Representations and Warranties of the Depositor and the Servicers Repurchase of Mortgage Loans.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Chase Mortgage Finance Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Chase Mortgage Finance Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Chase Mortgage Finance Corp)
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor and the Servicers Repurchase of Mortgage Loans. Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor with respect to the Mortgage Loans. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders that on the Closing Date it has entered into the Sale Agreement with CMMC as Seller, that the Seller has made the following representations and warranties with respect to each Mortgage Loan in such Sale Agreement as of the Closing Date, which representations and warranties run to and are for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and as to which the Depositor has assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the right to cause the Seller to repurchase a Mortgage Loan as to which there has occurred an uncured breach of representations and warranties in accordance with the provisions of the Sale Agreement.
(a) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct in all material respects;
(b) The Mortgage creates a first lien or a first priority ownership interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing the related Mortgage Note;
(c) All payments due prior to the Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan have been made as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan is not delinquent in payment more than 30 days and has not been dishonored; to the best of the Seller's knowledge, there are no material defaults under the terms of the Mortgage Loan; the Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds from a party other than the owner of the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by the Mortgage Loan; there has been no more than one delinquency in excess of 30 days during the preceding twelve-month period;
(d) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing have been paid, or escrow funds have been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such escrowed item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable;
(e) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written instruments. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, from the terms thereof except in connection with an assumption agreement and which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage File and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(f) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including, without limitation, the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage Note or Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto, and the Mortgagor was not a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated;
(g) All buildings or other customarily insured improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by an insurer acceptable under the FNMA Guides against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are provided for in the FNMA Guides or by FHLMC. All such 50 standard hazard policies are in full force and effect and on the date of origination contained a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller and its successors in interest and assigns as loss payee and such clause is still in effect and all premiums due thereon have been paid. If required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, the Mortgage Loan is covered by a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration which policy conforms to FNMA and FHLMC requirements. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor;
(h) Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been complied with in all material respects;
(i) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled or subordinated, in whole or in part, or rescinded, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(j) The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien on the Mortgaged Property, including, all buildings on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems affixed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing securing the Mortgage Note's original principal balance. The Mortgage and the Mortgage Note do not contain any evidence of any security interest or other interest or right thereto. Such lien is free and clear of all adverse claims, liens and encumbrances having priority over the first lien of the Mortgage subject only to (1) the lien of non-delinquent current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording which are acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and either (A) which are referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan, or (B) which do not adversely affect the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property as set forth in such appraisal, and (3) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien and first priority security interest on the property described therein, and the Depositor has the full right to sell and assign the same to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders;
(k) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are original and genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in all respects in accordance with its terms subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general application affecting the rights of creditors and the Depositor has taken all action necessary to transfer such rights of enforceability to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had the legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have been duly and property executed by such parties. The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder, and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with;
(1) The Depositor is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness evidenced by the Mortgage Note, except for the Assignments of Mortgage which have been sent for recording, and upon recordation the Depositor will be the owner of record of the Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by the Mortgage Note, and upon the sale of the Mortgage Loan to the Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Depositor will retain the Mortgage File or any part thereof with respect thereto not delivered to the Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders or its designee in trust only for the purpose of servicing and supervising the servicing of the Mortgage Loan. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment to the Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Mortgage Loan, including the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, were not subject to an assignment or pledge, and the Depositor had good and marketable title to and was the sole owner thereof and had full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest and has the full right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign the Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of the Mortgagee Loan, the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest;
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Chase Mortgage Finance Corp)