California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from HSBC Bank v. Wood, 2d Civil No. B266405 (Cal. App. 2016):
Section 726, subdivision (a) provides in part: "There can be but one form of action for the recovery of any debt or the enforcement of any right secured by mortgage upon real property . . . which action shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter." The one form of action is foreclosure. (Brown v. Jensen (1953) 41 Cal.2d 193, 195.)
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