EXHIBIT 10.2(A) ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT

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                                                                 Exhibit 10.2(A)


                ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT

     Assignment,  Assumption and Recognition Agreement (the "Agreement"),  dated
November 30, 2006, is among Bank of America,  National  Association,  a national
banking  association  ("Assignor"),  Banc  of  America  Funding  Corporation,  a
Delaware  corporation  ("BAFC"),  U.S.  Bank  National  Association,  a national
banking  association,  as trustee of the Banc of America  Funding  2006-I  Trust
("Assignee"),  Wells Fargo Bank,  N.A., a national banking  association  ("Wells
Fargo Bank"), as master servicer of the Banc of America Funding 2006-I Trust (in
such capacity, the "Master Servicer"),  PHH Mortgage Corporation (formerly known
as Cendant Mortgage  Corporation) ("PHH Mortgage") and Bishop's Gate Residential
Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant Residential Mortgage Trust) ("Bishop's
Gate," and together with PHH Mortgage, the "Underlying Sellers"),  and PNC Bank,
N.A. ("PNC Bank").

     WHEREAS,  pursuant to that certain  Assignment,  Assumption and Recognition
Agreement,  dated as of November 21, 2006,  among PNC Bank, the Assignor and the
Underlying Sellers (the "Purchase  Agreement"),  which is attached in Appendix I
hereto,  the Assignor  purchased the Mortgage Loans (as defined herein) from PNC
Bank;

     WHEREAS,  pursuant to the terms of the  Purchase  Agreement,  PHH  Mortgage
currently  services the Mortgage  Loans  pursuant to that certain  Mortgage Loan
Purchase, Sale & Servicing Agreement,  dated as of August 1, 2005, as amended by
the  Regulation AB  Compliance  Addendum to Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase Sale and
Servicing  Agreement  dated as of  January 1, 2006 and  Amendment  No. 1 to that
Mortgage  Loan  Purchase,  Sale & Servicing  Agreement,  dated as of January 30,
2006,  by and between the Assignor and the  Underlying  Sellers (the  "Servicing
Agreement"),  which is attached in Appendix II hereto, and in addition currently
services the Additional  Collateral  Mortgage Loans (as defined herein) pursuant
to that certain Additional Collateral Assignment and Servicing Agreement,  dated
as of April 30, 2003, by and between PHH Mortgage and PNC Bank (the "ACASA," and
together with the Purchase Agreement and Servicing Agreement,  the "Purchase and
Servicing Agreements"), which is attached in Appendix III hereto.

     WHEREAS,  PNC Bank acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Underlying  Sellers
pursuant  to the  terms of that  certain  Mortgage  Loan Flow  Purchase,  Sale &
Servicing  Agreement,  dated as of April 30, 2003, by and among PNC Bank and the
Underlying  Sellers (the  "Underlying  Sale  Agreement") and the ACASA,  each of
which is attached in Appendix III hereto;

     WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Assignor is transferring all of its right,
title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans to BAFC;

     WHEREAS,  on the date hereof,  BAFC is transferring all of its right, title
and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans to the Assignee; and


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     WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Master Servicer is entering into a Pooling
and Servicing Agreement,  dated the date hereof (the "Pooling Agreement),  among
BAFC, the Master Servicer,  Wells Fargo Bank, as securities  administrator  (the
"Securities  Administrator"),  and the  Assignee,  pursuant  to which the Master
Servicer  will  supervise,  monitor and oversee the  servicing  of the  Mortgage
Loans.

     For  and in  consideration  of the  sum of one  dollar  ($1.00)  and  other
valuable   consideration  the  receipt  and  sufficiency  of  which  are  hereby
acknowledged,  and of the mutual covenants herein contained,  the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:

     1. The Assignor  hereby  grants,  transfers  and assigns to BAFC,  and BAFC
hereby grants,  transfers and assigns to Assignee,  all of the right,  title and
interest of the Assignor in, to and under the  Underlying  Sale  Agreement,  the
ACASA,  the Purchase  Agreement,  and the  mortgage  loans  delivered  under the
Purchase  Agreement by PNC Bank to the Assignor and listed on Exhibit A attached
hereto  (the  "Mortgage  Loans").   The  Mortgage  Loans  that  are  "Additional
Collateral Mortgage Loans" are listed on Exhibit B attached hereto.

