PRINTER'S NO. 1033
No. 947 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY RYAN AND RAPPAPORT, MARCH 28, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 28, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 1, 1909 (P.L.91, No.53), entitled "An
2 act relating to deeds for conveying or releasing lands,
3 construing words and phrases used therein, and prescribing a
4 form of deed and acknowledgment which may be used for
5 conveying or releasing lands," providing for the description
6 of land conveyed or released in a deed or other instrument by
7 the use of the county tax parcel number of such land.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The act of April 1, 1909 (P.L.91, No.53),
11 entitled "An act relating to deeds for conveying or releasing
12 lands, construing words and phrases used therein, and
13 prescribing a form of deed and acknowledgment which may be used
14 for conveying or releasing lands," is amended by adding a
15 section to read:
16 Section 10. Description by uniform parcel identifier.--In
17 counties requiring by ordinance of their board of county
18 commissioners or in counties of the first class by city council
19 the recording of all county tax maps with the recorder of deeds
20 or commissioner of records of such counties in accordance with
21 the act of , 19 (P.L. , No. ), known as the
1 "Uniform Parcel Identifier Law," all conveyances, mortgages or
2 releases or other instruments affecting real estate included in
3 such recorded county tax maps may be made by reference to the
4 uniform parcel identifier of the real estate being conveyed,
5 mortgaged, released or otherwise affected as indicated on the
6 recorded county tax maps. The first conveyance, mortgage,
7 release or other instrument affecting real estate recorded after
8 the adoption of a resolution under this act and thereafter the
9 first conveyance after the change of any description of real
10 estate represented by a uniform parcel identifier shall contain
11 in addition to the uniform parcel identifier assigned to said
12 parcel affected by such instrument either (1) a metes and bounds
13 description or (2) a lot number and reference to recorded
14 subdivision plan which plan on its face shows metes and bounds.
15 Any subsequent conveyance, mortgage, release or other instrument
16 affecting real estate so made by reference to such uniform
17 parcel identifier and the record location where the metes and
18 bounds description or first number and reference to a recorded
19 plot plan last appears shall be effective to pass title or
20 affect title to the real estate so described as it would be if
21 the premises had been described by the metes and bounds
22 description used in the first instrument so recorded or
23 appearing in the recorded subdivision plan. The uniform parcel
24 identifier, the recorded tax map or record thereof, or the
25 recorded subdivision plan shall be received in evidence and in
26 all courts and places as describing the real estate therein
27 designated as though the same were set forth in full as
28 appearing in such first conveyance, mortgage, release or other
29 instrument or as shown on such recorded subdivision plan.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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