4101.8: Signatures required (12/14/17)

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The Security Instrument must be signed by all individuals with an ownership interest in the Mortgaged Premises. (See Exhibit 5, Authorized Changes to Notes, Riders, Security Instruments and the Uniform Residential Loan Application, for permissible changes to the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Uniform Instruments.) The Security Instrument must also be signed by each individual whose signature is necessary under the applicable statutory or decisional law of the State to create a valid lien, pass clear title, waive inchoate rights to property or assign earnings. The Note or applicable assumption agreement must be signed by any individual whose income or financial strength is needed to meet the Freddie Mac credit underwriting guidelines. If the Mortgage is delivered as an owner-occupied Mortgage, the Note must be signed by an Owner-Occupant.

Refer to Section 5103.5(5) for information on signatures required and forms of signature if a Borrower is a Living Trust and Section 5103.7(b) for a Land Trust Mortgage.