If a former mortgage company fogave some payments, can the new mortgage company come after you for them?
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If a former mortgage company fogave some payments, can the new mortgage company come after you for them?
My mother-in-law’s mortgage company went bankrupt. They let them skip a few house payments while my father-in-law was not working due to back surgery. The new mortgage company who obviously took over their mortgage without notice served papers to them and gave them 2 hours to come up with $5,000. They thenlocked them out of there house until they can pay it. No notices where given and they were not told that they where the new mortgage company.
Asked on June 12, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Washington
Answers:
Kenneth Berger / Kenneth A. Berger, Attorney at Law
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Self-help lockouts are illegal here in Washington State. All evictions after a foreclosure are done through and with the help of the County Sherrif, not by the landlord, and only after the landlord/mortgage company has gone to court. Two hours notice is not acceptable or customary. Have them call me or another local competent attorney.
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