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Saticoy Bay Llc V. Nev. Ass’N Servs., 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 23 (Jul. 3, 2019), Katrina Fadda

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court held that (1) under Nevada's HOA foreclosure redemption statute NRS 116.31166(3) a homeowner may use proceeds from the foreclosure sale to go towards redemption of the property; and (2) that sufficient compliance with the statute is enough to satisfy the statute's requirements.

Daisy Trust V. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 135 Nev. Adv. Op.30 (Jul. 25, 2019), Julia Armendariz

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined that (1) NRS § 106.210 and NRS § 111.325 do not require a beneficiary to be identified on the publicly recorded deed of trust to establish ownership interest in the subject loan and (2) a loan service agreement or an original promissory note is not required to by the loan servicer to assert the Federal Foreclosure Bar on another’s behalf so long as properly authenticated business records can establish the ownership interest and (3) The Federal Foreclosure Bar preempts NRS § 116.3116(2) and prevents an HOA foreclosure sale from extinguishing the first deed of trust.

Yesterday I Was Lying: Creeping Preclusion Of Reciprocal Fee Awards In Residential Foreclosure Litigation, Eric A. Zacks, Dustin A. Zacks

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Modern Waste Law, Bankruptcy, And Residential Mortgage, Jill M. Fraley

Scholarly Articles

Around the time of the subprime mortgage collapse, lenders began in earnest to sue borrowers by adapting the traditional law of waste. Today, these claims continue to rise in frequency and to expand to more jurisdictions. Lender waste claims provide a “work around” for state mortgage laws that prohibit personal deficiency judgments after foreclosure and are potentially non-dischargeable in bankruptcy.

While a recent wave of scholarship has addressed the problems of how the bankruptcy system handles mortgages, scholars have not yet explored the use of waste actions by lenders and how waste judgments intersect with bankruptcy and foreclosure. Using new …