Civil procedure: deficiency judgments.

Existing law provides that no deficiency judgment shall lie following a judicial foreclosure with respect to certain enumerated circumstances, including, among others, after a sale of real property or an estate for years therein for failure of the purchaser to complete his or her contract of sale. Existing law prohibits a judgment to be rendered for a deficiency on a note secured by a deed of trust or mortgage on real property or an estate for years therein, as specified. This bill would prohibit a deficiency from being owed or collected following a judicial foreclosure with respect to the enumerated circumstances. The bill also would prohibit a deficiency from being owed or collected for a deficiency on a note secured by a deed of trust or mortgage on real property or an estate for years therein, as specified, and would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. The bill also would express the intent of the Legislature that these provisions would not impact existing law regarding the liability of a guarantor, pledgor, or other surety with respect to a deficiency, nor existing law regarding other collateral pledged to secure the obligation that is the subject of a deficiency.