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THE BANK DID NOT DEMONSTRATE IT HAD STANDING TO FORECLOSE; THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT PROOF THE ALLONGE WAS FIRMLY AFFIXED TO THE NOTE AS REQUIRED BY UCC 3-202 (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the bank in this foreclosure action did not prove it had standing to bring the action:

A plaintiff has standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action when it is the holder or assignee of the underlying note at the time the action is commenced … . The plaintiff can establish standing by attaching a properly endorsed note to the complaint when commencing the action … . However, where an endorsement is on an allonge to the note, the plaintiff must establish that the allonge was “so firmly affixed to the note so as to become a part thereof” pursuant to UCC 3-202(2) at the time the action was commenced … . “Where there is no allonge or note that is either endorsed in blank or specially endorsed to the plaintiff, mere physical possession of a note at the commencement of a foreclosure action is insufficient to confer standing or to make a plaintiff the lawful holder of a negotiable instrument for the purposes of enforcing the note” … .

Here, the plaintiff’s submissions failed to eliminate triable issues of fact as to whether the allonges were so firmly affixed to the note as to become a part thereof … . [The bank vice president’s] affidavit did not clarify whether the allonges were firmly affixed to the note … . U.S. Bank N.A. v Duvivier, 2023 NY Slip Op 03496, Second Dept 6-28-23

Practice Point: If the endorsement is on an allonge to the note, the allonge must be firmly affixed to the note (UCC 3-202). If the bank does not prove the endorsed allonge is firmly affixed to the note, it has not proved standing to foreclose.

 

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