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DECREE OF FORECLOSURE

California Department of Real Estate

Updated 08-20-2026

DECREE OF FORECLOSURE

Decree by a court ordering the sale of mortgaged property and the payment of the debt owing to the lender out of the proceeds.

California Department of Real Estate Glossary

California Department of Real Estate · p. 11

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