PRINTER'S NO. 487
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
517
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, BARTOLOTTA, BREWSTER AND KANE,
MARCH 15, 2023
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, MARCH 15, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310, No.87), entitled "An
act establishing fees for services of recorders of deeds in
counties of the second A, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth classes and home rule charter counties of
these classes; authorizing a special deed and mortgage
recording fee in certain counties; and establishing county
demolition funds," further providing for a fee imposed and
used for demolition.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2.2(b) of the act of April 8, 1982
(P.L.310, No.87), referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law,
is amended to read:
Section 2.2. * * *
(b) In addition to the fees charged by a recorder of deeds
or an equivalent officer in a county, the governing body of the
county may, by resolution or ordinance, authorize the recorder
of deeds to charge and collect a fee not to exceed [$15] $16 for
each deed and mortgage recorded. The county may adjust the fee
yearly to provide for inflation by an amount not to exceed an
annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying any
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upward percentage change in the Consumer Price Index immediately
prior to the date that the adjustment is due to take effect and
rounding the amount to the nearest dollar . The fee shall be
deposited into the county demolition fund to be used exclusively
for the demolition of blighted property situate in the county.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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