With the issuance of its decision in Chase Plaza Condominium Ass’n v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 98 A.3d 166, (D.C. 2014), the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upended the established manner in which condominium liens have been handled in the District. In Chase Plaza, the court interpreted D.C. Code §42-1901 and its provisions regarding the six-month “super-priority” of a condominium association lien to wipe out a mortgage lender, including those in “first” position. As a result of this decision, a number of related cases have been working their way through the Superior Court to the Court of Appeals. In Liu v. U.S. Bank, N.A. 179 A.3d 871 (D.C. 2018), the court once again ruled in favor of third-party purchasers at a condominium association’s foreclosure auction and against the mortgage lender, despite notice to all potential buyers that the sale was to be conducted “subject to the first mortgage or deed of trust.” Read the article……………………..
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