Merscorp, Inc. v. Del. Cnty.

JUSTICE DONOHUE, Dissenting

In my view, the unambiguous language of 21 P.S. § 3511 requires the conclusion that the recording of all deeds and other conveyances of real property2 is mandatory in Pennsylvania. The Majority believes that the use of "shall" in section 351 is ambiguous and reaches the opposite conclusion. While I do not agree that the statute is ambiguous, if the Majority is correct that it is, I am of the view that when section 351 is read in pari materia *872with the numerous related statutes addressing the same subject, and the history of section 351 is considered, the legislative…