<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>This Cranberry cawse is the one that got me started on the SOL analysis.<br><br></div>wendy added in the periods of the tolling of the SOL during a pre-foreclosure and the foreclosure process.  If you extract the time that the SOL was tolled, then the SOL may apply to eliminate some of the payments and maybe all of the payments if enough time has gone by from some sort of "acceleration".<br><br></div>The lenders and servicers do all kinds of strange things.  I have one case where a modification offer from the servicer states that the loan was accelerated years a go but the borrower had never received an "acceleration" notice.  I want to bootstrap the current written statement into the past but I don't think it will fly.<br><br></div>Jim  <br><div><div><br>  <br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>James R. Doran<br></div>Attorney at Law<br></div>100 E. Pine Street -  Suite 205<br></div>Bellingham, WA 98225<br>(360)393-9506<br></div><a href="mailto:jim@doranlegal.com" target="_blank">jim@doranlegal.com</a><br></div><a href="http://www.doranlegal.com" target="_blank">www.doranlegal.com</a><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 1:06 PM, K. Garl Long <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Garl@longlaw.biz" target="_blank">Garl@longlaw.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Attached unpublished opinion finds that the SOL ran despite the
    filing and dismissal of a judicial foreclosure.  Should a failed
    nonjudicial be treated differently?  <br>
    <br>
    K. Garl Long<br>
    <br>
    <div>On 06/23/2016 12:30 PM, NC wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite">Could the owner have shown up and bid one dollar?<br>
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      On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Wendy Walter <<a href="mailto:WWalter@mccarthyholthus.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:WWalter@mccarthyholthus.com" target="_blank">WWalter@mccarthyholthus.com</a>>
      wrote:<br>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Jim,</span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Here’s
                a relevant statute that discusses tolling events in the
                statute of limitations. 
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in">
              <b>RCW 4.16.230</b></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in">
              <b>Statute tolled by judicial proceedings.</b></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in">When the
              commencement of an action is stayed by injunction or a
              <span style="background:yellow">statutory prohibition</span>,
              the time of the continuance of the injunction or
              prohibition shall not be a part of the time limited for
              the commencement of the action.</p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
                foreclosure fairness act, now within RCW 61.24 et seq.
                prohibits a beneficiary from proceeding to foreclosure
                right away and instead requires certain due diligence,
                meet and confer and mediation steps to be taken in
                certain cases.  I would argue that this is a statutory
                prohibition on commencement of an action and thus should
                not count against the beneficiary if the borrower were
                to challenge on the SOL defense.</span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Furthermore,
                the CFPB servicing rules, contained in 12 CFR 1024.41
                similarly prohibit through federal rule the commencement
                of a foreclosure action by a beneficiary in certain
                circumstances.  Before getting a borrower’s hopes up
                that the SOL might help them get out of their debt,
                consider the huge efforts that were made at a state and
                federal level to provide loss mitigation to so many
                borrowers in our state (and across the country).  To
                come back and say that compliance with those efforts
                might prejudice the beneficiary from recovery on the
                debt, especially when the stakes are high and liability
                can be extreme for running the loss mitigation red
                lights put into effect is not likely to be supported by
                a court if you consider RCW 4.16.230.</span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Wendy
                  Walter</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">|</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060">
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                Member State Bars of WA and OR</span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">McCarthy </span>
              <span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> Holthus LLP</span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">   
                m. 108 1<sup>st</sup>  Ave. S., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 
                98104
              </span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">   
                d. <a href="tel:206.596.4844" value="+12065964844" target="_blank">206.596.4844</a> | f. <a href="tel:206.780.6862" value="+12067806862" target="_blank">206.780.6862</a> | c. <a href="tel:425.241.5459" value="+14252415459" target="_blank">425.241.5459</a></span></p>
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                e.
