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NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY
CIVIL DIVISION
Case No. 2025CC009264A000BA
Division M0
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR REO TRUST 2017-RPL1
Plaintiff, vs.
UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OF PATSY PAULETTE ALFORD, DECEASED, JEFFREY ALFORD, AS KNOWN HEIR OF PATSY PAULETTE ALFORD, TIMOTHY ALFORD, AS KNOWN HEIR OF PATSY PAULETTE ALFORD, RAYMOND SCOTT ALFORD, AS KNOWN HEIR OF PATSY PAULETTE ALFORD, et al.
Defendants.
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OF PATSY PAULETTE ALFORD, DECEASED
CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN
You are notified that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Polk County, Florida:
TRACT 3A, SUTTON ACRES: THE NORTH 150 FEET OF THE SOUTH 503.70 FEET OF THE EAST 330.0 FEET OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 28, SOUTH, RANGE 23 EAST. SUBJECT TO A 40 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE EAST SIDE THEREOF FOR COUNTY ROAD 542-A AS RECORDED IN POLK COUNTY OFFICE RECORD BOOK #2043, PAGE 1422, OCTOBER 1, 1981. TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN SERIAL NUMBERS: 20150A & 20150B; WIDTH AND LENGTH: 12 X 60, YEAR: 1982, MAKE: BRIGADIERE
commonly known as 1334 N GALLOWAY RD, LAKELAND, FL 33810 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on David R. Byars of Kass Shuler, P.A., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 800, Tampa, Florida 33601, (813) 229-0900, on or before March 30, 2026, (or 30 days from the first date of publication, whichever is later) 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.
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: February 20, 2026.
CLERK OF THE COURT
Honorable Stacy M. Butterfield
255 North Broadway
Bartow, Florida 33830-9000
(COURT SEAL) By: A. Nieves
Deputy Clerk
David R. Byars
Kass Shuler, P.A.,
plaintiff’s attorney,
P.O. Box 800,
Tampa, Florida 33601,
(813) 229-0900
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