Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

When the house was sold at the foreclosure sale, either to the lender for the debts owed or to a private party, your obligation to pay the HOA fees from that date on ended. You would still be liable for the fees before the house was sold.

Don't know exactly what you mean by "went into foreclosure," but you owe and can be sued for all HOA dues and assessments that became payable while you were the owner of the unit, right up to the minute the trustee's auction hammer fell, so to speak.

Your post is confusing as to time. You first state that you bought the house four years ago, and then state that you were foreclosed on four years ago. All in the same year?