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GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW 17-105, NOT 17-101, APPLIES TO THE REVIVAL OF AN EXPIRED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE; THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS HERE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 17-105; FORECLOSURE WAS THEREFORE TIME-BARRED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Peradotto, determined that General Obligations Law 17-105, not 17-101, applied to the revival of an expired statute of limitations for foreclosure of a mortgage and the documents in this case did not meet the criteria of section 17-105. Therefore the foreclosure action was time-barred. The court noted that Supreme Court should have issued a judgment declaring the rights of the parties pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law 1501 and 1521:

General Obligations Law § 17-105 (1) provides, in relevant part:

“A waiver of the expiration of the time limited for commencement of an action to foreclose a mortgage of real property or a mortgage of a lease of real property, or a waiver of the time that has expired, or a promise not to plead the expiration of the time limited, or not to plead the time that has expired, or a promise to pay the mortgage debt, if made after the accrual of a right of action to foreclose the mortgage and made, either with or without consideration, by the express terms of a writing signed by the party to be charged is effective, subject to any conditions expressed in the writing, to make the time limited for commencement of the action run from the date of the waiver or promise.”

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… [T]the financial statements submitted by defendant do not meet the requirements of subdivision (1) of section 17-105 because those documents merely list the mortgage as a liability and do not constitute an express promise to pay the mortgage debt … . Batavia Townhouses, Ltd. v Council of Churches Hous. Dev. Fund Co., Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op 05331, Fourth Dept 10-2-20

 

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