CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                       IMPERIAL CREDIT COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
                              SECURITIZATION CORP.

The undersigned certify that:

     1. They are the  president  and the  secretary,  respectively,  of Imperial
Credit Commercial Mortgage  Securitization Corp., a California  corporation (the
"Corporation").

     2. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is amended
to read as follows:


                                   "Article I

          The name of the  corporation is IMPERIAL  CREDIT  COMMERCIAL
          MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORP."

     3. The  foregoing  amendment  of  Articles of  Incorporation  has been duly
approved by the board of directors of the Corporation.

     4. The  foregoing  amendment  of  Articles of  Incorporation  has been duly
approved by the required vote of  shareholders  in accordance  with Section 902,
California  Corporations Code. The total number of outstanding shares is 500 all
of which voted in favor of the amendment.

We further  declare  under  penalty  of  perjury  under the laws of the State of
California  that the matters set forth in this  certificate are true and correct
of our own knowledge.

Dated:  March 20, 1998.



                                                   /s/ Mark S. Karlan
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Mark S. Karlan, President



                                                   /s/ Norbert M. Seifert
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Norbert M. Seifert, Secretary



                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                  IMPERIAL CREDIT MORTGAGE SECURITIZATION CORP.

The undersigned certify that:

     1.  They  are  all  of  the  directors  of  the  Imperial  Credit  Mortgage
Securitization Corp., a California corporation (the "Corporation").

     2. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is amended
to read as follows:


                                   "Article I

          The name of the  corporation is IMPERIAL  CREDIT  COMMERCIAL
          MORTGAGE SECURITIZATION CORP."

     3.  No shares have been issued.

     We further  declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
California  that the matters set forth in this  certificate are true and correct
of our own knowledge.

Dated:  October 10, 1997.



                                                   /s/ H. Wayne Snavely
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   H. Wayne Snavely



                                                   /s/ Kevin E. Villani
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Kevin E. Villani



                                                   /s/ Mark S. Karlan
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Mark S. Karlan



                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                  IMPERIAL CREDIT MORTGAGE SECURITIZATION CORP.


                                   ARTICLE 1.

                                      NAME

     The name of this  corporation is Imperial  Credit  Mortgage  Securitization
Corp.


                                   ARTICLE II.

                                     PURPOSE

     The purpose of this  corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity
for which a corporation  may be organized  under the General  Corporation Law of
California other than the banking business,  the trust company business,  or the
practice  of a  profession  permitted  to  be  incorporated  by  the  California
Corporations Code (the "Code").


                                  ARTICLE III.

                                  INITIAL AGENT

     The name of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is:

          J.A. Shafran, Esq.
          Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
          601 S. Figueroa St.
          Suite 1500
          Los Angeles, CA  90017


                                   ARTICLE IV.

                                INITIAL DIRECTORS

     The names and addresses of the initial directors of the Corporation are

          H. Wayne Snavely
          c/o Imperial Credit Industries, Inc.
          23550 Hawthorne Blvd., Bldg. One, Suite 110
          Torrance, California  90505

          Kevin E. Villani
          c/o Imperial Credit Industries, Inc.
          23550 Hawthorne Blvd., Bldg. One, Suite 210
          Torrance, California  90505

          Mark S. Karlan
          11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2080
          Los Angeles, California  90025


                                   ARTICLE V.

                                      STOCK

     (a) This corporation has authority to issue one hundred thousand  (100,000)
shares of Common  Stock  ("Common  Stock").  Each  share of Common  Stock  shall
entitle the holder to one vote.

     (b) The board of directors of the  corporation  may  authorize the issuance
from time to time of shares of stock of the  corporation of any class or series,
whether now or  hereafter  authorized,  for such  consideration  as the board of
directors of the  corporation  may deem  advisable.  The board of directors  may
determine or alter the rights, preferences,  privileges and restrictions granted
to or imposed upon any wholly  unissued  class of shares or any wholly  unissued
series of any class of shares.


                                   ARTICLE VI.

                             LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

     The personal  liability of the  directors of the  corporation  for monetary
damages in an action for breach for a director's  duties to the  corporation and
its  shareholders (as set forth in Section 309 of the Code) shall be eliminated,
subject to the limits set forth in Section 204(a)(10) of the Code.


                                  ARTICLE VII.

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

     The  corporation  is  authorized to provide  indemnification  of agents (as
defined in Section  317 of the Code) for breach of duty to the  corporation  and
its shareholders through bylaw provisions or through agreements with the agents,
or both, in excess of the indemnification  otherwise permitted by Section 317 of
the Code,  subject to the  limits on such  excess  indemnification  set forth in
Section 204(a)(11) of the Code.



                                                   /s/ H. Wayne Snavely
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   H. Wayne Snavely



                                                   /s/ Kevin E. Villani
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Kevin E. Villani



                                                   /s/ Mark S. Karlan
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Mark S. Karlan


     We declare that we are the persons who executed the  foregoing  articles of
incorporation which execution is our act and deed.



                                                   /s/ H. Wayne Snavely
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   H. Wayne Snavely



                                                   /s/ Kevin E. Villani
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Kevin E. Villani



                                                   /s/ Mark S. Karlan
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Mark S. Karlan