How many days do I have to vacate a home that was sold by a trustee's sale?

Question

How many days do I have to vacate a home that was sold by a trustee's sale?

Answer

The buyer, usually a bank or its representative, eventually will send you a three-day notice to quit. Before then, they might try to negotiate with you to move sooner in exchange for a monetary incentive. After the three days have elapsed, the owner will file and serve you with an unlawful detainer (eviction) lawsuit, and you will have five days from service to file and serve a responsive pleading. If it involves a motion, that would be heard in a week or two. Then you might have to file an answer within five more days. Then a trial will be set for several weeks later. Then, if you lose, the sheriff might arrive two weeks later or more. Of course, if you do nothing and do not respond to the unlawful detainer, the process would be accelerated.

Answer

I agree with Mr. Cohen generally, but the law is different if you were a tenant of the owner whose house was foreclosed on.