The vehicle seat includes a riser assembly a floor latch for joining a rear leg to a vehicle floor releasable by a pull cable and a seat back bracket joined to the riser having first, second and third pins connected to it and a first slot. It has seat back foldable from an upright position to a fold positioning pivotally connected to the seat back bracket via the first pin. The seat back has a connected fourth pin captured within the seat back first slot. A pawl is connected to the third pin angularly biased toward the fourth pin when the seat back is in an upright position. A release lever is connected to the seat back bracket having a handle and first and second fingers bifurcated by a slot which accepts the fourth pin, one of the fingers having a tab to remove the lock pawl from engagement with the fourth pin when the seat back is moved to the folded position from the upright position. A first link is pivotally connected to the seat back bracket and a second link is pivotally joined to the release lever and to the first link.