     The  Assignor  specifically  reserves  and does not  assign  to BAFC or the
Assignee any right, title and interest in, to or under any mortgage loan subject
to the Purchase and Servicing Agreements other than the Mortgage Loans.

     2. The Assignor  warrants and represents to, and covenants  with,  BAFC and
the Assignee that:

     a. The  Assignor is the lawful  owner of the  Mortgage  Loans with the full
        right to  transfer the Mortgage  Loans free from any and all claims  and
        encumbrances whatsoever;

     b. The Assignor has not  received  notice of, and has no knowledge  of, any
        offsets,  counterclaims  or other defenses  available to PNC Bank or the
        Underlying Sellers  with respect to  the Underlying Sale Agreement,  the
        Purchase and Servicing Agreements or the Mortgage Loans;

     c. The Assignor has not waived or agreed to any waiver under,  or agreed to
        any amendment or other  modification of, the  Underlying Sale Agreement,
        the Purchase and  Servicing Agreements or the  Mortgage Loans, including
        without limitation  the transfer of the  servicing obligations under the
        Purchase and  Servicing  Agreements.  The  Assignor has no knowledge of,
        and has  not received  notice of, any  waivers  under or  amendments  or
        other  modifications of, or assignments of  rights or obligations under,
        the Underlying  Sale Agreement or the Purchase and  Servicing Agreements
        or the Mortgage Loans; and

     d. Neither  the  Assignor  nor anyone  acting on  its  behalf has  offered,
        transferred, pledged, sold or  otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans,
        any interest  in the Mortgage  Loans or any other  similar  security to,
        or  solicited  any  offer to buy or accept a  transfer,  pledge or other
        disposition of  the Mortgage  Loans,  any interest in the Mortgage Loans
        or any  other  similar  security   from,  or  otherwise   approached  or
        negotiated  with  respect to  the  Mortgage  Loans,  any interest in the


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        Mortgage  Loans  or any other  similar  security with, any person in any
        manner,  or  made  any  general   solicitation  by   means  of   general
        advertising  or in any other  manner,  or taken any  other action  which
        would  constitute  a   distribution  of the  Mortgage  Loans  under  the
        Securities Act of 1933, as  amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  or  which
        would  render  the  disposition  of the  Mortgage  Loans a  violation of
        Section 5  of  the  Securities  Act  or  require  registration  pursuant
        thereto.

     3. From and after the date hereof,  (A) PNC Bank and the Underlying Sellers
shall (i) note the  transfer  of the  Mortgage  Loans to the  Assignee  in their
respective books and records and (ii) recognize the Assignee as the owner of the
Mortgage Loans and (B) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
Purchase Agreement or in Sections 2.05 and 3.05 of the Servicing Agreement,  PHH
Mortgage,  for the  benefit of the  Assignee,  shall  continue  to  service  the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (including but not limited to
those provisions related to sales and  reconstitutions of mortgage loans and all
provisions  related  to  Regulation  AB  compliance,   including  servicer-  and
originator-related  provisions),  as modified by Section 9 hereof,  and shall in
addition service the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
ACASA.

     4. The Underlying Sellers acknowledge that the Master Servicer, pursuant to
the Pooling  Agreement,  will administer on behalf of the Assignee the terms and
conditions  of the  Underlying  Sale  Agreement  and the Purchase and  Servicing
Agreements.  The Master Servicer shall be authorized to enforce directly against
the Underlying  Sellers any of the obligations of the Underlying  Sellers to the
Assignor or its assignees provided for in the Purchase and Servicing Agreements,
including,  without limitation,  the right to exercise any and all rights of the
Assignor (but not the  obligations)  under the Underlying Sale Agreement and the
Purchase and Servicing  Agreements to monitor and enforce the obligations of the
Underlying  Sellers  thereunder,  the right to terminate the Underlying  Sellers
under the Purchase and Servicing  Agreements  upon the occurrence of an event of
default thereunder,  the right to receive all remittances required to be made by
the Underlying Sellers under the Purchase and Servicing Agreements, the right to
receive all  monthly  reports and other data  required  to be  delivered  by the
Underlying  Sellers  under the Purchase and Servicing  Agreements,  the right to
examine the books and records of the Underlying Sellers, indemnification rights,
and the right to exercise  certain  rights of consent and  approval  relating to
actions taken by the  Underlying  Sellers.  All  remittances  by the  Underlying
Sellers  shall be made to the  account  or  accounts  designated  by the  Master
Servicer  to  the  Underlying  Sellers  in  writing  from  time  to  time.  Wire
remittances shall be sent to: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., ABA# 121000248, FOR CREDIT
TO: SAS CLEARING, ACCT: 3970771416, FFC TO: BAFC 2006-I # 50964200.

