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Foreclosure Steps and Timeline
This article describes the steps and timeline of a foreclosure case from starting to end.
1. Mortgage in default
Default = 1 day past mortgage due date
- Lender sends Notice of Intent to Foreclose (usually sent 45 days after default) and a loss mitigation application
2. Foreclosure submitted in Court
- Lender's law office submits Order to Docket. - Can file at any time after 45 days from when the Notice of Intent to Foreclose is sent out (or 90 days in default)
- Lender should wait 28 days after filing the Order to Docket before submitting the last loss mitigation affidavit - Lender must file the last loss mitigation affidavit at least 1 month before sale
3. Foreclosure mediation (optional step)
- Homeowner should submit mediation demand and send out a payment of $50, within 25 days of:
- The Order to Docket, if final loss mitigation affidavit served at very same time - Receipt of final loss mitigation affidavit submitted after the Order to Docket is submitted
- In either case - 25 days from last loss mitigation affidavit
- 45 days after the homeowner has actually been serviced with the Order to Docket if it has a final loss mitigation affidavit filed with it; or - one month after the last loss mitigation affidavit is served if it is submitted after the Order to Docket is filed
- Within 5 days of getting a mediation request, the Circuit Court will forward the demand to Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)
- OAH will set up the mediation within 60 days of receiving the request. OAH can extend the time as much as 30 days for excellent cause or longer if all celebrations concur. - OAH will send out the house owner a scheduling notice - OAH will likewise consist of directions for files that require to be supplied to OAH and the lender's law practice prior to the mediation. These files ought to be supplied no later on than 20 days before the scheduled date of mediation.
- OAH submits a report with the court within 7 days after the mediation - If there is no agreement in mediation, the Lender schedules the home for foreclosure sale. - The Lender can set up the sale as quickly as 15 days after the mediation has actually occurred
4. Foreclosure sale
- Homeowner may submit a motion to stay or dismiss under Maryland Rule 14-211 if they have a legitimate defense on why the lender does not can foreclosure on their home. - The to stay need to be filed within 15 days after the mediation is held. If no mediation occurs, then the motion should be submitted within 15 days after OAH submits its report with the court. This may take place if one celebration stops working to stand for mediation. - The homeowner may submit a stay if the homeowner has actually not gotten a final determination on the completed loss mitigation application that was gotten by the loan provider a minimum of 37 days before the sale date.
- When the loan provider schedules the foreclosure sale, they must supply notice to house owner. - Notice should be provided no behind 10 days and no faster than 30 days before the set up sale
- The Homeowner can treat the default by paying all unpaid payments, penalties, and fees and restore the loan at any time up to 1 company day before the foreclosure sale occurs.
- Within 2 week after a post ponement or cancellation of a sale, the Lender's law practice shall send a notice that the sale was postponed or cancelled to the customer and/or the Homeowner. The notifications will be sent by first-rate mail, postage prepaid.
- Once the foreclosure sale has actually taken place, the lending institution should file a report of sale with the Circuit Court - The report must be filed within 1 month after the sale
- The Notary concerns a notice that the sale will be validated within one month of Clerk's notification
- If a homeowner wants to file exceptions to sale, it must be submitted with the Court within thirty days after the clerk's notice
- The Circuit Court ratifies the sale after the time for exceptions has past or exceptions have been overthrown
- After the foreclosure sale occurs and the purchaser from the foreclosure sale completes settlement, the court designated auditor will file the Auditor's Report with the Court. - The Homeowner and any junior lienholder is entitled to get a copy of the Auditor's Report. - The Auditor's Report will show a deficiency or a surplus.
- If the Auditor's Report reveals a shortage, then the Lender might submit a Motion for Entry of a Deficiency Judgment.
- If the Auditor's Report reveals a surplus, then the court auditor will advise to the Court how the earnings need to be dispersed.
5. Eviction
- The purchaser from the foreclosure sale files a Motion for Entry of Judgment Awarding Possession - The Court should provide an order approving ownership - After the entry of judgment, buyer should send an eviction notification prior to carrying out the writ of belongings
- After the eviction notice is served, buyer must file a request for writ of belongings
- Sheriff then executes the writ and evicts previous house owner
Read the Law and Rules: Md. Code, Real Residential Or Commercial Property § 7-105.1; Md. Rules 2-647 (Enforcement of Judgment Awarding Possession); 14-102 (Judgment Awarding Possession); 14-207 (Pleadings); & 14-305 (Procedure Following Sale); COMAR 09.03.12
The Foreclosure Process from the Maryland Courts
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