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AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION – CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE - PROPERTY
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO. 2025-CA-000701
LLOYDS BANK plc f/k/a LLOYDS TSB BANK plc, a United Kingdom public limited company,
Plaintiff, v.
DAVID SMITH a/k/a DAVID CHARLES SMITH, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF DAVID SMITH a/k/a DAVID CHARLES SMITH, LOUISE JACKSON, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LOUISE JACKSON, LAKESIDE VILLAS AT PROVIDENCE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida not for profit corporation, the STATE OF FLORIDA, LAKE WALES HOSPITAL CORPORATION d/b/a LAKE WALES MEDICAL CENTER, a Florida corporation, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, as Clerk of the Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit for Polk County, Florida, the FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al.,
Defendants.
TO: THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF DAVID SMITH A/K/A DAVID CHARLES SMITH; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LOUISE JACKSON; AND ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST THE ABOVE NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS, AND ALL OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a certain mortgage and security interest, on real and personal property, intangibles and other collateral, as described in that certain Mortgage recorded on October 22, 2008, in Official Records Book 7743, page 2151, of the public records of Polk County, Florida, and other associated and unrecorded loan documents, all with respect to the property as described below, and seeking other relief;
Lot 88, LAKESIDE VILLAS AT PROVIDENCE - PHASE I, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 145, Page(s) 7 through 19, of the Public Records of Polk County, Florida.
TOGETHER with all buildings and improvements of every kind and description now or hereafter erected or placed thereon with all rents, issues and profits which may arise or may be had from any portion or all of the premises, and all materials intended for construction, reconstruction, alteration and repairs of such improvements now or hereafter erected thereon, all of which materials shall be deemed to be included within the premises immediately upon the delivery thereof to the premises;
TOGETHER with all fixtures, chattels and articles of personal property now or hereafter owned by Mortgagor and attached to or used in connection with said premises, including but not limited to furnaces, boilers, oil burners, radiators and piping, coal stokers, plumbing and bathroom fixtures, refrigeration, air conditioning and sprinkler systems, washtubs, sinks, gas and electric fixtures, stoves, ranges, awnings, screens, window shades, elevators, motors, dynamos, refrigerators, kitchen cabinets, incinerators, plants and shrubbery and all other equipment and machinery, appliances, fittings and fixtures of every kind in or used in the operation of the buildings standing on said premises, together with any and all renewals and replacements thereof and additions thereto, whether or not the same are or shall be attached to said land or buildings in any manner.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on JOHN N. MURATIDES, the plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Post Office Box 3299, Tampa, Florida 33601, Telephone: (813) 223-4800, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Amended Notice of Action – Constructive Service - Property and file the original with the clerk of this court at 255 N. Broadway Ave., Bartow, FL 33830-3912 either before service on the plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. You may file a Notice of Current Address form. Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Office of the Court Administrator, 255 N. Broadway Avenue, Bartow, Florida 33830, (863) 534-4686, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
Default Date: August 11, 2025
DATED July 3, 2025.
Stacy M. Butterfield, CPA
Clerk of the Circuit Court
and Comptroller,
Polk County, Florida
(SEAL) By: Asuncion Nieves
Deputy Clerk
JOHN N. MURATIDES,
the plaintiff’s attorney,
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.,
Post Office Box 3299,
Tampa, Florida 33601,
Telephone: (813) 223-4800
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