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Senate Bill S5636
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S5636 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7264
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Amd RR3212 & 3408, §3215, CPLR; amd §1302, add §1302-a, RPAP L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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A2041
2011-S5636 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes certain proof and settlement requirements for plaintiffs seeking summary judgment or a default judgment in a residential foreclosure proceeding; provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at any time; requires the plaintiff in a foreclosure action to affirm that it is the holder and owner, or its delegated agent, of the subject mortgage and note
2011-S5636 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5636 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to residential foreclosure actions; and to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to standing to commence an action to foreclose a mortgage PURPOSE OF BILL: Establishes certain proof requirements for plaintiffs in mortgage foreclosure actions. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF BILL: Requires a mandatory settlement conference be held as a condition precedent to the granting of summary judgment motions in residential mortgage foreclosure proceedings; Creates standards for the granting of summary judgment and default judgments, including an affirmative showing that plaintiff has dealt with defendant in good faith as required by the implied covenant of good faith contained within the mortgage. EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER: Amends CPLR 3212 (a); creates a new CPLR (j); amends CPLR 3215 (f); amends CPLR 3408
2011-S5636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5636 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 8, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to resi- dential foreclosure actions; and to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to standing to commence an action to foreclose a mortgage THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of rule 3212 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 492 of the laws of 1996, is amended and a new subdivision (j) is added to read as follows: (a) Time; kind of action. [Any] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS RULE, ANY party may move for summary judgment in any action, after issue has been joined; provided however, that the court may set a date after which no such motion may be made, such date being no earlier than thirty days after the filing of the note of issue. If no such date is set by the court, such motion shall be made no later than one hundred twenty days after the filing of the note of issue, except with leave of court on good cause shown. IN ANY RESIDENTIAL FORECLOSURE ACTION INVOLVING A HOME LOAN, TO WHICH SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW APPLIES, IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT IS A RESI- DENT OF THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FORECLOSURE, A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDG- MENT SHALL BE DENIED UNLESS AND UNTIL A MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE HAS BEEN HELD PURSUANT TO RULE 3408 OF THIS CHAPTER, AND THE COURT HAS CONCLUDED THAT NO FURTHER SUCH CONFERENCES SHOULD BE SCHEDULED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE MATTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH RULE. (J) STANDARDS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN CASES INVOLVING RESIDENTIAL FORECLOSURE. A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN AN ACTION INVOLVING A HOME LOAN, TO WHICH SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW APPLIES, IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT IS A RESI- DENT OF THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FORECLOSURE, SHALL NOT BE GRANTED TO A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09828-02-1
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