Practice point:. RPAPL 1304[1] requires that "at least
ninety days before a lender, an assignee or a mortgage loan servicer
commences legal action against the borrower, including mortgage
foreclosure, such lender, assignee or mortgage loan servicer shall give
notice to the borrower in at least fourteen-point type." The statute sets forth the requirements for the content of the notice, and further provides that the notice must be sent by
registered or certified mail, and also by first-class mail, to the last
known address of the borrower, pursuant to RPAPL 1304[2].
Student note: Proper service of the RPAPL 1304 notice on the borrower or borrowers is a
condition precedent to the commencement of a foreclosure action.
Case: Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v. Quinn, NY Slip Op 05829 (2d Dept. 2014)
Here is the decision.
Tomorrow's issue: Dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3216.
