# CERTIFICATION

 

Re:          **Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2013-C9, CommercialMortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2013-C9**(the “Transaction”),issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2013 (the“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), executed in connection with theTransaction (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaningsset forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement).

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               I, Jane Lam, certify that:

 

               1.             Ihave reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required tobe filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of MorganStanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2013-C9 (the “Exchange Actperiodic reports”);

 

               2.            Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, donot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report; 

 

               3.            Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other informationrequired to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this reportis included in the Exchange Act periodic reports; 

 

               4.            Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statement(s) required in thisreport under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in theExchange Act periodic reports, the servicer(s) have fulfilled their obligationsunder the servicing agreement(s) in all material respects; and

 

5.            All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria forasset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment ofcompliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to beincluded in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB andExchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to thisreport, except as otherwise disclosed in this report.  Any materialinstances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed inthis report on Form 10-K.  

 

               In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on informationprovided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asTrustee

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCertificate Administrator

·        Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the CertificateAdministrator (from 11/1/2021 to 12/31/2021)

·        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, asCustodian

·        Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (from11/1/2021 to 12/31/2021)

·        Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNCBank, National Association, as Master Servicer

·        LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer

·        Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., asOperating Advisor

 

 

Date: March 28, 2022

 

 

By /s/ Jane Lam

Name: Jane Lam

Title: President