Bill Text: HI HB1119 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mortgage Foreclosures
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB1119 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1119-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to mortgage foreclosures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that not all mortgage foreclosure sales end up with negative equity. Accordingly, in situations in which foreclosure sales end up with positive equity, any surplus remaining after paying all liens, encumbrances, fees, and costs should be distributed to the mortgagor of the foreclosed property. In situations in which the mortgagor cannot be located, the legislature believes that the moneys should be transmitted to the unclaimed property trust fund in order to remove any economic incentives for foreclosing mortgagees to retain the surplus.
The purpose of this Act is to clarify the foreclosure process by requiring the surplus remaining after a foreclosure sale to be paid to the previous mortgagor of the foreclosed property, and if the previous mortgagor cannot be located, then to the unclaimed property trust fund.
SECTION 2. Section 667-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§667-10 Power unaffected by transfer;
surplus after sale. No sale or transfer by the mortgagor shall impair or
annul any right or power of attorney given in the mortgage to the mortgagee to
sell or transfer the mortgaged property, as attorney or agent of the mortgagor,
except as otherwise provided by chapters 501 and 502. When public sale is made
of the mortgaged property under this chapter, the remainder of the proceeds, if
any, shall be paid over to the [owner of the mortgaged] previous
mortgagor of the foreclosed property, after deducting the amount of claim
and all expenses attending the same[.], within thirty days after the completion
of the sale. If the previous mortgagor of the foreclosed property cannot be
located, the remainder of the proceeds shall be transmitted to the director of
finance for deposit into the unclaimed property trust fund established under section
523A-26."
SECTION 3. Section 667-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) From the sale proceeds, after paying
all liens and encumbrances in the order of priority as a matter of law, the
foreclosing mortgagee's attorney's fees and costs, after paying the fees and
costs of the power of sale foreclosure, and after paying the moneys owed to the
foreclosing mortgagee, the balance of the sale proceeds shall be distributed by
the foreclosing mortgagee to junior creditors having valid liens on the
mortgaged property in the order of their priority and not pro rata. Any
remaining surplus after payment in full of all valid lien creditors shall be
distributed to the [mortgagor.] previous mortgagor of the foreclosed
property within thirty days after the completion of the sale. If the previous
mortgagor of the foreclosed property cannot be located, the remaining surplus
shall be transmitted to the director of finance for deposit into the unclaimed
property trust fund established under section 523A-26."
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Mortgage Foreclosures
Description:
Requires remainder of proceeds following a foreclosure sale to be paid to the previous mortgagor of the foreclosed property or to the unclaimed property trust fund.
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