PRINTER'S NO. 138
No. 133 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, JANUARY 15, 1987
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 15, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 1, 1909 (P.L.91, No.53), entitled "An
2 act relating to deeds for conveying or releasing lands,
3 construing words and phrases used therein, and prescribing a
4 form of deed and acknowledgment which may be used for
5 conveying or releasing lands," providing for the description
6 of land conveyed or released in a deed or other instrument by
7 the use of the county tax parcel number of the land.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The act of April 1, 1909 (P.L.91, No.53),
11 entitled "An act relating to deeds for conveying or releasing
12 lands, construing words and phrases used therein, and
13 prescribing a form of deed and acknowledgment which may be used
14 for conveying or releasing lands," is amended by adding a
15 section to read:
16 Section 10. (a) In counties adopting a uniform parcel
17 identifier system under statutory provisions on parcel
18 identification, all conveyances, mortgages or releases or other
19 instruments affecting real estate included in the system may be
20 made by reference to the uniform parcel identifier of the real
1 estate being conveyed, mortgaged, released or otherwise affected
2 as indicated on the recorded county tax maps. The first
3 conveyance, mortgage, release or other instrument affecting real
4 estate recorded after the adoption of an ordinance under the
5 statutory provisions on parcel identification, and thereafter
6 the first conveyance after the change of any description of real
7 estate represented by a uniform parcel identifier, shall contain
8 the uniform parcel identifier assigned to the parcel or parcels
9 affected by such instrument. Thereafter, the first conveyance
10 after a change of size and/or description of real estate
11 represented by a uniform parcel identifier shall contain, in
12 parcels affected by the instrument, either:
13 (1) A metes and bounds description based on a precise
14 survey; or
15 (2) A lot number and reference to a recorded subdivision
16 plan which plan on its face shows metes and bounds prepared by a
17 professional land surveyor as required by the act of May 23,
18 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the "Professional Engineers
19 Registration Law." Any subdivision plan which was prepared prior
20 to the effective date of the aforesaid "Professional Engineers
21 Registration Law," which contains metes and bounds, shall be
22 acceptable for compliance with these provisions, except that no
23 requirement for metes and bounds description by survey or
24 subdivision plan shall be necessary for any conveyance,
25 transfer, mortgage, release or other purpose involving a right-
26 of-way, surface or subsurface easement or oil, gas or mineral
27 lease or other interest or any subsurface estate. Further, as to
28 any mortgages recorded which seek to grant an interest in real
29 estate which real estate has not obtained a parcel identifier,
30 the failure to refer to the uniform parcel identifier for each
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1 such interest or the failure to include a deed reference for
2 each such interest shall not affect the lien of such mortgage.
3 (b) Any subsequent conveyance, mortgage, release or other
4 instrument affecting real estate so made by reference to the
5 uniform parcel identifier and the record location where the
6 metes and bounds description or first number and reference to a
7 recorded plot plan last appears shall be as effective to pass
8 title or affect title to the real estate so described as it
9 would be if the premises had been described by the metes and
10 bounds description used in the first instrument so recorded or
11 appearing in the recorded subdivision plan.
12 (c) The uniform parcel identifier, the recorded tax map or
13 record thereof or the recorded subdivision plan shall be
14 received in evidence and in all courts and places as describing
15 the real estate therein designated as though the same were set
16 forth in full as appearing in the first conveyance, mortgage,
17 release or other instrument or as shown on the recorded
18 subdivision plan.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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