California Deficiency Judgment Chart- Avoid Deficiency Judgement in California
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This legal chart is intended to provide a quick and easy guide to determine when a borrower may be liable for a deficiency judgment. There are other factors and conditions which may change the result (such as fraud by the borrower and bad faith waste). For more details see the legal article, Deficiency Judgments and California Law. Find out the rules on deficiency judgments of non-recourse loans in California short sales, and read about the newest Short Sale law that may stop lender recourse for deficiency.
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* If a senior lienholder forecloses on the property, the “wiped out” junior lienholder who no longer has a secured note may not sue on this promissory note for those categories indicated in the chart.
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Residential 1 – 4 units, Owner Intends to Occupy a Unit in the Secured Real Property |
Non-owner Occupied or Other Real Property |
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Lender Purchase Money Loan ?
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Seller Financed Purchase Money Loan ?
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Refinance (Non-Purchase Money Loan) ?
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Lender Purchase Money Loan ?
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Seller Financed Purchase Money Loan ?
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Refinance (Non-Purchase Money Loan) ?
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| NO deficiency judgment if senior or junior lienholder* Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 580b |
NO deficiency judgment if senior or junior lienholder* Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 580b |
YES deficiency judgment if judicial foreclosure NO deficiency judgment if trustee’s sale foreclosure Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 580d |
YES deficiency judgment if judicial foreclosure NO deficiency judgment if trustee’s sale foreclosure Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 580d |
NO deficiency judgment if senior or junior lienholder* Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 580b |
YES deficiency judgment if judicial foreclosure NO deficiency judgment if trustee’s sale foreclosure Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 580d |
