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

  WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C16,
  Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
  Series 2013-C16 (the Trust)

  I, Anthony Sfarra, a President of Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage
  Securities, Inc., the depositor into the above-referenced Trust, certify
  that:

  1.I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all reports Form
    10-D required to be filed in respect of periods included in the year
    covered by this annual report, of the Trust;

  2.Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a
    whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
    to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
    light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
    misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

  3.Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other
    information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period
    covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

  4.Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required
    in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as
    disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic report, the servicers have
    fulfilled their obligations under the pooling and servicing agreement
    in all material respects; and

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

    In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
    information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:
    CoreLogic Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. as Vendor for Wells
    Fargo Bank, N.A as Master Servicer, CW Capital Asset Management LLC, as
    Special Servicer for the Augusta Mall Companion Loan , National Tax
    Search, LLC as Vendor for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A as Master Servicer ,
    NCB, FSB as NCB Master Servicer, NCB, FSB as Co-op Special Servicer,
    Pentalpha Surveillance LLC as Trust Advisor, Rialto Capital Advisors,
    LLC as General Special Servicer, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, INC as
    Trust Advisors for the Augusta Mall Companion Loan  and Wells Fargo
    Bank, N.A. as Custodian.

    Dated:   March 31, 2014


    /s/ Anthony Sfarra
    Signature

    President
    (senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)