Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist. Div. 1 · Court of Appeal opinion · January 31, 2014
Related by Payoff Demands + Post-Closing Evidentiary Disputes · Payoff DemandsCourt record Court of Appeal opinion
Bartold v. Glendale Federal Bank — California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Three · G020529 / G021899
AmountNot statedAmount not stated in reviewed source.
ResultCourt of Appeal opinionCourt ruling
HingePayoff DemandsTeaches that payoff, reconveyance, trustee, lender, and escrow correspondence must show who was supposed to deliver and record post-payoff documents.
SourceCourt opinionPublished opinion
File-record question
Teaches that payoff, reconveyance, trustee, lender, and escrow correspondence must show who was supposed to deliver and record post-payoff documents.
Limit before takeaway
Published appellate opinion only. Procedural class-certification and summary-judgment posture; use for payoff/reconveyance workflow, not individual liability conclusions.
- Court / region
- Cal. Ct. App. 4th Dist. Div. 3
- Case number
- G020529 / G021899
- Filed
- June 19, 2000
- 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 reviewed payoff demands, reconveyance documents requested through escrow, and what happened when payoff and reconveyance handling did not line up with close-of-escrow timing.
What it hinged on
Payoff Demands. Teaches that payoff, reconveyance, trustee, lender, and escrow correspondence must show who was supposed to deliver and record post-payoff documents.
Amount involved
Amount not stated in reviewed source.
Result
Court of Appeal opinion
Why this belongs here
Teaches that payoff, reconveyance, trustee, lender, and escrow correspondence must show who was supposed to deliver and record post-payoff documents.
Documents to inspect
- Payoff demand
- Lender verification
- Good-through date
- Disbursement authorization
- Escrow instructions
- Record retention log
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 that payoff, reconveyance, trustee, lender, and escrow correspondence must show who was supposed to deliver and record post-payoff documents.
Timeline
FiledJune 19, 2000
Posture checked2026-05-31
Reviewed for Escrow Cases2026-05-31
Topics
Payoff Demands·Post-Closing Evidentiary Disputes
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What this record does not show
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Limit: Published appellate opinion only. Procedural class-certification and summary-judgment posture; use for payoff/reconveyance workflow, not individual liability conclusions.
Reviewed California court records with source links. Allegations are not findings.