S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7693
I N S E N A T E
February 8, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law and the
civil practice law and rules, in relation to including the name and
telephone number of the mortgage servicer for a plaintiff in a mort-
gage foreclosure action on certain documents pertaining to such action
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1321 of the real property actions
and proceedings law, as added by chapter 312 of the laws of 1962, is
amended to read as follows:
1. If the defendant fails to answer within the time allowed or the
right of the plaintiff is admitted by the answer, upon motion of the
plaintiff, the court shall ascertain and determine the amount due, or
direct a referee to compute the amount due to the plaintiff and to such
of the defendants as are prior incumbrancers of the mortgaged premises,
and to examine and report whether the mortgaged premises can be sold in
parcels and, if the whole amount secured by the mortgage has not become
due, to report the amount thereafter to become due. Where the defendant
is an infant, and has put in a general answer by his guardian, or if any
of the defendants be absentees, the order of reference also shall direct
the referee to take proof of the facts and circumstances stated in the
complaint and to examine the plaintiff or his agent, on oath, as to any
payments which have been made. THE ORDER OF REFERENCE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
THE NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE MORTGAGE SERVICER FOR A PLAINTIFF
INVOLVING A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE OF A ONE- TO FOUR-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1351 of the real property actions and
proceedings law, as amended by section 8 of part Q of chapter 73 of the
laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
1. The judgment shall direct that the mortgaged premises, or so much
thereof as may be sufficient to discharge the mortgage debt, the
expenses of the sale and the costs of the action, and which may be sold
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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separately without material injury to the parties interested, be sold by
or under the direction of the sheriff of the county, or a referee within
ninety days of the date of the judgment. THE JUDGMENT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
THE NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE MORTGAGE SERVICER FOR A PLAINTIFF
INVOLVING A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE OF A ONE- TO FOUR-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY.
§ 3. Subdivision (b) of rule 6511 of the civil practice law and rules,
such rule as renumbered by chapter 318 of the laws of 1962, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Content; designation of index. A notice of pendency shall state
the names of the parties to the action, INCLUDING THE NAME AND TELEPHONE
NUMBER OF THE MORTGAGE SERVICER FOR A FORECLOSING PARTY INVOLVING A
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE OF A ONE- TO FOUR-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, the
object of the action and a description of the property affected. A
notice of pendency filed with a clerk who maintains a block index shall
contain a designation of the number of each block on the land map of the
county which is affected by the notice. Except in an action for parti-
tion a notice of pendency filed with a clerk who does not maintain a
block index shall contain a designation of the names of each defendant
against whom the notice is directed to be indexed.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.