With offices in nine major metropolitan areas, Receivership Specialists is the premier court receivership company in Southern California, Northern California, Nevada, and Arizona. We have been appointed by the courts in these areas to handle over 680 cases and have transitioned over $2,500,000,000.00 in assets.

Founded in 2001 by Kevin Singer and  John Rachlin, Receivership Specialists has led the field of court receivers and court referees in finding solutions and protecting and selling assets. Richard Marquis, David Kamm, and Scott Yahraus joined the team of Receivership Specialists, court-appointed court receivers, court-appointed court referees, and court-appointed partition referees in San Diego. This experienced group of professionals, and their support staff, are committed to protecting and improving the value of your real estate, business, or assets, at the lowest possible cost, while disputes are resolved and justice is served.

At Receivership Specialists, we are committed to protecting and improving the value of your real estate, business, or assets, at the lowest possible cost, while disputes are resolved and justice is served. With offices in nine major metropolitan areas of California, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado, the court receivers, attorneys, and professional staff of Receivership Specialists are ready to assist you.

If you’re browsing our web site, chances are you’re looking for an experienced court receiver, court referee, or partition referee. Regardless of the type of receivership or referee appointment, Receivership Specialists can evaluate the situation, devise a plan of action, and execute that plan. We have over 30 years of combined experience in finding solutions and protecting and selling assets. Whether your real estate or business is large or small; whether you’re located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State, Illinois, or New Mexico; we can handle your matter.

While we do have attorneys on staff, and one of our founding partners is an attorney, our strength lies in our hands-on knowledge and experience as court receivers. Our receivership expertise is strengthened by the fact that our staff also includes experienced property managers, a licensed real estate broker, a licensed contractor, a licensed civil and structural engineer and an accountant. We have been appointed to manage and sell real estate, operate and sell businesses, obtain development rights, complete construction projects, handle estate liquidations, portfolio liquidations, enforce judgments, as well as and operate and dissolve corporations and partnerships. We have been appointed to and continue to be appointed to Health and Safety Receiverships.

We are well versed in real estate, business and law. We understand all aspects of receivership work and give every case we handle the personal attention it deserves.

Once Receivership Specialists is appointed to your case, we take control of the real estate, business or assets, analyze how the operation is being run and conduct a complete inventory of the assets. Our goal is to preserve and enhance the value of your real estate, business or assets. Regardless of your situation, as court appointed receivers and court appointed referees, Receivership Specialists will give you the peace of mind knowing that your assets are professionally managed.

When you choose Receivership Specialists, you are getting the benefit of a company that has managed and transitioned over $2,500,000,000 in assets and overseen more than 672 cases. Let our team of experts help effectively and efficiently handle your matter throughout the receivership or referee appointment.

The best and easiest way to have Receivership Specialists appointed to your case is to use our Contact Page to contact our office for more information or instruct your legal counsel to use our Contact Page to contact our office.

Receivership Specialists has offices in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado. We handle State, Federal, and Bankruptcy Court matters.

What is a Court Receiver

Tracing their origin back to England during the rule of Queen Elizabeth, court receivers are appointed by judges to protect and preserve the value of assets while opposing parties are in dispute. Court Receivers act as neutral third parties, answering only to the judge that appointed them. Relative to other remedies, court receivers are an inexpensive alternative to bankruptcy and foreclosure. But court receivers are much more than alternatives to other means. Often times, the very act of petitioning the court for the appointment of a court receiver is enough to trigger a settlement between the disputing parties.

Court Receiver, Court Referee, Receiver Manager are all descriptive terms that may be used somewhat interchangeably. Once appointed by the court, the court receiver has the duty to protect and preserve the value of the assets in dispute. And quite often, the Court Receiver serves as a mediator between the parties to the action. As a neutral third party, the Court Receiver is in a position of trust and had an intimate knowledge of the asset in question and the core issues of dispute. The Court Receiver may offer credible recommendations that may lead the parties towards agreeable resolution.

