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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, THOMAS, J. TAYLOR, SCAVELLO, M. O'BRIEN, MURT AND CALTAGIRONE, MARCH 14, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.860, No.303), entitled "An |
2 | act to provide for the recording, and notation upon the |
3 | record of any deed or other recorded instrument, of any |
4 | judgment or decree affecting such deed or other instrument, |
5 | and providing that such recording and notation shall be |
6 | notice of such judgment or decree," further providing for |
7 | recording judgments. |
8 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
9 | hereby enacts as follows: |
10 | Section 1. Section 1 of the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.860, |
11 | No.303), entitled "An act to provide for the recording, and |
12 | notation upon the record of any deed or other recorded |
13 | instrument, of any judgment or decree affecting such deed or |
14 | other instrument, and providing that such recording and notation |
15 | shall be notice of such judgment or decree," is amended to read: |
16 | Section 1. [Be it enacted, &c., That when] (a) When any |
17 | final judgment or decree[, heretofore or hereafter] entered in |
18 | any court in this Commonwealth, affects any deed or other |
19 | instrument of record in the office of the recorder of deeds of |
20 | any county, the recording of such judgment or decree, and a |
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1 | reference thereto noted upon the margin of the record of said |
2 | deed or other instrument, giving the court, the date, and the |
3 | number and term thereof, shall constitute record notice of such |
4 | judgment or decree. |
5 | (b) Upon the production before the recorder of deeds of: |
6 | (1) either the original record or a certified copy of the |
7 | record of any proceeding in any such court, the judgment or |
8 | decree wherein shall affect any deed or other instrument of |
9 | record in the office of such recorder of deeds[,]; or |
10 | (2) proof that the record owner on the deed or instrument is |
11 | the person against whom the judgment or decree has been entered |
12 | and proof that the record owner on the deed or instrument has |
13 | received written notice of intent to record the judgment or |
14 | decree, |
15 | it shall be the duty of such recorder to record the said |
16 | judgment or decree, with the name of the court, the title, |
17 | number, and term of the proceeding wherein the same shall have |
18 | been entered, and to enter, upon the margin of the record of |
19 | such deed or other instrument, the notation hereinbefore |
20 | provided, for which service he shall receive the fees provided |
21 | by law. |
22 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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