EX-31 Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

 

 

I, Lawrence Chun, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reportson Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by thisreport on Form 10-K of the CSAIL 2018-C14 Commercial Mortgage Trust  (the"Exchange Act periodic reports");

 

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodicreports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading 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 theperiod covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliancestatements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and exceptas disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilledtheir obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance withservicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestationreports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included asan exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Anymaterial instances of noncompliance described in such reports have beendisclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonablyrelied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer,Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CertificateAdministrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, PentalphaSurveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as ServicingFunction Participant, Computershare Trust Company, National Association,as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator,Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Custodian, Midland Loan Services,a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for theHilton Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan, Argentic ServicesCompany LP, as Special Servicer for the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort &Spa Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for theHilton Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort &Spa Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor forthe Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan, ComputershareTrust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort& Spa Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 20 Times Square MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer for the 20Times Square Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trusteefor the 20 Times Square Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,as Custodian for the 20 Times Square Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC,as Servicing Function Participant for the 20 Times Square Mortgage Loan, ComputershareTrust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the  20 Times SquareMortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the Holiday Inn FiDi Mortgage Loan,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as SpecialServicer for the Holiday Inn FiDi Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Holiday Inn FiDi Mortgage Loan, Citibank, N.A.,as Custodian for the Holiday Inn FiDi Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge LenderServices LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Holiday Inn FiDi Mortgage Loan,CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Holiday InnFiDi Mortgage Loan, U.S. Bank National Association, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Holiday Inn FiDi Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, NationalAssociation, as Primary Servicer for the Sheraton Grand Nashville DowntownMortgage Loan, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer for theSheraton Grand Nashville Downtown Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, NationalAssociation, as Trustee for the Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown MortgageLoan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian for the SheratonGrand Nashville Downtown Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, asOperating Advisor for the Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown Mortgage Loan,CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the SheratonGrand Nashville Downtown Mortgage Loan, and Computershare Trust Company,National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian forthe Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown MortgageLoan.

 

 

 

Dated: March 13, 2024

 

 

/s/ Lawrence Chun

Lawrence Chun

Authorized Signatory

(senior officer in charge of securitization of thedepositor)