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THE MOTION TO INTERVENE BY A PARTY WHICH PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN FORECLOSURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED; THE BANK DID NOT PROVE THE BORROWER’S DEFAULT BECAUSE THE RELEVANT BUSINESS RECORDS WERE NOT ATTACHED TO THE VICE PRESIDENT’S AFFIDAVIT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined (1) the motion to intervene by a party (the LLC) which had purchased the property subject to foreclosure should have been granted, (2) noncompliance with the notice requirement of RPAPL 1304 and 1306 and the mortgage agreement cannot be raised by the intervenor, a stranger to the note and mortgage, and (3) the bank did not prove the borrower’s default because the relevant business records were not attached to the bank’s affidavit:

…. [T]he LLC established that the representation of its interest by the parties would be inadequate, that the action involved the disposition of title to real property, and that it would be bound and adversely affected by a judgment of foreclosure and sale (see CPLR 1012[a][2], [3]; 6501 …). …[T]he fact that the LLC obtained its interest in the premises after the action was commenced and the notice of pendency was filed does not definitively bar intervention … . * * *

… [The bank] failed to provide evidence in admissible form of the borrower’s default in payment of the note … . In his affidavit submitted in support of U.S. Bank’s motion, Bennett [vice president of the bank’s servicer] averred that he was personally familiar with Rushmore’s record-keeping practices and that, based on his review of Rushmore’s business records, the borrower “defaulted under the terms of the loan documents by failing to make the monthly installment due on January 1, 2015 and has remained in default to the present date.” However, Bennett’s assertion regarding the borrower’s alleged default constituted inadmissible hearsay, as he failed to annex to his affidavit the business records on which he relied … . U.S. Bank N.A. v Medina, 2024 NY Slip Op 04588, Second Dept 9-25-24

Practice Point: Here the party which purchased the property in foreclosure should have been allowed to intervene.

Practice Point: In foreclosure proceedings affidavits which purport to describe the contents of business records which are not attached constitute inadmissible hearsay.

 

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