Bristol County Board of Commissioners ask AG Martha Coakley about possible lawsuit against mortgage corporation

TAUNTON — The Bristol County Board of Commisioners voted unanimously Tuesday to send a letter to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley expressing interest in pursuing litigation against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, commonly known as MERS, for skirting public recording laws.

MERS is a private network that is partly owned by Bank of America. The commissioners did not specify how much they are looking to recover. “It’d be really rough numbers,” said Commissioner John Mitchell. “We’d have to find out.”

The move comes after Essex County officials recently asked Coakley to consider suing MERS over the loss of real estate recording fees. The Essex County Register of Deeds, John O’Brien, said  his agency has lost upwards of $22 million in fees because of MERS.

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