State Legislation Websites for Information on Foreclosure Laws
The following links have been researched and are provided for educational purposes only and are intended to serve as a resource to assist in finding legislation which might be relevant to conducting foreclosures in states that have passed such laws or are considering enacting such legislation as of September 6, 2006.
This information is not intended to provide a complete resource of states with current or proposed foreclosure laws as such information can change on a daily basis. Nor is this information intended to provide you with any legal advice or detailed guidance on how to properly conduct foreclosure and/or pre-foreclosure activity in your state. As with any regulated activity, we strongly recommend that you consult with an attorney.
Please note that Whitney Information Network, Inc., to include its affiliates and subsidiaries, do not maintain the sites listed below and as such has no responsibility for the accuracy, content and current status of any information provided therein. Please note that the locations of these materials can change without notice.
California
California Civil Code § 1695.0-.17 and California Civil Code § 2495.0-.11
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=civ&codebody=1695
Colorado
Senate Bill 06-071 was signed by the governor on May, 30th 2006 and went into effective immediately.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2006A/csl.nsf/BillFoldersSenate?openFrameset
Georgia
Georgia. Code Ann. § 10-1-393 (b)(20)(A)-(D)
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/GaCode/data/10-1-393.htm
Illinois
Senate Bill 2349 was recently passed by the Illinois Legislature and becomes effective January 1, 2007.
Maryland
Maryland Real Property Code Ann. § 7-301-321
To view the Statute, select “Real Property” in the Article field and enter 7-301 in the Section field at the website listed below.
http://mlis.state.md.us/cgi-win/web_statutes.exe
Minnesota
Minnesota Statutes Ann. § 325N.01-.18
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/data/revisor/statutes/2005/325N/
Missouri
Missouri. Ann. Statutes §407.935-.943
To view the statute, enter the section number separated by a dash into the Search field (i.e. 407-935). You are required to view each section separately.
http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutesearch/
New York
On July 26, 2006, New York enacted Senate Bill 04744-A, which takes effect February 1, 2007.
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi
Rhode Island
In July 2006, Rhode Island enacted House Bill 7650A and Senate Bill 2777A. We are advised the bills are identical. The bills took immediate effect.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText06/HouseText06/HouseText06.html