In addition to acting as an officer of the court, a Court Receiver has a fiduciary responsibility and must protect the asset, property, or business at the center of the dispute. The actions required to fulfill this responsibility is dependent on the asset, business, or real estate that is the center of the case. Because of this, the spectrum of knowledge required by the top court receivers can be quite vast.

At Receivership Specialists, the founding partners, Kevin Singer and John Rachlin, have over three decades of combined experience. The value of this experience should not be undervalued. Mr. Singer and Mr. Rachlin are able to apply their experience and bring you the resolutions that will benefit you the most.

Use this link to learn more about partition referees.

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Court Appointed Partition Referee: San Diego

Kevin Singer, of Receivership Specialists, serves as court-appointed partition referee in San Diego from his office located at:

4660 La Jolla Village Drive
Suite 100
San Diego, California 92122
Phone: (858) 546-4815
Fax: (858) 646-3097

Mr. Singer also servers as court-appointed partition referee from his other offices throughout California, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona.

As a partition referee, Mr. Singer is appointed by a judge or commissioner to partition, by sale or division, all types of real or personal property, including but not limited to single-family residences, multi-family residential properties, commercial properties, vacant land, and personal property of all types. This includes real or personal property owned by family members (siblings and/or spouses), corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and individuals. Mr. Singer has a background in real estate development, real estate sales, property management, construction, and conflict resolution. He has developed a unique skill set that is perfectly suited for being a partition referee.

Receivership Specialists has a team of court receivers, court partition referees, attorneys, and professional staff with the experience and knowledge you need.  Our extensive sales and property law experience allow us to resolve disputes in a neutral and expedient manner.

Mr. Singer is appointed, by the court, as a neutral third party to carry out the court’s orders.

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Use These Links for Important Partition Referee San Diego Content:

1. Kevin Singer is an Experienced Partition Referee
2. Kevin Singer’s Duties as Partition Referee
3. Kevin Singer is an Experience Partition Referee in San Diego
4. Kevin Singer is a Partition Referee, Court Referee, and Court Receiver
5. Kevin Singer’s Authority as Partition Referee
6. Kevin Singer Can Be Appointed to any Partition Action
7. Kevin Singer Works on Many Types of Referee Partition Cases
   • Partition by Sale or Appraisal
   • Partition by Valuation
   • Partition of Heirs’ Property
   • Partition of Real Property
8. Notes about the Partition Process
9. Learn More about Kevin Singer
10. Directions to Partition Referee San Diego Office of Receivership Specialists

(Additional links to important articles on Partition Referees)
Partition Referee vs Court Referee: What’s the Difference?
Court-Appointed Partition Referee: What You Should Know

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Kevin Singer is an Experienced Partition Referee

Mr. Singer and his team at Receivership Specialists have been appointed in over 672 cases. They have transitioned over $2,500,000,000 worth of assets. As a court-appointed partition referee, Mr. Singer has represented hundreds of parties with issues involving the division of real and personal property including but not limited to all types of real estate, businesses, gas stations, hotels, assisted living facilities, restaurants, bars, liquor licenses, family estates, family trusts, commodities, and construction projects. He and his team have worked successfully to carry out the orders of the court.

Mr. Singer works with experts in the San Diego and throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado and leverages his network of extremely talented professionals to benefit the parties in the cases in which he is appointed.

Kevin Singer’s Duties as Partition Referee

Once he is appointed as a partition referee in the matter, Mr. Singer is a neutral third party acting on behalf of the presiding judge to execute the court orders as they pertain to the partition. His fiduciary duties include the division and sale of any real or personal property and the distribution of assets among the parties. As the court appointed partition referee, Mr. Singer often works with multiple owners of a single property in order to determine their respective interests in the property or assets that is the center of the partition action. Many partition actions are initiated when one or more of the parties files a lawsuit in order to determine and verify the ownership percentage of the property at the center of the partition action.

