California Court of Appeal

The Home Equity Sales Contract Act, Civ. Code, 1695 et seq., which prohibits "foreclosure consultants" from using deceptive tactics to acquire residences from distressed homeowners, does not apply when the homeowner has already moved out of the home under threat of foreclosure.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2001
• Published 10/30/2001

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Walter Tribbey, La Verne, and Roger R. Meadows, Pomona, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, and Douglas P. Danzig, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.