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></a><a href="mailto:wwalter@mccarthyholthus.com" target="_blank">wwalter@mccarthyholthus.com</a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span></u></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Arizona
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">California
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Colorado
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Idaho
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                Nevada
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">New
                Mexico
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Oregon
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Texas
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
              </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Washington</span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                <a>wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>
                [mailto:<a>wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Doran<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 23, 2016 11:04 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Ownership of home post
                foreclosure auction</span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Wendy:</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I am
                  not clear in my own mind about how the foreclosure
                  process tolls the statute of limitations.  In general,
                  how does that work?  I am willing to learn.  (I try
                  not to but it happens anyway.)
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Jim<br>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal">James R. Doran</p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal">Attorney at Law</p>
                          </div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal">100 E. Pine Street - 
                            Suite 205</p>
                        </div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">Bellingham, WA 98225<br>
                          <a href="tel:%28360%29393-9506" value="+13603939506" target="_blank">(360)393-9506</a></p>
                      </div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><a>jim@doranlegal.com</a></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.doranlegal.com" target="_blank">www.doranlegal.com</a></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:12 AM,
                  Wendy Walter <<a>WWalter@mccarthyholthus.com</a>>
                  wrote:</p>
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                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">But
                        if the lender was statutorily barred from
                        proceeding to foreclosure because of the
                        pre-foreclosure diligence, meet and confer
                        requirements, or the mediation program and the
                        potential CFPB delays to proceeding to
                        foreclosure due to the 120 day rule or the bar
                        on dual tracking while reviewing a complete loss
                        mitigation application the SOL defense might not
                        apply.  </span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Wendy
                          Walter</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">|</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060">
                      </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#777777">Partner
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                        Member State Bars of WA and OR</span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">McCarthy
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> Holthus
                        LLP</span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">   
                        m. 108 1<sup>st</sup>  Ave. S., Suite 300,
                        Seattle, WA  98104
                      </span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">   
                        d.
                        <a href="tel:206.596.4844" target="_blank">206.596.4844</a>
                        | f. <a href="tel:206.780.6862" target="_blank">
                          206.780.6862</a> | c. <a href="tel:425.241.5459" target="_blank">425.241.5459</a></span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">   
                        e.
                        <a><span style="color:#1f497d">wwalter@mccarthyholthus.com</span></a></span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
                      <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Arizona
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">California
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Colorado
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Idaho
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                        Nevada
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">New
                        Mexico
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Oregon
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Texas
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">♦</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Washington</span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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                        [mailto:<a>wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
                        <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Doran<br>
                        <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:09 AM<br>
                        <b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
                        <b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Ownership of home
                        post foreclosure auction</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">That's what I
                            thought.</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Now, bring in the
                          Statute of Limitations issue and the debt
                          might be barred completely or at least
                          partially.  This depends on the time fromthe
                          "acceleration" of the debt.  but certainly
                          some of the past due payments might have
                          fallen off the debt.</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Jim
                        Doran</p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal">James R.
                                        Doran</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Attorney at Law</p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal">100 E. Pine
                                    Street -  Suite 205</p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">Bellingham, WA
                                  98225<br>
                                  <a href="tel:%28360%29393-9506" target="_blank">(360)393-9506</a></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at
                          9:48 AM, Kathryn R. McKinley <<a></a><a href="mailto:Kathryn.McKinley@painehamblen.com" target="_blank">Kathryn.McKinley@painehamblen.com</a>>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The
                                sale is only “final” if the Trustee
                                accepts an offer and delivers the deed
                                within 15 days. If that isn’t done,
                                there is no sale and the Deed of Trust
                                continues to encumber the property.</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Kathryn
                                  R. McKinley</span></b></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Partner</span><span><br>
                              </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img alt="PHEmailLogo" border="0" height="29" width="214"></span><br>
                              <span>717
                                W. Sprague Ave. Suite 1200<br>
                                Spokane, WA 99201<br>
                                <a href="tel:%28509%29%20455-6000" target="_blank">(509) 455-6000</a></span><span><br>
                              </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a><span style="color:#0563c1"></span></a><a href="mailto:kathryn.mckinley@painehamblen.com" target="_blank">kathryn.mckinley@painehamblen.com</a></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
                                    <a>wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>
                                    [mailto:<a>wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
                                    <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br>
                                    <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 23, 2016
                                    9:29 AM<br>
                                    <b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property
                                    Listserv'<br>
                                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP]
                                    Ownership of home post foreclosure
                                    auction</span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Whoa!?!?! 
