26-01826K

NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2026CA001378A000BA
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LB-TREEHOUSE SERIES VI TRUST,
Plaintiff, v.
KAREN L. HOUTZ, et al,
Defendant(s).
To the following Defendant(s):
KAREN L. HOUTZ
(Last Known Address: 4016 Knights Station Road, Lakeland, FL 33810)
UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF
KAREN L. HOUTZ
(Last Known Address: 4016 Knights Station Road, Lakeland, FL 33810)
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose based on boundaries established by acquiescence, on the following described property:
BEGIN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST 20 ACRES OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 28 SOUTH, RANGE 23 EAST, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND RUN THENCE N 89°19’07” E ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY THEREOF, 103.00 FEET; THENCE N 08°16’51” E, 1001.30 FEET; THENCE N 00°44’24” W, 50.00 FEET; THENCE S 89°15’36” W, 67.50 FEET; THENCE N 00°44’24” W, 336.90 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF KNIGHTS STATION ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 542); RUN THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY ON A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTH HAVING A RADIUS OF 1467.40 FEET, A CHORD OF 109.53 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING OF N 68°45’47” W, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 04°16’46” AN ARC LENGTH OF 109.56 FEET; THENCE N 66°13’47” W, 191.92 FEET TO A POINT ON SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LYING 576.39 FEET EAST OF THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5; RUN THENCE SOUTH AND PARALLEL WITH SAID WEST BOUNDARY, 174.45 FEET TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5; RUN THENCE N 89°15’05” E, ALONG SAID SOUTH BOUNDARY, 83.84 FEET TO THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE WEST 20 ACRES OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5; RUN THENCE S 00°44’24” W ALONG SAID EAST BOUNDARY, 1321.85 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 4016 KNIGHTS STATION ROAD, 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 Ghidotti | Berger LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is 10800 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 201, Miami, FL 33161 10-6-26, a date which is within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in the Business Observer 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.
This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No. 2010-08
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 the seal of this Court this 18th day of August, 2026.
STACY M. BUTTERFIELD
As Clerk of the Court
(SEAL) By Ashley Stroud
As Deputy Clerk
Ghidotti | Berger LLP,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
10800 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 201, Miami, FL 33161
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