It is my
contention that certain Massachusetts laws regulating foreclosure of homes do
not meet the standard set by the due process clause of the 14th and
5th Amendment of the Untied States Constitution. More specifically, M.G.L. 244 § 2 is so
narrowly tailored that a bank conducting a foreclosure by entry is not required
to even provide actual or personal notice to the owners of the property. As a matter of fact, the law is written in
such a way as to state all a foreclosing bank needs to do is draft a
certificate and file it in the local registry of deeds. The bank never has to so much as send a
letter or even place a phone call to the homeowner or any junior lien holders
letting them know that the bank intends to foreclose on the home.
By
this logic, a home owner or junior lien holder has no way to reasonably know of
its right of redemption with out proper notice. The law would seem to create the duty for a junior lien holder to
constantly monitor all of its debtors filings at each and every registry of
deed where the creditor holds liens. As such, to hold that no personal notice
is required to be provided to a holder of a right of redemption is be not only
prejudicial, but also unjust and unfair with in the meaning of the Due Process
Clause of the United States Constitution.
It would appear that the Massachusetts foreclosure by
entry law allows a senior lien holders to withhold notice in an attempt to
limit a junior lien holders ability to effectuate its legal rights.
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