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FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE OF ACTION OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS-PROPERTY
IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE: 2026-CC-7175
LAKE ALFRED PINES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a not-for-profit Florida corporation,
Plaintiff, vs.
EDWARD PAUL MUDGE; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF
EDWARD PAUL MUDGE;
AND UNKNOWN TENANT(S),
Defendant.
TO: EDWARD PAUL MUDGE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action has been commenced to foreclose a Claim of Lien on the following real property, lying and being and situated in Polk County, Florida, more particularly described as follows:
Lot 38, LAKE ALFRED PINES, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 194, Pages 10 through 11, of the Public Records of Polk County, Florida, and any subsequent amendments to the aforesaid.
A/K/A 557 Pine Tree Blvd., Lake Alfred, FL 33850
This action has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defense, if any, upon MANKIN LAW GROUP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, whose address is 2535 Landmark Drive, Suite 212, Clearwater, FL 33761, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this notice and file the original with the clerk of this Court 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.
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.
WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court on the 25th day of September, 2026
STACY BUTTERFIELD
Circuit and County Courts
(SEAL)By: V. Farrer
Deputy Clerk
MANKIN LAW GROUP,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
2535 Landmark Drive, Suite 212, Clearwater, FL 33761
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