The recorders of deeds in Pennsylvania’s 67 counties won declaratory judgment from a federal judge who ruled that Merscorp must create and record property transfers with the county offices.
Nancy Becker, the recorder of deeds for Montgomery County, had alleged that Merscorp’s Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems that keeps track of mortgage assignments has circumvented the state law requiring the recording of mortgage assignments with offices like hers across the state, depriving the public record of information and keeping the counties from collecting the associated fees.
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