Opinion ID: 1154012
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: compliance with statutory procedures

Text: Section 2924b, subdivisions (2)(a) and (2)(b) require the trustee to mail the specified notices to the trustor at his last known address if different than the address specified in the deed of trust.... Subdivision (2)(c) provides that As used in subdivisions (a) and (b), the `last known address' ... means the last business or residence address actually known by the ... trustee.... (1) Associates contends that there is a triable issue as to whether Safeco actually knew Associates' last known address. Associates argues that since notice to any partner is notice to the partnership under Corporations Code section 15012, actual knowledge of the address of any general partner is actual knowledge of the address of the partnership for the purpose of giving notice by mail. The problem with this argument is that Safeco did not have actual knowledge of the address of any of the partners. All Safeco had was the names of the partners from their signatures on the note and deed of trust. Actual knowledge is that which consists in express information of fact. (§ 18; Prouty v. Devin (1897) 118 Cal. 258, 260 [50 P. 380].) Although the circumstances might have put Safeco on inquiry as to the partners' addresses, that is by definition constructive, not actual, knowledge. (§ 19; Mason v. Hart (1956) 140 Cal. App.2d 349, 355 [295 P.2d 28].) The statute specifically requires actual knowledge. The notice given complied with section 2924b.