California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Crossroads Investors, L.P. v. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 201 Cal.Rptr.3d 84, 246 Cal.App.4th 529 (Cal. App. 2016):
statute, ... a nonjudicial foreclosure is a private, contractual proceeding, rather than an official, governmental proceeding or action. [Citations.]" (Garretson v. Post (2007) 156 Cal.App.4th 1508, 1520, 68 Cal.Rptr.3d 230.) "Nonjudicial foreclosure merely provides a nonjudicial, private alternative to judicial foreclosure." (Id . at p. 1521, 68 Cal.Rptr.3d 230.)
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