West Virginia State Foreclosure Law Summary

Which law provision governs foreclosure in Westprocedure are mentioned under "Guidelines for power
Virginia?of sale foreclosure".
You can refer about this in West Virginia Code,Guidelines for power of sale foreclosure
Chapter 38, Article 1 (Vendor and Trust Deed Liens)If the deed of trust/mortgage contains a power of
inclusive of §38-1 through §38-16-506. Deedssale clause with specified time, place and terms of
of Trust are referenced in §38-1-1a. Public noticesale, then it should be followed.
provisions are set forth in other areas of the WestOtherwise Non-judicial foreclosure is conducted as
Virginia Code, Chapter 59 (References Class II, legalfollows:
advertisements).A notice of sale should be posted on the front house
What happens during Judicial Foreclosure in Westof the door of the courthouse where property is
Virginia?located and also in three public places, one of which
It involves filing a law suite to obtain a court order. Thisshould be property itself. This should be done 20 days
is done when no power of sale is present in mortgagebefore the sale. It should also be sent to the borrower
deed. The property is auctioned off to the highest20 days before the sale. The notice should be
bidder.published as a class III legal advertisement in local
What happens during Non-Judicial Foreclosure in Westnewspaper of county, once a week for four weeks.
Virginia?The sale notice should have time/place of the
Non-judicial foreclosure is conducted only when powerforeclosure, names of parties in the deed, date of the
of sale clause exists in deed of trust/mortgage. Thisdeed, recording information, a property description, and
clause allows borrower pre-authorizes the sale ofterms of the sale. Unless the deed specifies the terms
property to pay off the balance loan in the incidenceof sale, the winning bidder must pay one-third (1/3) of
of their default. In such cases power is given to lenderthe bid amount in cash at the sale.
to sell the property by himself or his representativeThis is legal information; it should not be treated as legal
who generally referred as trustee. Guidelines for suchadvice.