[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Doylestown 8-18-1992 by Ord. No. 218.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Supervisors of Doylestown Township herein establishes a
Real Estate Registry for the Township of Doylestown, which said registry shall
include the list of tax parcels and property owners set forth in the 1992
real estate duplicate provided by the County of Bucks.
After the effective date of this chapter, each and every purchaser,
devisee, grantee or person acquiring title to real property in the Township
of Doylestown in any manner whatsoever shall furnish to the Township Manager
at the Township Building a description of the property and, at the same time
and prior to recording said instrument with the Recorder of Deeds of Bucks
County, present the deed or deeds and/or any other instruments of conveyance
to the Township Manager to be stamped as evidence of the registry of said
transfer with the Township. For the purpose of this chapter, a "person" shall
mean any natural person, corporation or any other entity capable of holding
title to real property.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to present for
recording any deed and/or instrument of conveyance to the Recorder of Deeds
of Bucks County without having first presented the same to the Township Manager
to be stamped as evidence of registry thereof with the Township.
A fee shall be charged for the registration of each deed and/or instrument
of conveyance in accordance with a fee schedule established by resolution
from time to time by the Board of Supervisors of Doylestown Township.[1]
Any person, partnership, firm, corporation or any other entity capable
of holding title to real property pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania who or which shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of
the provisions of this chapter, upon a finding before a District Justice of
the Peace that said person, partnership, firm or corporation shall have failed
or refused to comply with the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject
to a penalty in the amount of $1,000, plus any costs.
The Township Manager is herein authorized to establish such rules and
regulations and forms as are necessary to implement this chapter. The Township
Manager is further directed to deliver a certified copy of this chapter to
the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds and to the Bucks County Board of Realtors
advising the same of the adoption of this chapter by the Board of Supervisors.
