Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer; (iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable Servicer, and furnish to the applicable Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The Trustee shall execute any power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. (b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit. (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Servicer may make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums. (d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-Ff2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-Ff2)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each such Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practicesthe servicing standards set forth above, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that such Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.15, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable Servicer, and furnish furnish, or cause to the applicable be furnished, to such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such Servicer the Servicers to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer the Servicers or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no each Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan (except in the case of a defaulted Mortgage Loan) that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Department of the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up startup day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration of any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled at its sole discretion to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
(f) Master Financial, with assistance from the Backup Servicer, hereby agrees to provide the Backup Servicer with (i) the systems and data information from the servicing systems in use by each Servicer (the "Data File Layouts and Definitions") and (ii) a test data file, which shall include the loan master file, the transaction history file and all other files necessary to carryout the servicing-related activities (the "Test Data File"), both in a format acceptable to the Backup Servicer within 5 days of the Closing Date. Using this information, the Backup Servicer will map the data from Master Financial's system to its own data structure ("Data Mapping Matrix"). The Backup Servicer shall confirm in writing to the Master Servicer, Master Financial, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee that it has completed the Data Mapping Matrix, and received and verified the completeness of the Test Data File within 7 business days of receipt of the Data File Layouts and Definitions and the Test Data File.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Mortgage Loan serviced by Master Financial, upon becoming 60 days Delinquent, Master Financial will promptly notify Saxon, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor, of the delinquent status of such Mortgage Loan. In the event that the Scheduled Payment on such Mortgage Loan has not been received by the 74th day following the related Due Date, Master Financial will notify the related Mortgagor that servicing of such Mortgage Loan will be transferred to Saxon and Saxon hereby agrees to accept any such servicing transfer. Any such servicing transfer from Master Financial to Saxon shall occur on the first day of the immediately succeeding calendar month and Saxon, as successor Servicer, shall be subject to all the obligations and entitled to all the benefits of a successor Servicer set forth in this Agreement.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust 2006-He2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust 2006-He2)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, and for the benefit of the Class A-1 Certificate Insurer, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each such Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practicesthe servicing standards set forth above, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that such Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. 100 Subject to Section 3.163.15, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable Servicer, and furnish furnish, or cause to the applicable be furnished, to such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such Servicer the Servicers to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer the Servicers or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each the a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no each Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Department of the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up startup day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration of any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option. 101
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the applicable Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit V hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first first-instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, a default is reasonably foreseeable, such Servicer may accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan in final satisfaction thereof, if in such Servicer's determination such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action).
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-3)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's ’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's ’s or any Subservicer's ’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants grant to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The At the request of the Servicers, the Trustee shall execute any power a reasonable number of powers of attorney furnished to it by in the related Servicer form attached hereto as Exhibit P in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. If any Servicer receives any notice of suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, then such Servicer shall promptly forward a copy of same to the Trustee unless the notice of said suit, litigation or proceeding was provided by the Trustee to each Servicer.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged PropertiesProperties (to the extent such Servicer has received reasonable timely notice that such taxes or assessments have not been paid by the related Mortgagor or the owner or the servicer of the related First Lien Mortgage Loan), which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b)Mortgagors, and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no however, the Servicer may need not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except if the Servicer makes a good faith determination that such advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, as provided set forth in Section 4.01.
(c) and no A Servicer shall not (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest or principal payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable such Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions after the start-up day" ” under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) If the Mortgage relating to a Mortgage Loan had a related First Lien Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of the Cut-off Date, then each Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of the related First Lien Mortgage Loan, provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;
(ii) the interest rate, or, in the case of an adjustable rate related First Lien Mortgage Loan, the maximum interest rate, for the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate or the maximum interest rate, as the case may be, on the existing First Lien Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and
(iii) the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is not subject to negative amortization.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (GSAMP Trust 2006-S4)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer the Servicers shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit O hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each the Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer none of the Servicers shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust either the Upper Tier REMIC or the Lower Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-1)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's ’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's ’s or any Subservicer's ’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the applicable Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit O hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee’s consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating such Servicer’s or Subservicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no neither Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions after the start-up day" startup date” under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, a default is reasonably foreseeable, such Servicer may accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan in final satisfaction thereof, if in that Servicer’s determination such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action).
