[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Warwick 11-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-1. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Board of Supervisors of Warwick Township hereby establishes
a real estate registry for Warwick Township, which registry shall
include the list of tax parcels and property owners set forth in the
records provided to Warwick Township by the Tax Assessment Office
of Bucks County.
After the effective date of this chapter, every grantee, devisee,
person or entity acquiring title to real property in Warwick Township
in any manner whatsoever shall, within two business days of recording
the deed or conveyance with the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds, register
the deed or conveyance with Warwick Township by hand delivering or
sending a copy of the deed or conveyance, as recorded, to Warwick
Township by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to fail or refuse to deliver or send to Warwick Township, in the time and manner set forth in § 147-2 above, a deed or conveyance of property within Warwick Township.
A fee, not to exceed $10 per deed, shall be charged and must
be paid to Warwick Township for the registration of each deed and/or
instrument of conveyance.
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 such a
finding in a summary proceeding before a District Justice for Warwick
Township, shall be subject to pay a fine not to exceed $600 per violation
and for the payment of all court costs. In the event the fine is not
paid within 30 days, said violator shall be imprisoned to the extent
allowed by law for punishment of summary offenses.
The Warwick Township Manager is authorized to establish rules
and regulations and application forms as necessary to implement the
provisions of this chapter. The Warwick Township Manager is also directed
to deliver a certified copy of this chapter to the Bucks County Recorder
of Deeds and the Bucks County Board of Realtors advising that office
of the adoption of this chapter.
