Something about this story does not smell right.
You can’t randomly foreclose on people’s homes without due process of law, even in a non-judicial foreclosure state like California.
You have to have 3 months previous notice, notices published in the newspapers, a registered 10 day notice before the sale.
And not only that, you need a writ from the court to get evicted by the sheriff.
There are plenty of people right here on FR who would argue different. Banks do not have to follow the law, they can forge document, commit perjury and fraud on a scale that would put most crime syndicates to shame and the most they have to do to get off the hook is pay a small fine while admiting no guilt.
You have to have 3 months previous notice, notices published in the newspapers, a registered 10 day notice before the sale.
And not only that, you need a writ from the court to get evicted by the sheriff.
That's all well and good. However, it seems the "subcontractors" had the wrong address:
The house recently had valuables stored in the garage, including decades worth of family heirlooms. But the house was in ruins after Tjosaas says subcontractors hired by Wells Fargo entered the property with a foreclosure notice in hand. The notice had the name Stephen A. Janosik on it, but the address for the Tjosaas family home…Tjosaas says the subcontractors broke down doors, smashed windows, tore down walls, taking anything of value to sell later on.
I think all retirees should own and be proficient in the use of miniguns. There is no reason "subcontractors" (or other critters known for address errors) need ever to know their grandchildren.
I have rentals, the city sent out a Code enforcement for weeds. I called the tenant, lawn was mowed at the time it was written. The City worker wrote down correct house number, but the office clerk thought the 9 was a 7. Easy to do when people don't write plainly.
It actually was for the house next door, ending in #9.
Even the hospitals are making sure things are correct, hubby had back surgery recently, they used a magic marker to write on his back, instructions of where to cut. Too many stupid/needless mistakes can be made. Amazing but necessary these days.
This story is a sad situation for those owners, all their memories, can never get those items back. Sad
All this could have happened but then the idiot crew shows up at the wrong house.
It makes sense if WF did all that but the clean out crew just went to the wrong address.