PRINTER'S NO. 349
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
382
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, NEILSON, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN,
SANCHEZ AND D. WILLIAMS, MARCH 14, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 14, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real estate
foreclosure, providing for code compliance notice following
sheriff's sale.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 68 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 2307.1. Code compliance notice following sheriff's sale.
(a) Notice .--The Department of Labor and Industry shall
prepare and provide a code compliance notice for each county in
this Commonwealth. The following apply:
(1) The notice shall be provided to each county sheriff
within 30 days of the effective date of this paragraph.
(2) The notice may be provided electronically to a
sheriff's office if the Department of Labor and Industry can
confirm receipt of the notice.
(3) The notice for each county shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
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(i) A list of municipalities in each county with the
following information for each municipality:
(A) General contact information for the
municipality.
(B) If the municipality has elected to enforce
the Uniform Construction Code under the act of
November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the
Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, and:
(I) For municipalities that have elected to
enforce the Uniform Construction Code, the name
and contact information for the building code
official and whether the municipality has enacted
amendments to the Uniform Construction Code.
(II) For municipalities that have elected
not to enforce the Uniform Construction Code, the
contact information for the appropriate Uniform
Construction Code staff at the Department of
Labor and Industry.
(ii) Plain language information about compliance
with the Uniform Construction Code and the permits that
may be required before construction on a property can
commence. The information under this subparagraph shall
include a statement that the purchaser should contact the
building code official or the Department of Labor and
Industry, whichever is applicable for the municipality
where the property is located, to obtain additional
information about the requirements of the Uniform
Construction Code.
(iii) Plain language information explaining that
municipalities may have enacted municipal zoning
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ordinances or other municipal ordinances, which may
require a permit, a variance or other compliance measures
before construction on a property may commence. The
information under this subparagraph shall include a
statement that the purchaser should contact the
municipality where the property is located to obtain
additional information about how to comply with municipal
requirements.
(iv) Any other relevant information that the
Department of Labor and Industry deems appropriate to
provide the purchaser of a property at a sheriff's sale.
(b) Duty of sheriff.--A sheriff shall provide the code
compliance notice required under subsection (a) to any purchaser
of a property at a sheriff's sale. The code compliance notice
shall be posted on the sheriff's publicly accessible Internet
website, in the location where other information about sheriff's
sales is displayed, and the notice shall be made available to
prospective purchasers attending a sheriff's sale.
(c) Updates.--The Department of Labor and Industry shall be
responsible for updating the code compliance notices under
subsection (a) on an annual basis. The following apply:
(1) The updated notice shall be provided to each county
sheriff prior to December 31 each year, beginning the year
after the notice required by subsection (a) is provided for
the first time.
(2) The updated notice may be provided electronically to
a sheriff's office if the Department of Labor and Industry
can confirm receipt of the updated notice.
(d) Application.--The provisions of this section shall apply
to properties purchased or sold in accordance with the
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provisions of the act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153),
referred to as the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, and the act
of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368, No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax
Sale Law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The addition of 68 Pa.C.S. ยง 2307.1(b) shall take
effect in 151 days.
(2) This section shall take effect immediately.
(3) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 120
days.
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