In California, a non-judicial foreclosure state, the "Regristrar of Deeds" or "County Recorder" as they are more common called out here, accepts for recording a "Notice of Trustee Sale" which establishes the date, time, place, bid amount, and other matters of auction.  State civil code governs the particulars:  daylight hours before 5pm, county courthouse steps, opening bid by the foreclosing beneficiary, etc...

  However, it is not uncommon when you have an average of 25 or more such notices recorded each day, that a few notices pertaining to properties in other counties slip into the mix. 

  I've never heard any journalist cover this topic as a source of material flaws in  the foreclosure process, but it is quite common.  We've covered foreclosures for over 7 years now, and certainly understand the systematic incompetence of our regions foreclosure mills.  Yet, it seems to be a dirty, untold secret that 1 in 30 foreclosures are flawed in this manner (guesstimate from experience, so not a hard statistic).  Anyone ever hear about this issue covered by the media?