A partition action begins when one or more of the co-owners of the property in dispute files a complaint with the court. It is then up to the court to determine if the parties have a right to the partition action. According to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 872.210:

(a) If the court finds that the plaintiff is entitled to partition, it shall make an interlocutory judgment that determines the interests of the parties in the property and orders the partition of the property and, unless it is to be later determined, the manner of partition.

(b) If the court determines that it is impracticable or highly inconvenient to make a single interlocutory judgment that determines, in the first instance, the interests of all the parties in the property, the court may first ascertain the interests of the original concurrent or successive owners and thereupon make an interlocutory judgment as if such persons were the sole parties in interest and the only parties to the action. Thereafter, the court may proceed in like manner as between the original concurrent or successive owners and the parties claiming under them or may allow the interests to remain without further partition if the parties so desire.

Mr Singer’s duties as a partition referee in San Diego may include:

• Determining the value of the property (this may include through hiring of a certified appraiser, using the referee and/or real estate broker’s own analysis, evaluating comparable property sales, utilizing capitalization rates, aka cap rates),
• Reviewing/Approving any agreements amongst parties,
• Ensuring the greatest value of the assets,
• Managing any of the properties of the partition action,
• Selling any of the properties of the partition action,
• Distributing the proceeds amongst the parties,
• Providing the courts with accurate accounting of the moneys spent, and
• Maintaining and improving assets of the partition action.

Mr Singer’s reports as a partition referee in San Diego may include:

Mr. Singer acting on behalf of the court as the partition referee, will provide periodic reports with relevant information as determined by the partition action.

• A description of the property:
  • features,
  • square footage,
  • zoning,
  • habitability issues, and
  • owners’ interests in the property
• Tenant information:
  • Rental amounts,
  • Lease agreements,
  • Sales Issues, and
  • Property valuations
• Information from:
  • Department of Building and Safety and
  • Housing Department
• Access:
  • Public and Private
    • Roads,
    • Streets, and
    • Easements
• Property purchasers:
  • Purchaser,
  • Sale price,
  • Terms and conditions of the sale,
  • Lien holders and amounts to pay, and
  • Owners’ claims
    • legal bases for claim,
    • disbursement amounts

Kevin Singer is an Experience Partition Referee in San Diego

It is recommended that you work with your legal council to request the court presiding over your partition action appoint an experienced partition referee to your matter. Mr. Singer of Receivership Specialists is an experienced and knowledgeable partition referee. He and his team of professionals understand property sales, property law, real estate markets, and the issues involved with partition cases. This enables them to work efficiently and effectively to resolve partitions actions as ordered by the court in the partition action.

Our motto remains:

“We are committed to protecting and improving the value of your real estate, business, or assets, at the lowest possible cost, while disputes are resolved and justice is served.”

Kevin Singer is a Partition Referee (aka Court Referee) and Court Receiver

Mr. Singer of Receivership Specialists has been appointed in over 624 cases as a partition referee, court referee, and court receiver. In most cases, a court receiver is appointed by the presiding judge to take over and run a business that is in dispute. The receivership continues until the dispute is resolved. It is up to the court receiver to ensure the business continues to run successfully.  When the presiding judge, appoints a neutral third party to partition and sell a property in dispute, that neutral third party is known as a referee.  A referee is often charged with managing and maintaining the property before it’s sold.  Depending on the partition case, the partition referee will follow the court orders and collect rents, make necessary repairs to the property, and take necessary action to increase the value of the property prior to its sale. A partition referee and a court referee are in most cases synonymous.

Kevin Singer’s Authority as Partition Referee

With a couple of exceptions, the Partition of Real Property Act (CCP §§ 874.311 – 874.321.5) applies to any real property or properties held by tenants in common. The Partition of Real Property Act excludes properties where the tenants in common have written agreement not to partition the property and tenants in common where the parties have a written agreement with a specific procedure for partitioning the property.