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 3.02(a), 3.02(d), 3.02(e), 3.03, 3.22, 3.23, 4.03(d), 6.02, 8.12 and 10.14, the obligations of Countrywide Servicing with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Regulation AB shall be solely as set forth in the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2007-Nc1)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable either Servicer, and furnish to the applicable Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any either Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no neither Servicer may make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no neither Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Servicermembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp Gsamp Trust 2004-He1)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the applicable Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit JJ hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first first-instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.014.01 and except for Servicing Advances) and no Servicer shall shall, except with respect to any Mortgage Loan in default or, which in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, a default is reasonably foreseeable, (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges, or (iv) accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan in final satisfaction thereof, if in such Servicer's determination such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action).
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 3.02(a), 3.02(d), 3.02(e), 3.03, 3.22, 3.23, 4.03(e), 6.02, 8.12 and 10.14, the obligations of Countrywide Servicing with respect to Regulation AB and the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans shall be solely as set forth in the CHL Amendment Regulation AB with respect to the servicing of the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Ixis Real Estate Capital Trust 2006-2)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit O hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer none of the Servicers shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust either the Upper Tier REMIC or the Lower Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-Nc6)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit O hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer none of the Servicers shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust either the Upper Tier REMIC or the Lower Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the Servicers shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and send written notice of such waives to the Mortgager, although the Mortgager may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-Nc7)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer or in the name of the Trustee solely in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee Trustee. Each Servicer shall be responsible for preparing and recording all lien releases and mortgage satisfactions in accordance with state and local regulations, and shall be responsible for all expenses in connection therewith if not paid by the name of Mortgagor if permitted by applicable law and the Trustrelated Mortgage Loan Documents (except if such expense would constitute a Servicing Advance) and all other consequences resulting from its failure to fully discharge such obligation. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney attorney, furnished to it by the related Servicer applicable Servicer, in favor of such Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any either Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Servicer the Servicers may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no neither Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up startup day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC Trust 2005-He1)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the applicable Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit T hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first first-instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.014.01 and except for Servicing Advances) and no Servicer shall none of the Servicers shall, except with respect to any Mortgage Loan in default or, which in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, a default is reasonably foreseeable, (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges, or (iv) accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in final satisfaction thereof, if in such Servicer's determination such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action).
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 3.02(a), 3.02(d), 3.02(e), 3.03, 3.22, 3.23, 4.03(e), 6.02, 8.12 and 12.14, the obligations of Countrywide Servicing with respect to Regulation AB and the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans shall be solely as set forth in the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB with respect to the servicing of the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans; provided that Countrywide Servicing hereby agrees to provide to the Master Servicer any statements of compliance, assessments of compliance, accountants reports on assessment of compliance and any Sarbanes Certifications (as defined in the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB) that Countrywide Servicing is required to deliver to the Depositor pursuant to the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB, Sections 2(d), (e) and (f), at the time such documents are provided to the Depositor.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-2)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above (with respect to Option One) or in accordance with Accepted Servicing PracticesPractices (with respect to Chase), to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable either Servicer, and furnish to the applicable Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any either Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no each Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no each Servicer shall not (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act of 1940, as amended, or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Sec Corp Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003-He2)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the applicable Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee or the Custodian, as applicable, shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee or the Custodian, as applicable, as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit T hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first first-instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.014.01 and except for Servicing Advances) and no Servicer shall none of the Servicers shall, except with respect to any Mortgage Loan in default or, which in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, a default is reasonably foreseeable, (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges, or (iv) accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in final satisfaction thereof, if in such Servicer's determination such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action).
