Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs payable
The instant action was commenced by the plaintiff in 1999 to foreclose a first mortgage recorded December 4, 1989. On July 27, 2000, the property was sold at a foreclosure sale and the first mortgage was satisfied.
The foreclosure sale generated a surplus of $1,377,948.03. The instant dispute is between the claimants to these surplus moneys pursuant to RPAPL 1361. The respondents hold mortgage liens which were recorded on June 22, 1995. The appellants seek to enforce a judgment docketed on February 14, 1996.
The appellants' claim for surplus money was filed on September 10, 2001. The respondents moved to strike the claim as untimely under RPAPL 1361 (1) which provides such claims must be filed before confirmation of the referee's report of the foreclosure sale. The Supreme Court denied the motion and this Court affirmed (see Island Holding v O'Brien, 305 A.D.2d 463 [2003]).
Thereafter, in a pleading dated May 22, 2002, the appellants interposed claims that the respondents' mortgages were fraudulent conveyances in violation of Debtor and Creditor Law §§ 273, 275, and 276. The respondents moved to dismiss the pleading on the ground that those claims of fraud were time-barred. The Supreme Court granted their motions, citing Greenpoint Sav. Bank v Kijik, (297 A.D.2d 359 [2002]). This appeal ensued.
Greenpoint Sav. Bank v Kijik (supra at 360) holds that a second mortgagee's claim for surplus money must be brought within six years of the default on the second mortgage based on the six-year statute of limitations set forth in CPLR 213 (4) for an action to foreclose a mortgage. In that case, the second mortgagee was attempting to enforce its claim against the mortgagor who held the equity of redemption. The second mortgagee's claim to surplus money was dismissed as time-barred. This Court relied upon Allerwan Co. v Hermann (262 N.Y. 625 [1933]), which also involved the claim of a second mortgagee against the holder of the equity of redemption.
Since the appellants' claim to surplus money is based upon its status as a judgment creditor governed by a 20-year statute of limitations (see CPLR 211), neither Greenpoint Sav. Bank v Kijik (supra) nor Allerwan Co. v Hermann (supra) is applicable to this case. The appellants' claim to the surplus money is not time-barred (see Reliance Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. of N.Y. v Venet Homes, 57 A.D.2d 830 [1977]).
However, the appellants' pleading asserting fraudulent
The appellants' remaining contentions either are unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.
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