Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 4861. Record of mortgages, etc.; filing of record

From and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds, mortgages, and other instruments of writing, in each and every county in this Commonwealth, to keep a daily record, separate and apart from all other records, of every mortgage or article of agreement given to secure the payment of money entered in his office for recording, which said record shall set forth the following information, to wit: The date of the mortgage or agreement, the names of the parties thereto, the just sum of money secured, the precise residence of the mortgagee or person to whom interest is payable, a brief description of the real estate upon which such mortgage is secured, and the date or several dates when the said sum or portion of the said sum shall become due and payable; and a like daily record of every assignment of a mortgage or an article of agreement given to secure the payment of money, and also the number of mortgages and agreements, together with the amount of same, and the names of the parties thereto, which shall have been that day satisfied of record; and, for the purpose of obtaining with accuracy the precise residence of all mortgagees, assignees, and persons to whom interest is payable on articles of agreement, it shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds in each county, whenever a mortgage, assignment, or agreement given to secure the payment of money shall be presented to him for record, to refuse the same unless the said mortgage, assignment, or agreement has attached thereto, and made part of said mortgage, assignment, or agreement, a certificate signed by said mortgagee, assignee, or person entitled to interest, or his, her or their duly authorized attorney or agent, setting forth the precise residence of such mortgagee, assignee, or person entitled to interest; said certificate to be recorded with said mortgage, assignment, or agreement; and it shall be the further duty of the recorder, on the first Monday of each month, to file the aforesaid daily record in the commissioners' office, or with the board of revision of taxes of the proper county or city, and one certificate appended thereto shall be all that shall be required.