UTA will offer the both the California Basic and California Intermediate Foreclosure Certification Course and Exams as well as the Arizona and Nevada Basic Foreclosure Certification Course and Exams on Saturday, October 27th at the Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa, the day before the 32nd Annual Education Conference begins.

Members will have the opportunity to take the following Certification Courses and Exams on Saturday, October 27th:

• California Basic (Level I) Foreclosure Certification Course & Exam. Instructors are Randy Newman of National Foreclosure Service and Marsha Townsend, of ForeclosureLink.
  
  
• California Intermediate (Level II) Foreclosure Certification Course & Exam. Instructors are Phillip M. Adleson, Esq., Adleson, Hess & Kelly and Ronald D. Roup, Esq., Roup & Associates. In order to sit for UTA’s California Intermediate Foreclosure Certification Exam (Level 2), members must pass the California Basic Foreclosure Exam (Level I).
  
  
• Arizona Basic Foreclosure Certification Course & Exam. Instructors are Rex Anderson, Esq., Law Office of Rex C. Anderson; Jane Myrick, Security Title Agency; and Christopher R. Perry, Esq., Managing Partner, Perry & Shapiro
  
  
• Nevada Basic Foreclosure Certification Course & Exam. Instructors are Michael R. Brooks, Esq., and Charles T. Cook, Esq., both of Jolly Urga Wirth Woodbury & Standish.
  

Members may “challenge” any of the above exams on Saturday, October 27th. This means that members may simply take any of the one-hour exams without sitting through the course.

The Basic (Level 1) Foreclosure Certification Course Syllabus includes; Outline of state foreclosure procedures; Monetary and non-monetary defaults; Judicial v. nonjudicial foreclosures; What a Lender provides to the Trustee; What a Trustee does; Notice of Default (NOD); What a Lender receives from a Trustee; Review of Trustee's Sale Guarantees; Reinstatement; Notice of Sale (NOS); Presale Redemption; Sale; Trustee's Deed; Proceeds of Sale; Bankruptcy.

The Intermediate (Level II) Foreclosure Certification Course Syllabus include; complex foreclosures including multiple notes, multiple deeds of trust, cross-default clauses, mixed collateral loans, mechanics liens, IRS liens, special federal liens, special issues at the sale, forbearance or workout agreements and Bankruptcy (in more depth than required for basic certification).

Each Course is four hours and each exam is a one-hour open book exam.

In order to be a certified Trustee Sale Officer, one must fulfill all of the following criteria;

• Pass the certification exam with a score of at least 70%. (Non-members may take the course and exam but may not be certified unless they become a member within 30 days of sitting for the exam.)
  
  
• Maintain UTA membership in good standing.
  
  
• Attend either the Annual Education Conference OR three regional meetings within two years of certification.
  
  
• In addition, for Level 2 Certification, a member must have been certified at Level 1.

Certification provides a measurement to recognize the skills and knowledge necessary to perform as a Trustee. UTA certification is designed so that employers and consumers will have confidence in the recipient's thorough knowledge of the nonjudicial foreclosure process.

To register for the any of the November Foreclosure Certification Courses or Exams, please complete the following registration form. (Please note that the cost of the certification program is not included in the annual conference registration fee)