Can a bank change my home's door lock before the foreclosure sale date?

A mortgage may provide the mortgagee with the right to prevent "waste" to the security of the loan (the property). The right to posession to the real property is yours until the actaul foreclosure and issuance of a certificate of title or until there is a court order providing posession or abandonment by the mortgagor. If your lender has changed the locks you normally are provided a contact number by the persons changing the lock you should contact them if the property has not been abandoned. You also should contact your lender to advise that the property has not been abandoned. If neither is sucussful you should notify the court of the lender's action and request posession of the property be returned to you.

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