Home Foreclosures: 14.3.1 Same Manner as a Lien on Real Property
Many state laws provide that an association may foreclose upon a unit in the same manner as a mortgage or deed of trust on real property.155 The intent of these statutes is presumably to simplify the procedural aspects of the enforcement of a lien for assessments against a condominium.156 Where laws governing the disposition of real property and civil procedure provide that a complaint must be filed prior to a foreclosure sale, an association may not, for example, pursue through writ of executio