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THE MERE PRESENCE OF A REINSTATEMENT CLAUSE IN THE MORTGAGE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS A BORROWER IN DEFAULT TO PAY THE ARREARS AND STOP THE ACCELERATION OF THE DEBT, DOES NOT AFFECT OR IMPEDE THE ACCELERATION OF THE DEBT WHEN A FORECLOSURE ACTION IS STARTED; THE DEBT HERE WAS ACCELERATED WHEN THE FIRST FORECLOSURE ACTION WAS COMMENCED IN 2009 RENDERING THE INSTANT FORECLOSURE ACTION TIME-BARRED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Curran, agreeing with the Second Department, determined the mere presence of reinstatement clause in a mortgage, which allows a borrower who has missed payments to pay the amount of the missed payments and resume monthly payments, does not affect or impede the acceleration of the debt when a foreclosure action is brought. Therefore the foreclosure action at issue was time-barred:

The mortgage is a uniform instrument issued by Fannie Mae, among others, for use in New York State and contains several provisions that are relevant on appeal. Section 22 (acceleration provision) permits the lender to require immediate payment of the loan in full upon the borrower’s default, provided certain conditions are met. Section 19 (reinstatement provision) grants a borrower in default the right to effectively de-accelerate the maturity of the mortgage debt by paying in full the past due amount, thereby returning the loan to its pre-default status. * * *

… [W]e conclude that the mortgage’s reinstatement provision does not in any way affect or impede acceleration of the full mortgage debt. The reinstatement provision is not mentioned anywhere in the text of the mortgage’s acceleration provision, which governs when Fannie Mae could exercise its option to accelerate the full debt … . Further, the language of the reinstatement provision “indicates that [Fannie Mae’s] right to accelerate the entire debt may be exercised before the [borrower’s] rights under the reinstatement provision . . . are exercised or extinguished” … . Thus, in effect, the reinstatement provision merely “gives the borrower the contractual option to de-accelerate the mortgage when certain conditions are met” … —which presupposes that an acceleration has already occurred. Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. v Tortora, 2020 NY Slip Op 05410, Fourth Dept 10-2-20

 

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