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A 8244: Increases fee amount authorized to be imposed on mortgagees or their agents.
What A 8244 does, verified June 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law to regulate the registration of residential mortgages in default. It sets a maximum annual registration fee of three hundred dollars, which local laws, ordinances, or resolutions can impose. Mortgagees and their agents are prohibited from passing along these fees to the mortgagor in default. The changes take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: substituted by s7933a (2026-06-04)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8244
- What is the current status of A 8244?
- As of June 8, 2026, A 8244 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 4, 2026, was "substituted by s7933a".
- Did A 8244 pass?
- Not yet. A 8244 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8244, and where is it now?
- A 8244 was authored by Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes.
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| Jun. 05, 2026 | substituted by s7933a |
| Jun. 04, 2026 | substituted by s7933a |
| Jun. 01, 2026 | ordered to third reading rules cal.299 |
| Jun. 01, 2026 | rules report cal.299 |
| Jun. 01, 2026 | reported |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 5, 2025 · 375 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8244 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to a right of action where registration fees are imposed on mortgagees in default The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 8 of section 1393 of the real property 2 actions and proceedings law, as added by chapter 600 of the laws of 3 2022, are amended to read as follows: 4 3. Any local law, ordinance or resolution that allows for the regis- 5 tration of residential mortgages in default may impose a registration 6 fee not exceeding [seventy-five] three hundred dollars annually. A mort- 7 gagee and/or its agents are prohibited from passing along such fees to 8 the mortgagor in default. 9 8. Right of action. Any person that has been damaged as a result of 10 the mortgagee and/or its agents passing down fees to the mortgagor in 11 default shall be entitled to bring an action for recovery of damages in: 12 (a) the county in which all or a substantial part of the events or 13 omissions giving rise to the claim occurred; 14 (b) the county of residence for any one of the defendants who is a 15 natural person at the time the cause of action accrued; 16 (c) the county of the principal office in this state of any one of the 17 defendants that is not a natural person; or 18 (d) the county of residence for any plaintiff if the plaintiff is a 19 natural person residing in this state. 20 9. The provisions of this section shall supersede any local law, ordi- 21 nance, or resolution requiring the registration of mortgages in default 22 that was enacted prior to the effective date of this section. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11543-01-5
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