     The Master  Servicer  shall be authorized to enforce  directly  against PNC
Bank  any of the  obligations  of PNC  Bank  to the  Assignor  or its  assignees
provided  for in the  Purchase  Agreement.


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     5. Each  Underlying  Seller hereby  represents  and warrants to each of the
other  parties  hereto  (i)  that the  representations  and  warranties  of such
Underlying  Seller in Section 3.01 of the Underlying Sale Agreement are true and
correct in all  material  respects as of the date hereof with the same force and
effect as though  expressly  made at and/or as of the date hereof,  (ii) that it
has taken no action nor  omitted to take any  required  action the  omission  of
which would have the effect of impairing any mortgage  insurance or guarantee on
the Mortgage  Loans and (iii) that any  information  provided by it on or before
the date hereof to any of the parties  hereto is true and correct.  PHH Mortgage
hereby  represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto (i) that its
representations  and warranties in Section 3.02 of the Underlying Sale Agreement
are true and  correct in all  material  respects  as of the date hereof with the
same force and effect as though  expressly  made at and/or as of the date hereof
and (ii) that it has serviced the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of
the Purchase Agreement.

     6. The  Underlying  Sellers hereby agree to cooperate with BAFC, the Master
Servicer and the Assignee to enable BAFC, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator  to fully  comply  with all  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission
("SEC")  disclosure and reporting  requirements in effect from time to time with
respect to the trust  created by the  Pooling  Agreement  (which  shall be named
"Banc of  America  Funding  2006-I  Trust")  (the  "Trust")  and any  securities
representing  ownership interests in or backed by assets of the Trust, including
without limitation,  the SEC's published rules regarding asset-backed securities
(Release Nos. 33-8518; 34-50905; File No. S7-21-0433-8419).

     7. PHH Mortgage  hereby agrees that, in connection  with each Mortgage Loan
of which  the  related  Mortgage  has been  recorded  in the name of MERS or its
designee,  it shall take all actions as are necessary to cause the Assignee,  as
trustee of the Trust pursuant to the Pooling Agreement, to be shown as the owner
of such  Mortgage  Loan on the  records  of MERS for  purposes  of the system of
recording transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.

     8. Each  Underlying  Seller  hereby  agrees that it shall not  substitute a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan.

     9. The Underlying  Sellers hereby agree to the following  modifications  to
the Servicing Agreement solely with respect to the Mortgage Loans:

     a. Section 6.02. The third  paragraph of Section 6.02 is hereby modified to
        read as follows:  Not later than  the fifth (5th)  Business Day of  each
        month,  the  Servicer  shall  furnish  to the  Purchaser  a  delinquency
        report,  a  monthly  remittance  advice  and  a  realized  loss  report,
        including  the   information  set  forth  in  Exhibit  6.02,  in  both a
        mutually  agreeable  physical form and content (including  via  website)
        and a   mutually  agreeable  electronic  format  and  content as  to the
        remittance on such  Remittance  Date and as to  the period ending on the
        last day of the month preceding such Remittance Date.

