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NOTICE OF ACTION; CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE - PROPERTY
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO.: 2026-CA-000883
AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC,
Plaintiff, vs.
RUSSELL T. GATES; INTERNATIONAL BASS LAKE RESORT HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF RUSSELL T. GATES,
Defendants.
TO: CHRISTOPHER GATES; LAST KNKOWN ADDRESS AT 1201 WOODS LANDING MINNEOLA, FL 34715
YOU ARE NOTIFIED your whereabouts are known to the Plaintiff; however, you have concealed yourself or are otherwise avoiding service of process such that personal service of process cannot be made upon you pursuant to Chapter 48, Florida Statutes. Plaintiff has made a diligent search and inquiry to effect personal service of process upon you at your last known address and place of abode, but has been unable to do so to your purposeful avoidance of service.
TO: ESTATE OF RUSSELL T. GATES; 50989 HIGHWAY 27 LOT 252, DAVENPORT, FL 33897
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RUSSELL T. GATES; 50989 HIGHWAY 27 LOT 252, DAVENPORT, FL 33897
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose to the following property in Polk County, Florida:
LOT 252 OF INTERNATIONAL BASS LAKE RESORT PHASE ONE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 87, PAGES 16 AND 17, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA. Also known as 50989 HIGHWAY 27 LOT 252, DAVENPORT, FL 33897.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Sokolof Remtulla, LLP, the plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 1800 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite 302, Boca Raton, FL 33431, on or before September 28, 2026, and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on the plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or 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 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.
DATED on July 31, 2026.
STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
(SEAL) By: Lynnette Burke
DEPUTY CLERK
SOKOLOF REMTULLA, LLP
1800 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite 302
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Telephone: 561-507-5252
Facsimile: 561-342-4842
E-mail: [email protected]
Counsel for Plaintiff
August 14, 21, 2026 26-01667K

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