CCP Section 874.313 states: “This chapter supplements the other provisions of this title.” Simply put, the Partition of Real Property Act enhances the provisions of the Partition Code (CCP §§ 872.210 Et Al.) that were in place prior to the Partition of Real Property Act.

The Partition Code provides for the following authority of a referee:

• The referee shall divide or sell the property. CCP § 873.010
• The referee may perform any acts necessary to exercise the authority in the Partition Code. CCP § 873.060
• The referee may designate a portion of the property as a public or private way, road, or street; and may recommend the closure of any or all other roads on the property. CCP § 873.080.
• The referee may authorize or approve contracts for surveyors, engineers, appraisers, attorneys, real estate brokers, auctioneers, and others. In connection therewith, the referee has the authority to provide for the date of commencement of any lien provided by law or contract for such claims. CCP § 873.110.
• The referee may employ attorneys with the approval of the court. CCP § 873.120. When Anand Law acts as referee, there is no need to hire other attorneys as Anand Law can handle everything in house.
• The referee may employ a surveyor with approval of the court. CCP § 873.130.
• The referee may employ an auctioneer. CCP § 873.140.

Kevin Singer Can Be Appointed to any Partition Action

The CCP provides for a referee to be appointed by the court in all partition actions.

CCP § 873.010(a) – 873.010(b) states:

The court shall appoint a referee to divide or sell the property as ordered by the court. The court may:

• Determine whether a referee’s bond is necessary and fix the amount of the bond.
• Instruct the referee.
• Fix the reasonable compensation for the services of the referee and provide for payment of the referee’s reasonable expenses.
• Provide for the date of commencement of the lien of the referee allowed by law.
• Require the filing of interim or final accounts of the referee, settle the accounts of the referee, and discharge the referee.
• Remove the referee.
• Appoint a new referee.

Kevin Singer Works on These Types of Referee Partition Cases

Notes about the Partition Process

The partition process requires an accounting of charges and credits to be assessed to each co-owner’s share. All parties to the partition action should seek reimbursement of expenditures needed to maintain or improve the value of the property. Party’s expenditures can be in excess of the party’s fractional ownership share including but not limited to: property repairs & improvements, taxes, mortgage payments (principal and interest), liens, and insurance.

Learn More about Kevin Singer

Kevin Singer: Court Receiver, Court Referee, Partition Referee, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Trustee

Receivership Specialists is more than just court receivers, court referees, partition referees, attorneys, and professional staff with the experience and knowledge you need composed of attorneys, accountants, and real estate brokers. We act as a court appointed Partition Referee in San Diego and throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado including in the cities and areas of San Diego County including, but not limited to:

Carlsbad | Chula Vista | Coronado | Del Mar | El Cajon | Encinitas | Escondido  | Imperial Beach | La Mesa | La Jolla | Lemon Grove | National City | Oceanside | Poway | San Diego | San Marcos | Santee | Spring Valley | Solana Beach | Vista

For more information or to inquire about having Kevin Singer appointed to your matter, please use our Partition Referee San Diego Contact Form or call 877.755.9064.

How to Have Us Appointed

In most cases, judges allow legal counsel to recommend the Court Receiver that will be appointed to oversee your case. There are some instances where the judge prefers to appoint the Court Receiver personally, but more often than not, the judge prefers to leave the recommendation of the Court Receiver up to the counsel of the parties involved. Regardless of which preference your judge elects, it is a good idea to have Us appointed as your court receiver in San Diego.

When this happens, the petitioning party may request that Receivership Specialists or Kevin Singer, the Court Receiver in San Diego, be appointed as Court Receiver to the action. The request may be made at the court hearing for the appointment of the Court Receiver or it may be made via moving papers. If the request is made during the court hearing for appointment of the Court Receiver, it is possible to have a Court Receiver, representing Receivership Specialists attend the hearing. This will afford Receivership Specialists the opportunity to share, with the court and involved parties, our qualifications and experience.

If you would like us to help you, use our Contact Page to contact Receivership Specialists or Call 877.755.9064