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     b. Section 7.07.  Section 7.07 is hereby  modified by replacing  subsection
        (ii) with the following:

        "result in the  imposition of a  tax upon the REMIC  (including  but not
        limited to the  tax on "prohibited  transactions" as defined in  Section
        860F(a)(2) of the Code  and  the tax on  "contributions"  to a REMIC set
        forth in Section  860G(d) of the Code) unless  the Servicer has received
        an  Opinion  of Counsel  (at the  expense of the party  seeking  to take
        such  action)  to  the effect  that the  contemplated  action  will  not
        endanger  such  REMIC  status or result in the  imposition  of any  such
        tax."

     c. Exhibit 6.02. Exhibit 6.02 is hereby amended by inserting the provisions
        attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C at the end thereof.

     10. With respect to each Additional  Collateral Mortgage Loan, PHH Mortgage
acknowledges and agrees that it shall take all necessary steps to effectuate the
assignment  of the  Additional  Collateral  (as  defined  in the  ACASA)  to the
Assignee  and  its  assigns,  including  but not  limited  to the  provision  of
necessary notices to the Surety Bond Issuer (as defined in the ACASA) and filing
of UCC financing  statements and all other actions  contemplated by the Purchase
and Servicing Agreements with respect to such Mortgage Loans.

     11.  Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, it is
understood  that the  Underlying  Sellers or PNC Bank,  as  applicable,  are not
released from liability to the Assignor for any breaches of any representations,
warranties  or  covenants  made  by  such  Underlying  Seller  or PNC  Bank,  as
applicable,  in the Purchase  Agreement  prior to the date hereof  regardless of
when such breaches are discovered or made known.

     12. The Assignee's  address for purposes of all notices and  correspondence
related to the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase and Servicing Agreements is:

                  U.S. Bank National Association
                  209 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 300
                  Chicago, Illinois 60604
                  Attention: Structured Finance Trust Services, BAFC 2006-I

     The  Assignor's  address for  purposes  of all  notices and  correspondence
related to the Mortgage Loans and the Purchase and Servicing Agreements is:

                  Bank of America, National Association
                  214 North Tryon Street
                  Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
                  Attention: Managing Director

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     BAFC's  address for purposes of all notices and  correspondence  related to
the Mortgage Loans is:

                  Banc of America Funding Corporation
                  214 North Tryon Street
                  Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
                  Attention: General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer

                               [Signatures Follow]


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Assignment, Assumption and
Recognition Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the
date first above written.


                                        Bank of America, National Association,
                                        Assignor


                                        By:/s/ Bruce W. Good
                                           ------------------------------
                                        Name:    Bruce W. Good
                                        Title:   Vice President


                                        U.S. Bank National
                                        Association, Assignee


                                        By:/s/ Melissa A. Rosal
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                                        Name:    Melissa A. Rosal
                                        Title:   Vice President


                                        Banc of America Funding Corporation


                                        By:/s/ Scott Evants
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                                        Name:    Scott Evans
                                        Title:   Senior Vice President


                                        PHH Mortgage Corporation


                                        By:/s/ Chrissy Judge
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                                        Name:    Chrissy Judge
                                        Title:   Assistant Vice President


                                        Bishop's Gate Residential Mortgage Trust


                                        By:/s/ Chrissy Judge
                                           ------------------------------
                                        Name:    Chrissy Judge
                                        Title:   Assistant Vice President




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                                        PNC Bank, N.A.


                                        By:/s/ Jason Marshall
                                        Name:    Jason Marshall
                                        Title:   Vice President


Acknowledged and Agreed
as of the date first above written:


Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer


By:/s/ Darron Woodus
   ------------------------------
Name:    Darron Woodus
Title:   Assistant Vice President



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                                    EXHIBIT A
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                           Schedule of Mortgage Loans

       [See Exhibits D-1 and D-2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]
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                                    EXHIBIT B
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                Schedule of Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans

       [See Exhibits D-1 and D-2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]

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                                    EXHIBIT C
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Column/Header Name                                  Description                      Decimal       Format Comment
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<S> <C>
SERVICER_LOAN_NBR                    A unique number assigned to a loan by the
                                     Servicer.  This may be different than the
                                     LOAN_NBR
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LOAN_NBR                             A unique identifier assigned to each loan
                                     by the originator.
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CLIENT_NBR                           Servicer Client Number
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SERV_INVESTOR_NBR                    Contains a unique number as assigned by
                                     an external servicer to identify a