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SB 983: Mortgages and deeds of trust.

  • Session Year: 2015-2016
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2016-08-22
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Existing law requires a mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent to record a rescission of a notice of default or cancel a pending trustee sale, if applicable, upon the borrower executing a permanent foreclosure prevention alternative. Existing law, in the case of a short sale, requires the rescission or cancellation of the pending trustees sale to occur when the short sale has been approved and proof of funds or financing has been provided, as specified.

This bill would make a clarifying change by eliminating the reference to rescission in the case of a pending trustees sale.

Existing law limits the amount of trustees or attorneys fees that may be charged in connection with the enforcement of certain terms of obligation upon default in payment under a mortgage or deed of trust prior to reinstatement of a monetary default, or until the notice of sale is deposited in the mail, or otherwise at any time prior to the decree of foreclosure, to a base amount not to exceed $300 for an unpaid principal balance sum of $150,000 or less, or $250 plus specified additional percentages of unpaid principal sums, if the unpaid principal balance exceeds $150,000. Existing law, in lieu of an authorized charge, limits the amount of trustees or attorneys fees after the notice of sale is deposited in the mail and until the property is sold by power of sale, to a base amount not to exceed $425 for an unpaid principal balance sum of $150,000 or less, or $360 plus specified additional percentages of unpaid principal sums, if the unpaid principal balance exceeds $150,000.

This bill would increase the base limitations on the amount of those trustees or attorneys fees by $50.

Discussed in Hearing

Assembly Floor 1MIN
Aug 4, 2016

Assembly Floor

Assembly Standing Committee on Judiciary 2MIN
Jun 21, 2016

Assembly Standing Committee on Judiciary

Senate Floor 51SEC
May 26, 2016

Senate Floor

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