Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist. · Court of Appeal opinion · January 1, 1986
Related by Payoff Demands + Seller Proceeds · Payoff DemandsCourt record Court of Appeal opinion
Plaza Home Mortgage v. North American Title — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal, Fourth District · D054685
AmountNot statedAmount not stated in reviewed source.
ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingePayoff DemandsTeaches post-close escrow disbursement duties and lender reliance on recorded closing instructions after funding.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Teaches post-close escrow disbursement duties and lender reliance on recorded closing instructions after funding.
Limit before takeaway
Appellate opinion on Justia (not certified for publication). Kirby v. Palos Verdes Escrow (1986) supporting link for payoff-instruction conflicts.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App. 4th Dist.
- Case number
- D054685
- Filed
- January 1, 2010
- Source record
- Court opinion
- Procedural posture
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Money movement stage
- Payoff stage
- Record gap
- Amount gap
- Strongest reviewed source
- Published opinion
- Allegation / finding status
- Court ruling
- Disposition
- Court of Appeal opinion
- Last posture checked
- 2026-05-31
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-31
What happened
Court addressed whether a title/escrow agent breached closing instructions by disbursing loan proceeds after close when payoff and recording conditions were disputed.
What it hinged on
Payoff Demands. Teaches post-close escrow disbursement duties and lender reliance on recorded closing instructions after funding.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Teaches post-close escrow disbursement duties and lender reliance on recorded closing instructions after funding.
Documents to inspect
- Payoff demand
- Lender verification
- Good-through date
- Disbursement authorization
- Escrow instructions
- Seller instructions
This list is inferred from the topic pattern, not asserted as an extracted document list for this case.
What the file needed to show
Current reviewed metadata frames the file issue this way:
Teaches post-close escrow disbursement duties and lender reliance on recorded closing instructions after funding.
Timeline
FiledJanuary 1, 2010
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
Payoff Demands·Seller Proceeds
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Limit: Appellate opinion on Justia (not certified for publication). Kirby v. Palos Verdes Escrow (1986) supporting link for payoff-instruction conflicts.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.