Opinion reports affecting real property secured transaction issued by Bar committees include the following (Note: opinion reports which cover other subjects addressed by real estate financing opinions are also included):

(1) Legal Opinions in California Real Estate Transactions; Joint Committee of the Real Property Law Section of The State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 42 Bus. Law, 1139 (1987); (2) Report Regarding Legal Opinions and Personal Property Secured Transactions, the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California (1988), 44 Business Lawyer 791 (1989); (3) 1989 Report of the Committee on Corporations of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California Regarding Legal Opinions and Business Transactions (August 1989), 45 Business Lawyer 2169 (1990); (4) Legal Opinions in California Real Estate Transactions--An Addendum, Real Property Law Section State Bar of California and Real Property Section Los Angeles County Bar Association (March 14, 1990); (5) Third-Party Legal Opinion Report, Including the Legal Opinion Accord, of the Section of Business Law, American Bar Association (1991), 47 Business Lawyer 167 (1991); (6) The Attorney's Opinion Letter in Real Estate Transactions, Joint Committee of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association (1992), 4 The ACREL Papers 1 (1992); (7) Business Law Section of the State Bar of California Report on the Third-Party Legal Opinion Report of the ABA Section of Business Law (May 1992); (8) Report on Adaptation of the Legal Opinion Accord of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association for Real Estate Secured Transactions, the Joint Committee of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association (1994); (9) Joint Committee of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of California and the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 13 California Real Property Journ., No. 3, p. 1 (1995); (10) First Supplement to 1995 California Real Property Legal Opinion Report (1998), 16 California Real Property Journ., No. 1, p. 15 (Winter 1998); (11) Statement of Joint Committee of the Real Property Law Section of The State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association (May 2001); (12) Legal Opinions in Personal Property Secured Transactions; Business Law Section of the State Bar of California Commercial Transactions (formerly UCC) Committee (June 2005); (13) Report on Third-Party Remedies Opinions (2007 update), The Opinion Committee of The State Bar of California Business Section; (14) Legal Opinions in Business Transactions (Excluding the Remedies Opinion), The Corporations Committee of the State Bar of California Business Section (May 2005, revised October 2007); (15) Opinions Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California on Selected Legal Opinion Issues in Venture Capital Financing Transactions (2009); (16) Real Estate Finance Opinion Report of 2012, the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Committee on Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions 47 ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Law Journal, 2 (Fall 2012); (17) Sample California Third-Party Opinion for Business Transactions, Opinions Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California (Revised August 2014); (18) Third-Party Closing Opinions, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee and Opinions Committee of the Business Law Section of The State Bar of California (2016); and (19) Local Counsel Opinion Letters in Real Estate Finance Transactions, A Supplement to the Real Estate Finance Opinion Report of 2012, the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Committee on Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions; the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Opinions Committee, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Attorneys' Opinions Committee, 51 ABA Real Property Probate and Trust Estate Law Journal, 2 (Fall 2016). See also, California Continuing Education of the Bar, California Real Estate Finance Practice: Strategies and Forms, Chapter 8, “The Legal Opinion” for an excellent discussion of California real estate financing opinions, which contains references to numerous California and ABA opinion reports.

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