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

 

 

I, Helaine M. Kaplan, 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 COMM 2014-LC17 Mortgage Trust (the "ExchangeAct 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 tothis report, except as otherwisedisclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described insuch reports have been disclosed 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,LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association,as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CertificateAdministrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian, ParkBridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, asServicing Function Participant, Computershare Trust Company, NationalAssociation, as Servicing Function Participant for the CertificateAdministrator, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as ServicingFunction Participant for the Custodian, Wells FargoBank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Loews Miami Beach HotelMortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the LoewsMiami Beach Hotel Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, asTrustee for the Loews Miami Beach Hotel Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Loews Miami Beach Hotel MortgageLoan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Loews MiamiBeach Hotel Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing FunctionParticipant for the Loews Miami Beach Hotel Mortgage Loan, ComputershareTrust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the Loews Miami Beach HotelMortgage Loan, KeyBank National Association, asPrimary Servicer for the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan,LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort& Spa Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee forthe Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as Custodian for the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort &Spa Mortgage Loan, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the MyrtleBeach Marriott Resort & Spa Mortgage Loan, and Computershare TrustCompany, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for theCustodian for the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort &Spa Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

Dated: March 12, 2024

 

 

/s/ Helaine M. Kaplan

Helaine M. Kaplan

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of thedepositor)