AN ACT

 

1Amending the act of March 18, 1875 (P.L.32, No.36), entitled "An
2act requiring recorders of deeds to prepare and keep in their
3respective offices general, direct and ad sectum indexes of
4deeds and mortgages recorded therein, prescribing the duty of
5said recorders and declaring that the entries in said general
6indexes shall be notice to all persons," providing for
7requirements of certain instruments as a condition of
8recordation and for a fee for reprocessing.

9The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10hereby enacts as follows:

11Section 1. The act of March 18, 1875 (P.L.32, No.36),
12entitled "An act requiring recorders of deeds to prepare and
13keep in their respective offices general, direct and ad sectum
14indexes of deeds and mortgages recorded therein, prescribing the
15duty of said recorders and declaring that the entries in said
16general indexes shall be notice to all persons," is amended by
17adding sections to read:

18Section 1.1. (a) In addition to any other requirement of 
19law, all deeds or other transfers of real estate, or an interest 
20in real estate, including, but not limited to, mortgage and 

1mortgage assignments, presented for recording after the 
2effective date of this subsection shall conform to the 
3following:

4(1) The document shall be titled and captioned as to its
5form and contents with a single title reasonably
6corresponding to a description of an instrument subject to
7fees in accordance with the act of June 12, 1919 (P.L.476,
8No.240), referred to as the Second Class County Recorder of
9Deeds Fee Law, the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310, No.87),
10referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law, or any law,
11ordinance, rule or regulation establishing fees for the
12recording of documents in counties of the first class, as
13applicable.

14(2) The document shall contain a property location,
15including the county and municipal corporation wherein the
16property lies, a legal description of the property and a
17uniform parcel identifier number of the property affected if
18required in accordance with section 5.

19(3) The name of every owner or person with an interest
20in the property described in the document shall be identified
21as a party and shall be indexed accordingly by the recorder
22of deeds. Person shall include any natural person,
23association, fiduciary, partnership, corporation or other
24entity, including a governmental entity.

25(4) Documents shall not contain, or refer to by
26incorporation, multiple transactions affecting multiple
27parties and multiple properties, including mortgage
28satisfactions and assignments of any type.

29(b) The recorder of deeds may refuse to record any document
30that does not conform to the standards set forth in subsection

1(a).

2Section 1.2. The recorder of deeds may charge a fee not to
3exceed ten dollars for reprocessing a document rejected in
4accordance with section 1.1(b) pursuant to an established
5procedure and publication by the recorder of deeds.

6Section 2. All acts or parts of acts are repealed insofar as
7they are inconsistent with this act.

8Section 3. Nothing in this act shall affect any deed, other
9transfers of real estate or an interest in real estate, fully
10executed, acknowledged or recorded prior to the effective date
11of this act.

12Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.