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LETTER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEBT AND THEREBY REVIVE A TIME-BARRED FORECLOSURE ACTION, MORTGAGE PROPERLY CANCELED AND DISCHARGED IN THIS RPAPL 1501 ACTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined plaintiff was entitled, pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) 1501 and the statute of limitations, to cancel and discharge a mortgage which defendant bank (Deutsche Bank) had accelerated more than six years before. Defendant bank argued that a letter sent by the original property owner, Aird (who had taken out the mortgage), pursuant to General Obligations Law § 17-101, acknowledged the debt and revived the time-barred claim. Supreme Court properly rejected that argument:

“General Obligations Law § 17-101 effectively revives a time-barred claim when the debtor has signed a writing which validly acknowledges the debt” … . To constitute a valid acknowledgment, a “writing must be signed and recognize an existing debt and must contain nothing inconsistent with an intention on the part of the debtor to pay it” … . Contrary to Deutsche Bank's contention, a letter written by Aird that accompanied his second short sale package submitted to Deutsche Bank's loan servicer did not constitute an unqualified acknowledgment of the debt or manifest a promise to repay the debt sufficient to reset the running of the statute of limitations … . Karpa Realty Group, LLC v Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co., 2018 NY Slip Op 05921, Second Dept 8-29-18

Similar issues and result in Yadegar v Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co, 2018 NY Slip Op 05957, Second Dept 8-29-18

FORECLOSURE (LETTER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEBT AND THEREBY REVIVE A TIME-BARRED FORECLOSURE ACTION, MORTGAGE PROPERLY CANCELED AND DISCHARGED IN THIS RPAPL 1501 ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/CIVIL PROCEDURE (FORECLOSURE, LETTER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEBT AND THEREBY REVIVE A TIME-BARRED FORECLOSURE ACTION, MORTGAGE PROPERLY CANCELED AND DISCHARGED IN THIS RPAPL 1501 ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW (LETTER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEBT AND THEREBY REVIVE A TIME-BARRED FORECLOSURE ACTION, MORTGAGE PROPERLY CANCELED AND DISCHARGED IN THIS RPAPL 1501 ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/DEBTOR-CREDITOR (FORECLOSURE, GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, LETTER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEBT AND THEREBY REVIVE A TIME-BARRED FORECLOSURE ACTION, MORTGAGE PROPERLY CANCELED AND DISCHARGED IN THIS RPAPL 1501 ACTION (SECOND DEPT))/GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW 17-101 LETTER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEBT AND THEREBY REVIVE A TIME-BARRED FORECLOSURE ACTION, MORTGAGE PROPERLY CANCELED AND DISCHARGED IN THIS RPAPL 1501 ACTION (SECOND DEPT))

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