CALIFORNIA NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE TIMELINE

Timeframe

Action

START

Lender (beneficiary) contacts borrower (trustor) and anyone else on the mortgage loan to request a meeting to avoid foreclosure. That meeting must be scheduled to take place within 14 days

30 days after contact

Trustee records Notice of Default

Within 10 business days

Notice of Default mailed to Beneficiary, Trustor (Borrower), and other parties of Record

90 days from NOD

Borrower to cure the default

90 days from NOD

Record Notice of Sale

21 days from NTS

Publish NTS for 3 consecutive weeks in newspaper.

Any person or institution has the right to redeem the home until foreclosure sale/auction and must pay the entire loan in full.

5 days before auction

Borrower to cure the default and stop the process

21 days after NTS

Trustee’s Sale: Property sold at a public auction

CONCLUDED

Trustee’s Deed is issued to the successful bidder.
If no one else bids, home goes to lender

3 days

New owner must serve a written notice to the borrower to move out in 3 days unless planning otherwise

The average time for completion of a California Non-Judicial Foreclosure process is approximately four (4) months from the date of the Notice of Default is recorded to the date of the Trustee’s Sale. Certain occurrences may serve to delay the Non-Judicial Foreclosure (e.g. Bankruptcy filing, Temporary Restraining Order, Mutual Agreement between the parties involved).

Timeframe Action

START

Lender (beneficiary) contacts borrower (trustor) and anyone else on the mortgage loan to request a meeting to avoid foreclosure. That meeting must be scheduled to take place within 14 days

30 days after contact

Trustee records Notice of Default

Within 10 business days

Notice of Default mailed to Beneficiary, Trustor (Borrower), and other parties of Record

90 days from NOD

Borrower to cure the default

90 days from NOD

Record Notice of Sale

21 days from NTS

Publish NTS for 3 consecutive weeks in newspaper.

Any person or institution has the right to redeem the home until foreclosure sale/auction and must pay the entire loan in full.

5 days before auction

Borrower to cure the default and stop the process

21 days after NTS

Trustee’s Sale: Property sold at a public auction

CONCLUDED

Trustee’s Deed is issued to the successful bidder.
If no one else bids, home goes to lender

3 days

New owner must serve a written notice to the borrower to move out in 3 days unless planning otherwise

The average time for completion of a California Non-Judicial Foreclosure process is approximately four (4) months from the date of the Notice of Default is recorded to the date of the Trustee’s Sale. Certain occurrences may serve to delay the Non-Judicial Foreclosure (e.g. Bankruptcy filing, Temporary Restraining Order, Mutual Agreement between the parties involved).