California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Currie v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n, B234657 (Cal. App. 2012):
Other than the occupancy rights provided by the PTFA, "'"[t]he legal rights of the lessee were extinguished by the proceedings in the foreclosure suit and sale following the decree thereon. . . . The relation between the purchaser and tenant is that of owner and trespasser, until some agreement, express or implied, is made between them with reference to occupation."' [Citation.]" (Dover Mobile Estates v. Fiber Form Products,
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