further, that, if a reasonable time after April 15Mortgage Loan Combination is involved, 2004and if and to the extent that funds are available in the related Mortgage Loan Combination Custodial Account, such payment shall be made from such related Mortgage Loan Combination Custodial Account.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C2)
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the "Servicing Accounts"), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Accounts related to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Noteholders collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify their respective interests therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible AccountsAccounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Servicer or Special Servicer Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viiviii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.
(b) The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (and each Companion Loan), shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO LoansLoans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Companion Loan)Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer, shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the Servicing Standards. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (or a Companion Loan) does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or and Companion Loans, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.
(c) In accordance with the Servicing Standards and for all Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and Serviced Whole Loans, the Master Servicer or, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Special Servicer (at its option) shall advance (which Servicing Advances by the Special Servicer shall be reimbursed (subject to the other procedures set forth below) by the Servicer monthly on each P&I Advance Date, provided that the Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, which reimbursement shall constitute a Servicing Advance by the Servicer in a like amount with respect to each related Mortgaged Property (including any REO Property) all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of five Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicablethe case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid or the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five Business Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two Business Day's Days' written (facsimilefacsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Trustee with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided, provided that such the determination shall not be binding upon on the ServicerMaster Servicer or Trustee. On the first business day Business Day after the Determination Date for each the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Special Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, provided that and such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, but shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Paying Agent's (calculation) calculating calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans so permit. The failure by If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within the (including any applicable cure periods specified under Section 7.01(a)(iii) andperiods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverable determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Certificate Account to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standards (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable the Companion Holders), all as a collective wholenonrecoverability determinations. The Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of 3.19(c). With respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Loans, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make the foregoing determination as appropriate and the Servicer may rely on such determinations provided that such determination shall not be binding upon the Servicer.
(d) In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee and then the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Certificate Account, interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. The Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Certificate AccountAdvances under this Agreement.
(e) To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after April 15, 2004.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-Cibc20)