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EX-31 Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certification.
I, Helaine M. Kaplan, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D
required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on
Form 10-K of the COMM 2013-CCRE7 Mortgage Trust (the "Exchange Act periodic
reports");
2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a
whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other
information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered
by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;
4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required
in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as
disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have
fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all
material respects; and
5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria
for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed
securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item
1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been
included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in
this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such
reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:
Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master
Servicer, Situs Holdings, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee and Certificate Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as
Operating Advisor,KeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc, as Primary
Servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association,
as Primary Servicer for the Moffett Towers Mortgage Loan, Rialto Capital
Advisors LLC, as Special Servicer for the Moffett Towers Mortgage Loan, Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and Certificate Administrator for
the Moffett Towers Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Custodian for the Moffett Towers Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services
LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Moffett Towers Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer for the Larkspur Landing Hotel
Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, National
Association, as Special Servicer for the Larkspur Landing Hotel Portfolio
Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Larkspur
Landing Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as
Operating Advisor for the Larkspur Landing Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan,
CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., as Servicing Function
Participant for the Larkspur Landing Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and
National Tax Search, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Larkspur
Landing Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan.
Dated: March 28, 2014
/s/ Helaine M. Kaplan
Signature
President
(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)