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Council proposes requiring written notice to property owners before recording real estate documents.

Official:Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Chapter providing for notice requirements whenever any deed, mortgage, lien or other legal instrument connected with real property is presented for recording, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee

Introduced: March 29, 2007

: Committee on Law and Government

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires the Department of Records to give written notice to property owners when a deed, mortgage, lien, or other document related to their property is recorded. The notice will also be published online and in local newspapers.

What This Bill Does

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Requires the Department of Records to provide written notice to property owners when a deed, mortgage, lien, or other document related to their property is recorded.
Requires the Department of Records to publish notice of the recording online on the City's official website.
Requires the Department of Records to arrange for publication of notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
Imposes a 3-day time limit for the Department of Records to send written notice to property owners after a document is presented for recording.