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DEFENDANTS RAISED A QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER THE BANK POSSESSED THE CORRECT VERSION OF THE NOTE, AND, THEREFORE, WHETHER THE BANK HAD STANDING TO BRING THE FORECLOSURE ACTION (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendants in this foreclosure action raised a question of fact whether the bank possessed the relevant note, and therefore had standing, when the action was commenced:

“Pursuant to article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code, a note can be endorsed, or signed over, to a new owner” … . A note can also be endorsed in blank, naming no specific payee, which makes it a bearer instrument, so that any party that possesses it has the legal authority to enforce it (see UCC 3-202[1]; 3-204[2] …). …

The version of the note that contained the special endorsement by GreenPoint to GMAC …, which was submitted in the 2008 foreclosure action, was not consistent with the endorsement in blank by GreenPoint. If the note was specially endorsed to GMAC, it would subsequently had to have been specially endorsed to the plaintiff or endorsed in blank by GMAC in order for the plaintiff to enforce it (see UCC 3-202[1]; 3-204[1] … ). Thus, the defendants raised a triable issue of fact as to whether the plaintiff possessed the legal authority to enforce the note at the time this action was commenced … . U.S. Bank N.A. v Rozo-Castellanos, 2022 NY Slip Op 00457, Second Dept 1-26-22

 

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