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THE LOST NOTE AFFIDAVITS SUBMITTED BY THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION WERE INVALID; PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ENTER A DEFAULT JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the plaintiff bank’s motion to leave to enter a default judgment in this foreclosure action should not have been granted. The lost note affidavits were invalid:

Pursuant to UCC 3-804, “[t]he owner of an instrument which is lost, whether by destruction, theft or otherwise, may maintain an action in his [or her] own name and recover from any party liable thereon upon due proof of his [or her] ownership, the facts which prevent his [or her] production of the instrument and its terms.”

Here, although the plaintiff submitted sufficient evidence establishing that it was the owner and holder of the note and establishing the note’s terms, the lost note affidavits submitted by the plaintiff failed to establish the facts that prevent the production of the original note … . Neither affidavit identifies who conducted the search for the lost note or explains “when or how the note was lost” … . Capital One, N.A. v Gokhberg, 2020 NY Slip Op 07345, Second Dept 12-9-20

 

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