[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Springfield 3-2-1938 by Ord. No. 222. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A registry of the ownership of all real estate
in the Township of Springfield, County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania,
is hereby established.
A.
The Township Engineer shall cause to be made all necessary
books, maps and plans as will show:
B.
For such purpose, the Township Engineer shall have
free access, without charge, to any of the public records wherein
the necessary information may be obtainable therefor and may also
cause search to be made in any other place for any muniments or evidence
of title, not reported to him, and requisite for the completion of
such books, maps or plans.
C.
All such books, maps and plans shall be carefully
preserved in the office of the Township Engineer and shall be kept,
by additions from time to time, so as to show at all times the ownership
of every lot or piece of real estate, or subdivisions thereof, within
the limits of Springfield Township, with the successive transmissions
of title from the date of this chapter.
[Amended 7-11-1984 by Ord. No. 725]
Certified copies, under the hand of the Township
Engineer, of any of the entries in said books or upon said maps or
plans shall be furnished to any person desiring the same upon the
payment of a fee of $5 per property.
All persons acquiring title to real estate in
Springfield Township, whether by purchase, devise, partition or in
any other manner whatsoever, shall furnish to the Township Engineer
at his office in the Township Building, within one month after acquiring
such title, descriptions of their respective properties upon blanks
furnished by the Township and, at the same time, shall present their
conveyance to be stamped by said Engineer, without charge, as evidence
of the registry thereof.
[Amended 2-11-2009 by Ord. No. 896]
Within two business days after the recording
of any deed or conveyance by the Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds,
the owner of any real property in Springfield Township, or his/her
agent, shall be required to register the deed or conveyance with the
Township of Springfield. Such registration shall be made by delivering
in person, sending a copy of the deed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, or overnight delivery with confirmation
of receipt.
[Amended 7-11-1984 by Ord. No. 725; 2-11-2009 by Ord. No.
896]
A fee of $10 for each deed or conveyance to be registered shall be paid to the Township of Springfield for the purpose of maintaining a local registry of deeds. Payment shall accompany all registrations delivered to the Township in the manner described § 71-5.
[Amended 7-13-1988 by Ord. No. 756]
Any person or persons neglecting or refusing
to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to a
penalty of not more than $600, to be recovered, with cost of suit,
before any District Justice of the Township, as like penalties are
now by law collected.