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 3.02(a), 3.02(d), 3.02(e), 3.03, 3.22, 3.23, 4.03(e), 6.02, 8.12 and 10.14, the obligations of Countrywide Servicing with respect to Regulation AB and the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans shall be solely as set forth in the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB with respect to the servicing of the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-1)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee for the Trust, or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and the Custodian and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by in the related Servicer form attached hereto as Exhibit R in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Master Servicer nor any Servicer shall, without the Trustee's written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding directly relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan solely under the Trustee's name without indicating the Master Servicer's or Servicer's, as applicable, representative capacity (provided that such Servicer shall not be required to sign the Power of Attorney in order to perform the functions enumerated therein), (ii) initiate any other action, suit or proceeding not directly relating to the servicing of any Mortgage Loan (including but not limited to actions, suits or proceedings against Certificateholders, or against the Seller for breaches of representations and warranties) solely under the Trustee's name, (iii) engage counsel to represent the Trustee in any action, suit or proceeding not directly related to the servicing of any Mortgage Loan (including but not limited to actions, suits or proceedings against Certificateholders, or against the applicable Original Loan Seller for breaches of representations and warranties), or (iv) prepare, execute or deliver any government filings, forms, permits, registrations or other documents or take any action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphAccepted Servicing Practices, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.014.01 and except for Servicing Advances) and no Servicer none of the Servicers shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest or principal payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.073.07(a), if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable such Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (GSAMP Trust 2007-Nc1)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer the Servicers shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit O hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each the Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer none of the Servicers shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust either the Upper Tier REMIC or the Lower Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's ’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's ’s or any Subservicer's ’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of the [Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee for the Trust][Issuing Entity], or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the [Delaware] Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustIssuing Entity. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Custodian and the [Delaware] Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Custodian and the [Delaware] Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the [Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrust][Issuing Entity]. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by in the related Servicer form attached hereto as Exhibit R in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The [Delaware] Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, the standards of the preceding paragraph, each applicable Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.014.01 and except for Servicing Advances) and no Servicer none of the Servicers shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest or principal payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.073.07(a), if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable such Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions after the start-up day" ” under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) [No Servicer shall be required to include in any certification to be provided by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, in connection with the Reporting Date or the Distribution Date in [ ] (with regard to those Mortgage Loans with a Servicing Transfer Date in [ ]).]
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the applicable Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee or the applicable Custodian, as applicable, shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee or the applicable Custodian, as applicable, as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit P hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first first-instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit, provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Servicer may add to the unpaid principal balance of any such Mortgage Loan the amount of any Servicing Advances made by the applicable Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.01 in connection with any modification of a defaulted Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 3.01.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.014.01 and except for Servicing Advances) and no Servicer shall none of the Servicers shall, except with respect to any Mortgage Loan in default or, which in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, a default is reasonably foreseeable, (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges, or (iv) accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in final satisfaction thereof, if in such Servicer's determination such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action).
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 3.02(a), 3.02(d), 3.02(e), 3.03, 3.22, 3.23, 4.03(e), 6.02, 8.12 and 12.14, the obligations of Countrywide Servicing with respect to Regulation AB and the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans shall be solely as set forth in the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB with respect to the servicing of the Countrywide Serviced Mortgage Loans; provided that Countrywide Servicing hereby agrees to provide to the Master Servicer any statements of compliance, assessments of compliance, accountants reports on assessment of compliance and any Sarbanes Certifications (as defined in the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB) that Countrywide Servicing is required to deliver to the Depositor pursuant to the Countrywide Amendment Regulation AB, Sections 2(d), (e) and (f), at the time such documents are provided to the Depositor.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2007-He7)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each such Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practicesthe servicing standards set forth above, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that such Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.15, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable Servicer, and furnish furnish, or cause to the applicable be furnished, to such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such Servicer the Servicers to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer the Servicers or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no each Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan (except in the case of a defaulted Mortgage Loan) that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Department of the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up startup day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration of any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
(f) Each Servicer, with assistance from the Backup Servicer, hereby agrees to provide the Backup Servicer with (i) the systems and data information from the servicing systems in use by each Servicer (the "Data File Layouts and Definitions") and (ii) a test data file, which shall include the loan master file, the transaction history file and all other files necessary to carryout the servicing-related activities (the "Test Data File"), both in a format acceptable to the Backup Servicer within 5 days of the Closing Date. Using this information, the Backup Servicer will map the data from each Servicer's system to its own data structure ("Data Mapping Matrix"). The Backup Servicer shall confirm in writing to the Master Servicer, each Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee that it has completed the Data Mapping Matrix, and received and verified the completeness of the Test Data File within [7 business] days of receipt of the Data File Layouts and Definitions and the Test Data File.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Mortgage Loan serviced by Master Financial, upon becoming 60 days Delinquent, Master Financial will promptly notify Saxon, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor, of the delinquent status of such Mortgage Loan. In the event that the Scheduled Payment on such Mortgage Loan has not been received by the 74th day following the related Due Date, Master Financial will notify the related Mortgagor that servicing of such Mortgage Loan will be transferred to Saxon and Saxon hereby agrees to accept any such servicing transfer. Any such servicing transfer from Master Financial to Saxon shall occur on the first day of the immediately succeeding calendar month and Saxon, as successor Servicer, shall be subject to all the obligations and entitled to all the benefits of a successor Servicer set forth in this Agreement.
