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PLAINTIFF BANK FAILED TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOTICE PROVISIONS OF THE MORTGAGE AGREEMENT AND RPAPL 1304; PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff bank failed to demonstrate the notice of default was provided in accordance with the mortgage agreement, failed to demonstrate compliance with the notice requirements of RPAPL 1304 and failed to demonstrate such compliance was not required:

… [T]he plaintiff failed to demonstrate, prima facie, that it complied with a condition precedent contained in the consolidated mortgage agreement, requiring the lender to send a notice of default prior to the commencement of the action. In this respect, the unsubstantiated and conclusory statements in the affidavit of an employee of the plaintiff’s servicer, which indicated that the required notice of default was sent in accordance with the terms of the mortgage, combined with a copy of the notice of default, failed to show that the required notice was mailed by first-class mail or actually delivered to the notice address if sent by other means, as required by the consolidated mortgage agreement … .

… [T]he plaintiff failed to demonstrate, prima facie, that it properly served upon the defendant the notice required by RPAPL 1304. The mailing required under that statute “‘is established with proof of the actual mailings, such as affidavits of mailing or domestic return receipts with attendant signatures, or proof of a standard office mailing procedure designed to ensure that items are properly addressed and mailed, sworn to by someone with personal knowledge of the procedure'” … . Here, the plaintiff proffered neither evidence of the actual mailings nor evidence of a standard office mailing procedure, but rather relied upon its servicer’s conclusory and unsubstantiated affidavit averring that the notice was sent, along with a copy of the notice. This evidence failed to satisfy the plaintiff’s burden … . Moreover, contrary to the Supreme Court’s conclusion, affidavits of service pertaining to the summons and complaint as well as the defendant’s verified answer, which demonstrated that the defendant was present in the State of Florida at the time of service of those pleadings, failed to demonstrate, prima facie, that the subject property was not the defendant’s “principal dwelling,” so as to establish that compliance with RPAPL 1304 was not required … . U.S. Bank N.A. v Negrin, 2020 NY Slip Op 05253, Second Dept 9-30-20

 

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