Pennsylvania HB 626: 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.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 637
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 626
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, BURGOS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, DONAHUE, GIRAL,
GREEN, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, NEILSON, SANCHEZ AND
SCHLOSSBERG, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
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:
§ 2307.1. Code compliance notice following sheriff's sale.
(a) Notice .--
(1) The department shall prepare and provide a code
compliance notice for each county in this Commonwealth.
(2) The notice shall be provided to each county sheriff
within 30 days of the effective date of this subsection.
(3) The notice may be provided electronically to a
sheriff's office if the department can confirm receipt of the
notice.
(4) The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the
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following:
(i) A list of municipalities in the county with the
following information for each municipality:
(A) General contact information for the
municipality.
(B) Whether 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 .
(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, 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
ordinances or other municipal ordinances, which may
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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) Other relevant information that the department
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 a purchaser
of a property at a sheriff's sale. The code compliance notice
shall be posted on the sheriff's publicly accessible Internet
website and in the location where other information about
sheriff's sales is displayed, and shall be made available to
prospective purchasers attending the sheriff's sale.
(c) Updates.--
(1) The department shall update the code compliance
notice under subsection (a) on an annual basis.
(2) The department shall provide the updated notice 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.
(3) The department may provide the updated notice
electronically to a sheriff's office if the department
confirms receipt of the updated notice.
(d) Application.--The provisions of this section shall apply
to properties purchased or sold in accordance with the
provisions of the act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153),
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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.
(e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"department" means the Department of Labor and Industry of the
Commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The addition of 68 Pa.C.S. § 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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