PRINTER'S NO. 3243

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2443 Session of 1982


        INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, FISCHER, CESSAR, COWELL, SEVENTY, PETRONE,
           OLASZ, PISTELLA, HAYES, GAMBLE AND ITKIN, APRIL 27, 1982

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, APRIL 27, 1982

                                     AN ACT

     1  Requiring banks and other lending institutions to notify the
     2     mortgagor when the mortgage has been paid.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5  Section 1.  Notice requirement.
     6     A bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or other
     7  lending institution holding a mortgage shall send written
     8  notification by first class mail to the mortgagor when the
     9  mortgage has been fully paid. Any moneys remaining in any escrow
    10  account established for the payment of taxes or insurance
    11  premiums shall be immediately returned to the mortgagor.
    12  Section 2.  Effective date.
    13     This act shall take effect in 60 days.



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