CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 4920
Wrongful Foreclosure—Essential Factual Elements
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] wrongly foreclosed on
[name of plaintiff]’s [home/ specify other real property]. In order to
establish a wrongful foreclosure, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the
following:
1. That [name of defendant] caused a foreclosure sale of [name of
plaintiff]’s [home/ specify other real property] under a power of sale
in a [mortgage/deed of trust];
2. That this sale was wrongful because [specify reason(s) supporting
illegality, fraud, or willful oppression];
3. That [name of plaintiff] [tendered all amounts that were due under
the loan secured by the [mortgage/deed of trust], but [name of
defendant] refused the tender]/[was excused from tendering all
amounts that were due under loan secured by the [mortgage/deed
of trust]];
4. [That [name of plaintiff] was not materially in breach of any other
condition and had not failed to perform any other material
requirement of the loan agreement that would otherwise justify
the foreclosure;]
5. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
6. That [name of defendant]’s actions were a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.
New May 2020
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
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