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Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans (provided, however that, prior to the related Servicing Transfer Date, the applicable Original Loan Seller shall service such applicable Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement), to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee for the Trust, or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and the applicable Custodian and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the Trust. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by in the related Servicer form attached hereto as Exhibit R in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphAccepted Servicing Practices, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer none of the Servicers shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest or principal payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.073.07(a), if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable such Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up day" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment Premiums.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) No Servicer shall be required to include in any certification to be provided by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, in connection with the Reporting Date or the Distribution Date in July 2006 (with regards to those Mortgage Loans with a Servicing Transfer Date in July 2006).
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (GSAMP Trust 2006-He4)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's ’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's ’s or any Subservicer's ’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-deed in lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit O hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee’s consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating such Servicer’s or Subservicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no neither Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions after the start-up day" startup date” under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges.
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-Nc3)
Servicers to Service Mortgage Loans. (a) For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, each Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans serviced by for which it is acting as Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage LoansLoans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(i) any relationship that such Servicer, any Subservicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer or any Subservicer may have with the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership or non-non ownership of any Certificate by such Servicer or any Affiliate of such Servicer;
(iii) such Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) such Servicer's or any Subservicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicers shall not have any obligation or responsibility to service the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Countrywide Servicer. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-above described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, each Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Subservicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the related each Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when each the applicable Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to execute and deliver any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. Each Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Each Servicer covenants that its computer and other systems used in servicing the Mortgage Loans operate in a manner such that the applicable Servicer can service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Each Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the applicable a Servicer, and furnish to the applicable such Servicer and any Subservicer such documents provided to the Trustee as are necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable such Servicer or any Subservicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to each Servicer, and this Agreement shall constitute, a power of attorney to carry out such duties duties, including a power of attorney in the form of Exhibit OO hereto to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure in the name of and on behalf of the Trustee and in the name of the TrustTrustee. The Trustee shall execute any a separate power of attorney furnished to it by the related Servicer in favor of such each Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable such each Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of any Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Servicer or Subservicer shall without the Trustee's consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee's name without indicating such Servicer's or Subservicer's, as applicable, representative capacity, or (ii) take any action with the intent to, or which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.
(b) Subject to Section 3.09(b), in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, each Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first first-instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09(b), and further as provided in Section 3.11. Any cost incurred by each a Servicer or by Subservicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property shall not be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no a Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and no Servicer shall (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (except for (A) a reduction of interest payments resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state statutes or (B) as provided in Section 3.07, if the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, reasonably foreseeablestatutes) or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the start-up daystartup date" under the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) except as provided in Section 3.07(a), waive any Prepayment PremiumsCharges. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the applicable Servicer, a default is reasonably foreseeable, such Servicer may accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan in final satisfaction thereof, if in such Servicer's determination such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders (taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action).
(d) Each Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release such that Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding arbitration with respect to any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the applicable Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust 2006-1)