California Health and Safety Code 51058 – (a) The agency may renegotiate, refinance, foreclose, or …
(a) The agency may renegotiate, refinance, foreclose, or contract for the foreclosure of, any mortgage in default and may waive any default or consent to the modification of the terms of any mortgage. With respect to housing developments, the agency shall require that mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices, including forbearance and recasting of mortgages in default, conform to agency policies or resolutions.
(b) The agency may commence any action to protect or enforce any right conferred upon it by any law, mortgage, contract, or other agreement and may bid for and purchase property sold in satisfaction thereof at any foreclosure or other sale or may otherwise acquire and take possession of that property. Subject to any agreement with bondholders, the agency may operate, manage, lease, dispose of, and otherwise deal with that property in such manner as may be necessary to protect the interest of the agency and the holders of its bonds.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 51058
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 580, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 1998.)