HB 626 — An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real estate foreclosure, providing for code compliance notice following sheriff's sale.

PRINTER'S NO.   637

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 626
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, BURGOS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, DONAHUE, GIRAL,
        GREEN, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, NEILSON, SANCHEZ AND
        SCHLOSSBERG, FEBRUARY 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
        FEBRUARY 20, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real estate
 3      foreclosure, providing for code compliance notice following
 4      sheriff's sale.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.      Title 68 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 8   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 9   § 2307.1.      Code compliance notice following sheriff's sale.
10      (a)   Notice.--
11            (1)    The department shall prepare and provide a code
12      compliance notice for each county in this Commonwealth.
13            (2)    The notice shall be provided to each county sheriff
14      within 30 days of the effective date of this subsection.
15            (3)    The notice may be provided electronically to a
16      sheriff's office if the department can confirm receipt of the
17      notice.
18            (4)    The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the
 1    following:
 2             (i)    A list of municipalities in the county with the
 3        following information for each municipality:
 4                    (A)   General contact information for the
 5             municipality.
 6                    (B)   Whether the municipality has elected to
 7             enforce the Uniform Construction Code under the act
 8             of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the
 9             Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, and:
10                          (I)    For municipalities that have elected to
11                    enforce the Uniform Construction Code, the name
12                    and contact information for the building code
13                    official and whether the municipality has enacted
14                    amendments to the Uniform Construction Code.
15                          (II)   For municipalities that have elected
16                    not to enforce the Uniform Construction Code, the
17                    contact information for the appropriate Uniform
18                    Construction Code staff at the department.
19             (ii)    Plain language information about compliance
20        with the Uniform Construction Code and the permits that
21        may be required before construction on a property can
22        commence. The information under this subparagraph shall
23        include a statement that the purchaser should contact the
24        building code official or the department, whichever is
25        applicable for the municipality where the property is
26        located, to obtain additional information about the
27        requirements of the Uniform Construction Code.
28             (iii)    Plain language information explaining that
29        municipalities may have enacted municipal zoning
30        ordinances or other municipal ordinances, which may

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 1            require a permit, a variance or other compliance measures
 2            before construction on a property may commence. The
 3            information under this subparagraph shall include a
 4            statement that the purchaser should contact the
 5            municipality where the property is located to obtain
 6            additional information about how to comply with municipal
 7            requirements.
 8                  (iv)   Other relevant information that the department
 9            deems appropriate to provide the purchaser of a property
10            at a sheriff's sale.
11      (b)   Duty of sheriff.--A sheriff shall provide the code
12   compliance notice required under subsection (a) to a purchaser
13   of a property at a sheriff's sale. The code compliance notice
14   shall be posted on the sheriff's publicly accessible Internet
15   website and in the location where other information about
16   sheriff's sales is displayed, and shall be made available to
17   prospective purchasers attending the sheriff's sale.
18      (c)   Updates.--
19            (1)   The department shall update the code compliance
20      notice under subsection (a) on an annual basis.
21            (2)   The department shall provide the updated notice to
22      each county sheriff prior to December 31 each year, beginning
23      the year after the notice required by subsection (a) is
24      provided for the first time.
25            (3)   The department may provide the updated notice
26      electronically to a sheriff's office if the department
27      confirms receipt of the updated notice.
28      (d)   Application.--The provisions of this section shall apply
29   to properties purchased or sold in accordance with the
30   provisions of the act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153),

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 1   referred to as the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, and the act
 2   of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368, No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax
 3   Sale Law.
 4      (e)   Definition.--As used in this section, the term
 5   "department" means the Department of Labor and Industry of the
 6   Commonwealth.
 7      Section 2.    This act shall take effect as follows:
 8            (1)   The addition of 68 Pa.C.S. § 2307.1(b) shall take
 9      effect in 151 days.
10            (2)   This section shall take effect immediately.
11            (3)   The remainder of this act shall take effect in 120
12      days.




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