California Basic Foreclosure Certification Course
and Exam Offered in Sacramento March 15th

Marsha Townsend

UTA’s is offering its California Basic Foreclosure Certification Course (Level 1) and exam on Tuesday, March 15th in Sacramento from 1 pm – 5 pm. The course will be taught by Marsha Townsend of Mortgage Lender Services and Stacey Longley of Allied Trustee Services.

The Basic 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.

In order to earn certification as a California Trustee Sale Officer, members must pass the Level 1 Certification exam with a score of at least 70%; maintain UTA membership in good standing; and attend either the Annual Education Conference or three regional meetings within two years of certification.

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.

Register for the March 15th course and exam