                                I have never heard of this.  Why would a
                                bank do this??  I would think that the
                                foreclosure process WAS completed
                                because an auction took place at the
                                court house steps.  It’s not the
                                debtor’s fault the bank didn’t credit
                                bid its loan at the sale.  Why couldn’t
                                the debtor now make the argument that
                                the loan has been wiped out by the sale
                                and there is no deficiency opportunity
                                because the lender used a nonjudicial
                                foreclosure?  Is anyone else seeing
                                this? 
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_4915976424710467207_m_2696558894975217755_m_7739787834401186304_m_-850727223725667"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><img border="0" height="225" width="375"></span></a></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
                                <a>wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>
                                [<a>mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
                                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Doran<br>
                                <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 23, 2016
                                8:06 AM<br>
                                <b>To:</b> <a>attorney@shanapavithran.com</a>;
                                WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a></a><a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
                                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Ownership
                                of home post foreclosure auction.</span></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">If
                                        the home was not "purchased" at
                                        the sale then the foreclosure
                                        was not completed.  No deed from
                                        the Trustee was delivered to a
                                        new owner. 
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">This
                                      means that your client is still
                                      the owner of the property. 
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">There
                                    are a number of defenses that can be
                                    raised in a foreclosure process to
                                    keep the bank and servicer at bay. 
                                    Now that the great recession of 2008
                                    is getting years past the statute of
                                    limitations defense is looming and
                                    working its way through the courts
                                    of America.  The entire debt or part
                                    of it might now be barred.</p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">anyway,
                                  if you client wants to talk to me a
                                  bout tis, or you want to, I am happy
                                  to do so.  I have been doing
                                  "foreclosure defense" for a while now.</p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Jim Doran</p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal">James
                                                R. Doran</p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">Attorney
                                              at Law</p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal">100 E.
                                            Pine Street -  Suite 205</p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Bellingham,
                                          WA 98225<br>
                                          <a href="tel:%28360%29393-9506" target="_blank">(360)393-9506</a></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 23,
                                  2016 at 4:49 AM, <<a></a><a href="mailto:attorney@shanapavithran.com" target="_blank">attorney@shanapavithran.com</a>>
                                  wrote:</p>
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                                          <span style="color:black"> I
                                            have a client, whose home
                                            was foreclosed, pursuant to
                                            a trust deed foreclosure. 
                                            The lender held an auction
                                            on 2/5/16.  The value of the
                                            mortgage was approximately
                                            230K appraised current value
                                            is approximately 155K. 
                                            Though foreclosed, home was
                                            not sold at the auction. 
                                            The bank did not bid at the
                                            auction or transfer
                                            ownership of the home to the
                                            bank's name.  The home
                                            remains in the client's
                                            name. He still pays the
                                            water bill on it.  He does
                                            not live there right now. 
                                            What rights does he have
                                            regarding the home?  Does
                                            the bank own it or does the
                                            client own it outright, as
                                            the mortgage is discharged
                                            by the foreclosure.</span></p>
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                                            <span style="color:black">Shana
                                              Pavithran<br>
                                              Attorney-at-Law<br>
                                              Pavithran, PLLC.<br>
                                              22525 SE 64th Place, #279<br>
                                              Issaquah, WA 98027</span></p>
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                                            <span style="color:black">Telephone:
                                              <a href="tel:%28425%29%20557-3625" target="_blank">
                                                (425) 557-3625</a></span></p>
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                                            <span style="color:black">Email:
                                              <a>
attorney@shanapavithran.com</a><br>
                                              Website: www. <a href="http://shanapavithran.com" target="_blank">shanapavithran.com</a></span></p>
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