[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Perkasie 12-16-1985 as Ch. 142 of the 1985 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxation — See Ch. 170.
There be and hereby is established a real estate
registry for the Borough of Perkasie, County of Bucks and State of
Pennsylvania, and the Secretary of the said Borough shall, under the
direction of the Council, cause to be made all necessary books, maps
and plans as will show the situation and dimensions of each property
thereon, which books, maps or plans shall be so prepared as to show
the location and the name of the owner or owners thereof with blank
spaces for the name of the owner of each lot and with provision for
the names of future owners and the dates of future transfers of title.
For the purpose of establishing such registry,
the Secretary shall have access, without charge, to any public records
wherein the necessary information may be obtainable and may also cause
a search to be made in other places for any muniments or evidences
of title not reported to him as herein provided and requisite for
the completion of such books, maps or plans.
Said books, maps and plans shall be carefully
preserved and shall be so kept by additions from time to time as to
show the ownership of every lot, piece of real estate or subdivision
thereof within the limits of said Borough, with the succeeding transmissions
of title from time of the commencement of such plans, but nothing
contained therein shall, at any time, invalidate any municipal or
tax claim by reason of the fact that the same is not assessed or levied
against the registered owner.
[Amended 1-19-2009 by Ord. No. 932]
A.
It shall be the duty of all owners of real estate within the limits
of the Borough of Perkasie whose deeds to such property have not been
previously registered with the Borough, within 30 days from the date
of the approval of this section, and of every subsequent purchaser,
devisee or owner of real estate within the limits of the Borough,
within two business days of after recording the deed or conveyance
with the county, to register the deed or conveyance with the Borough
of Perkasie in one of the following manners:
(1)
By hand delivering to the Borough office a copy of the deed or conveyance
as submitted to the county for recording;
(2)
By sending to the Borough a copy of the deed or conveyance as submitted
to the county for recording via registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, addressed to the Borough Secretary at the Borough
office;
(3)
By electronically sending to the Borough an image of the deed as
submitted to the county for recording to the Borough at the electronic
mail address provided on the Borough's official website for deed
registrations.
B.
The fee for the registration of each deed or conveyance shall be
$10. The fee shall be paid at the time of registration, except if
registration is accomplished electronically, in which case the fee
shall be hand delivered or mailed, first class, prepaid, to the municipality
within seven days after the deed is transmitted to the Borough electronically.
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Editor's Note: Former § 142-5, Property sold at
judicial sales; recording unstamped deeds, was repealed 1-19-2009
by Ord. No. 932.
