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NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 25-CA-003731
FIRST HORIZON BANK
Plaintiff, v.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, GRANTEES, DEVISEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, AND CREDITORS OF KENNETH JAMES ELLEFSON, DECEASED, ET AL.
Defendants.
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, GRANTEES, DEVISEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, AND CREDITORS OF KENNETH JAMES ELLEFSON, DECEASED,
Current Residence Unknown, but whose last known address was:
1325 BARRETT RD, NORTH FORT MYERS, FL 33903-5734
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Lee County, Florida, to-wit:
ALL THE CERTAIN LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH FORT MYERS, COUNTY OF LEE, STATE OF FLORIDA TO WIT:
THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 44 SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST, LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, LESS ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. BEING LOT 13, SMOKEY HOLLOW FARMS, LESS THE NORTH 30 FEET THEREOF.
LESS THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND:
PART OF LOT 13, OF UNRECORDED SMOKEY HOLLOW FARMS, IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 44 SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST, LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 4, THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4, SECTION 4, 30.10 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE DUE EAST PARALLEL TO AND 30.00 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4, SAID SECTION 4, FOR 621.85 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, 140.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST, 621.87 FEET, TO AN INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST LINE, OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 4, THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE 139.79 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
TOGETHER WITH:
A 20.00 FEET WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT FOR EGRESS AND INGRESS IN PART OF LOT 13 OF UNRECORDED SMOKEY HOLLOW FARMS IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 44 SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST, LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. SAID EASEMENT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4, SECTION 4, THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4, SECTION 4, 30.10 FEET, THENCE DUE EAST PARALLEL TO AND 30.00 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 4, 621.85 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SAID EASEMENT, THENCE CONTINUE DUE EAST 631.90 FEET TO AN INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF BARRETT ROAD, THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF BARRETT ROAD, 20.05 FEET, THENCE DUE WEST 631.86 FEET, THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 20.05 FEET TO THE, POINT OF BEGINNING.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on eXL Legal, PLLC, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 12425 28th Street North, Suite 200, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice of Action, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court at P.O. Box 310, Ft. Myers, FL 33902, either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint petition.
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 Brooke Dean, Operations Division Manager, whose office is located at Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, Florida 33901, and whose telephone number is (239) 533-1771, 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.
WITNESS my hand and seal of the Court on this 10 day of October, 2025.
Kevin C. Karnes
Clerk of the Circuit Court
(SEAL) N Wright Angad
Deputy Clerk
eXL Legal, PLLC,
Plaintiff’s attorney,
12425 28th Street North, Suite 200,
St. Petersburg, FL 33716,
1000010940
October 17, 24, 2025 25-04104L
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