Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer and the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that: (a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunder; (b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Abfs Mort Loan Trust 2002-4 Mort Pass Thru Cert Ser 2002-4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (CSFB Mortgage Sec Corp Abfs Mort Ln Tr 2002-3)
Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that:
(a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunder;
(b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (American Business Financial Services Inc /De/), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Inc)
Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that:
(a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunderhereunder or under the Unaffiliated Seller's Agreement;
(b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (American Business Financial Services Inc /De/), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Inc)
Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer and the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that:
(a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunder;
(b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (American Business Financial Services Inc /De/)
Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that:
(a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunder;
(b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Inc), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (American Business Financial Services Inc /De/)
Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer hereby represents and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant warrants to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that:
(a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunder;
(b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (American Business Financial Services Inc /De/)
Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer Collateral Agent, the Trust, the Note Insurer and the Certificateholders Noteholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that:
(a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunder;
(b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(c) Neither the Unaffiliated Seller nor the Servicer is required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency which consent already has not been obtained in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except such as have been obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer, respectively, or constitute a breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer, respectively, is a party or by which it may be bound;
(e) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Servicer, the Unaffiliated Seller or the Subservicers which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, is, likely to result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties, or assets of the Servicer, the Unaffiliated Seller or the Subservicers, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of any of them to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the part of any of them, or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement, the Notes, or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer contemplated herein or therein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder;
(f) Neither this Agreement nor any statement, report, or other document furnished or to be furnished by the Servicer, the Unaffiliated Seller or the Subservicer pursuant to this Agreement or the Insurance Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the sale or placement of the Notes, contains any untrue statement of fact provided by or on behalf of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer or omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements provided by or on behalf of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer contained herein or therein not misleading:
(g) Neither the Unaffiliated Seller nor the Servicer believes, nor does either have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement;
(h) The transfer, assignment, and conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Unaffiliated Seller pursuant to this Agreement is not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(i) The Unaffiliated Seller is solvent and will not as a result of this Agreement and the undertakings of the Unaffiliated Seller hereunder be rendered insolvent;
(j) None of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers is an "investment company" or a company "controlled by an investment company," within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
(k) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment by the Depositor to the Trust, the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner of each Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other Person, and the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in each Mortgage Loan to the Trust. The transfer of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient either (i) fully to transfer to the Trust, all right, title, and interest of the Depositor thereto as note holder and mortgagee or (ii) to grant to the Trust, the security interest referred to in Section 2.07 hereof. The Mortgage has been duly assigned and the Mortgage Note has been duly endorsed. The Assignment of Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(iv) is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. The endorsement of the Mortgage Note, the delivery to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Trustee of the endorsed Mortgage Note, and such Assignment of Mortgage, and the delivery of such Assignment of Mortgage for recording to, and the due recording of such Assignment of Mortgage in, the appropriate public recording office in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located are sufficient to permit the Indenture Trustee to avail itself of all protection available under applicable law against the claims of any present or future creditors of the Depositor, and are sufficient to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, or hypothecation of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage by the Depositor from being enforceable. It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 3.01 shall survive the delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or to a custodian, as the case may be, and inure to the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer.
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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc)
Representations of the Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller. The Servicer and the Unaffiliated Seller hereby represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Back-up Servicer Collateral Agent, the Trust, the Note Insurer and the Certificateholders Noteholders as of the Closing Date and during the term of this Agreement that:
(a) Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Each of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer and the Subservicers is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it or the performance of its obligations hereunder requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers or the performance of their respective obligations hereunder;
(b) The Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer each has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(c) Neither the Unaffiliated Seller nor the Servicer is required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency which consent already has not been obtained in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except such as have been obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Unaffiliated Seller and the Servicer will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer, respectively, or constitute a breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer, respectively, is a party or by which it may be bound;
(e) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Servicer, the Unaffiliated Seller or the Subservicers which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, is, likely to result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties, or assets of the Servicer, the Unaffiliated Seller or the Subservicers, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of any of them to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the part of any of them, or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement, the Notes, or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer contemplated herein or therein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder;
(f) Neither this Agreement nor any statement, report, or other document furnished or to be furnished by the Servicer, the Unaffiliated Seller or the Subservicer pursuant to this Agreement or the Insurance Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the sale or placement of the Notes, contains any untrue statement of fact provided by or on behalf of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer or omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements provided by or on behalf of the Unaffiliated Seller or the Servicer contained herein or therein not misleading:
(g) Neither the Unaffiliated Seller nor the Servicer believes, nor does either have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement;
(h) The transfer, assignment, and conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Unaffiliated Seller pursuant to this Agreement is not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(i) The Unaffiliated Seller is solvent and will not as a result of this Agreement and the undertakings of the Unaffiliated Seller hereunder be rendered insolvent;
(j) None of the Unaffiliated Seller, the Servicer or the Subservicers is an "investment company" or a company "controlled by an investment company," within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
(k) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment by the Depositor to the Trust, the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner of each Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other Person, and the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in each Mortgage Loan to the Trust. The transfer of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient either (i) fully to transfer to the Trust, all right, title, and interest of the Depositor thereto as note holder and mortgagee or (ii) to grant to the Trust, the security interest referred to in Section 2.07 hereof. The Mortgage has been duly assigned and the Mortgage Note has been duly endorsed. The Assignment of Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(iv) is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. The endorsement of the Mortgage Note, the delivery to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Trustee of the endorsed Mortgage Note, and such Assignment of Mortgage, and the delivery of such Assignment of Mortgage for recording to, and the due recording of such Assignment of Mortgage in, the appropriate public recording office in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located are sufficient to permit the Indenture Trustee to avail itself of all protection available under applicable law against the claims of any present or future creditors of the Depositor, and are sufficient to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, or hypothecation of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage by the Depositor from being enforceable. 12 It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 3.01 shall survive the delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or to a custodian, as the case may be, and inure to the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Note Insurer.
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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Inc)