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23-SP-59 AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Sal Devito and Lois Devito dated April 24, 2009 and recorded on May 6, 2009, in Book 1356 at Page 226, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cherokee County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Goddard & Peterson, PLLC (Substitute Trustee) will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, on May 29, 2024 at 10:30 AM and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cherokee, North Carolina and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust, together wit h all improvements located thereon: Address of Property: 35 Appalachian Estates Road, Murphy, NC 28906 Tax Parcel ID: 4551-00-95-0239 Present Record Owner: heirs of Lois DeVito Trustee may, in the Trustee sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Said property is sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The real property described above is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments and any liens or encumbrances that would not be extinguished by non-judicial foreclosure. Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the holder of the Note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, a ttorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the Note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, and any Land Transfer Tax as required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). Third party, must pay the full bid amount, less any deposit that has been paid to the Substitute Trustee, immediately upon demand after the conclusion of the final upset bid period. Failure of the bidder to comply with the bid shall result in the resale of the property, with the defaulting bidder remaining liable upon thei r bid under the provisions of N.C.G.S. §45-21-30. If the Trustee or Substitute Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey title include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without knowledge of the Substitute Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee(s), in its/their sole discretion, if it/they believe(s) the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice where the Real Property is Residential with less than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in whic h the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or/after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the Notice that is at least ten (10) days, but no more than ninety (90) days, after the sale date contained in the Notice of Sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the Notice of Termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of such termination. This is a communication from a debt collector. The purpose of this Communication is to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. If you are under the protection of the bankruptc y court or have been discharged as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding, this notice is given to you pursuant to statutory requirement and for informational purposes and is not intended as an attempt to collect a debt or as an act to collect, assess, or recover all or any portion of the debt from you personally. FN# 3191.00123 59939
(813528)

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
FILE NO. 24 CvD 92
NORTH CAROLINA
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Cherokee County, A Body Politic and Corporate vs. Jeremy B. Byrnes, Unknown
Spouse of Jeremy B. Byrnes, Linda K. Byrnes, Unknown Spouse of Linda K. Byrnes,
Eagles Landing Subdivision Homeowners Association, Inc., Lienholder
TO: Jeremy B. Byrnes, Unknown Spouse of Jeremy B. Byrnes, Linda K. Byrnes, Unknown Spouse of Linda K. Byrnes, Eagles Landing Subdivision Homeowners Association, Inc., Lienholder
Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:
Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes owing to Cherokee County on your interest in the property described as follows:
Tract One:
BEING Lot 17, EAGLES LANDING Subdivision, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book G, Page 121, Cherokee County Registry, to which reference is made for a more perfect description.
Together with and subject to easements, restrictions, water rights and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 4561-00-67-8291-000, Cherokee County Tax Office.
Address: Perch Trail
Tract Two:
BEING Lot 60, EAGLES LANDING Subdivision, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book G, Page 122, Cherokee County Registry, to which reference is made for a more perfect description.
Together with and subject to easements, restrictions, water rights and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 4561-00-78-0010-000, Cherokee County Tax Office.
Address: Crested Drive
Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than June 25, 2024 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.
This day of May 7, 2024.
Chad A Haight
Attorney for Plaintiff
Capital Center
82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-8010
Publish on May 15, 2024
May 22, 2024
May 29, 2024
(815866)

Public Notice
The proposed annual budget of Vaya Health LME/MCO for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 will be presented to the Board of Directors in a public meeting of the Finance Committee at 3:00 p.m., and the full Board at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The budget will be available for public review beginning May 23, 2024 at http://vayahealth.com/. The Board will hold a public hearing on the budget at 4:30 p.m. on June 27, 2024. Any persons wanting to offer public comment about the proposed budget may do so during the Public Comment portion of the June 27 meeting. Board meeting agendas with connection information are posted at https://www.vayahealth.com/get-to-know-us/board-of-
directors/.
ccp813431

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF WILLIAM FRANKLIN BANDY
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of WILLIAM FRANKLIN BANDY, deceased of Cherokee County, North Carolina, I hereby notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the following address: P.O. Box 714, Murphy, NC 28906, on or before the 1st day of July, 2024 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said decedent will please make immediate payment.
This 15th day of May, 2024.
William Jerry Bandy,
Administrator
Julie G. Walker
Attorney for the Estate
Walker Law Firm
P.O. Box 714
Murphy, NC 28906
(828) 837-6178
(815672)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
I, Carlos Elizabeth Swanson, having qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of Willis Swanson, deceased, Estate File number 24-E-119, of Cherokee County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Willis Swanson, to exhibit them to the undersigned attorney at the address below, on or before August 20th, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 13th day of May, 2024.
CARLOS ELIZABETH SWANSON, Administrator
Larry G. Simonds, Jr.
Attorney at Law
Stricker Law Firm, PLLC
102 Hiwassee Street
Murphy, NC 28906
(815771)

STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEEIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
23 CvD 519
NOTICE OF SALE
CHEROKEE COUNTY,
A Body
Politic and Corporate
Plaintiff
-vs-
JAY J. HALE, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JAY J. HALE, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF PHOEBE H. FLYNN
Defendants
Under and by virtue of an order of the District Court of Cherokee County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled CHEROKEE COUNTY, A Body Politic and Corporate Plaintiff vs. JAY J. HALE, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JAY J. HALE, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF PHOEBE H. FLYNN, Defendants, the undersigned commissioner will on May 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Cherokee County, North Carolina in Murphy, the following described property lying in Cherokee County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:
All that certain tract or parcel of land being designated as Lot 16, Camp Creek Estates, as recorded in Plat Cabinet B, Drawer 56, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cherokee County, North Carolina, reference to which is made hereby for incorporation herein.
Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 4525-00-13-5479-000, Cherokee County Tax
Office.
Address: (4525-00-13-5479-000) Owassa Rd.
The sale will be made subject to all existing easements and restrictions, any superior liens, all outstanding city and county taxes, all local improvement assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause, any prior lien in favor of the State of North Carolina, any right of redemption of the United States and any rights of any persons in possession. A deposit of the greater of $750.00 or five (5) percent of the successful bid will be required at the time of sale unless the highest bid is by a taxing unit; then a deposit shall not be required.
In the instance where multiple tax parcels are indicated in this Notice, the Commissioner may elect to sell all of the parcels either in one sale, or on the sale date indicated sell each parcel individually by conducting a separate sale for each, or group various parcels together for several sales, or not conduct a sale at all on one or more parcels, as the Commissioner determines in his sole discretion as being most likely to sell the parcels at a price adequate to pay all taxes due, as well as fees and costs. Any party contemplating the filing of an upset bid is therefore strongly encouraged to consult the Clerk of Court records to ascertain the parcel or parcels included in the sale for which an upset bid is planned.
Upon delivery of the deed, the winning bidder shall be required to pay the costs of recordation of the deed, including deed stamp taxes due to the Register of Deeds. Title and condition of the property will be granted to the successful bidder “as is” and without warranties.
This the 17 day of April, 2024.
E. Lauren Watson Hubbard
Commissioner
Capital Center
82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-8010
Tax Value: $21,500.00
(814521)

STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEEIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
23 CvD 543
NOTICE OF SALE
CHEROKEE COUNTY,
A Body
Politic and Corporate
Plaintiff
-vs-
UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF JOHN ISITT
Defendant
Under and by virtue of an order of the District Court of Cherokee County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled CHEROKEE COUNTY, A Body Politic and Corporate Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF JOHN ISITT, Defendant, the undersigned commissioner will on May 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Cherokee County, North Carolina in Murphy, the following described property lying in Cherokee County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:
Parcel One:
Being Lot 93 of Section 3 of the Granny Squirrel Gap Subdivision, as per plat thereof
recorded in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 41 (formerly Plat Book 4, at Page 2), Cherokee County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description.
Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 5586-00-02-3485-000, Cherokee County Tax
Office.
Address: Granny Squirrel Drive
Parcel Two:
Being Lot 92 of Section 3 of the Granny Squirrel Gap Subdivision, as per plat thereof
recorded in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 41 (formerly Plat Book 4, at Page 2), Cherokee County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description.
Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 5586-00-02-4486-000, Cherokee County Tax
Office.
Address: Granny Squirrel Drive
The sale will be made subject to all existing easements and restrictions, any superior liens, all outstanding city and county taxes, all local improvement assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause, any prior lien in favor of the State of North Carolina, any right of redemption of the United States and any rights of any persons in possession. A deposit of the greater of $750.00 or five (5) percent of the successful bid will be required at the time of sale unless the highest bid is by a taxing unit; then a deposit shall not be required.
In the instance where multiple tax parcels are indicated in this Notice, the Commissioner may elect to sell all of the parcels either in one sale, or on the sale date indicated sell each parcel individually by conducting a separate sale for each, or group various parcels together for several sales, or not conduct a sale at all on one or more parcels, as the Commissioner determines in his sole discretion as being most likely to sell the parcels at a price adequate to pay all taxes due, as well as fees and costs. Any party contemplating the filing of an upset bid is therefore strongly encouraged to consult the Clerk of Court records to ascertain the parcel or parcels included in the sale for which an upset bid is planned.
Upon delivery of the deed, the winning bidder shall be required to pay the costs of recordation of the deed, including deed stamp taxes due to the Register of Deeds. Title and condition of the property will be granted to the successful bidder “as is” and without warranties.
This the 17 day of April, 2024.
E. Lauren Watson Hubbard
Commissioner Capital Center
82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-8010
Tax Value: $10,470.00
(814522)

STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEE
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
23 CvD 544
NOTICE OF SALE
CHEROKEE COUNTY,
A Body
Politic and Corporate
Plaintiff
-vs-
S & M PROPERTIES, LLC, a/k/a S AND M PROPERTIES, LLC
Defendant
Under and by virtue of an order of the District Court of Cherokee County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled CHEROKEE COUNTY, A Body Politic and Corporate Plaintiff vs. S & M PROPERTIES, LLC, a/k/a S AND M PROPERTIES, LLC, Defendant, the undersigned commissioner will on May 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Cherokee County, North Carolina in Murphy, the following described property lying in Cherokee County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:
Parcel 1:
Beginning at an iron pipe on water shed of ridge running North 7 deg. 43' East 82.1 feet to a corner iron pipe and 18 inch black oak, thence North 27 deg. 33' East 98.3 feet, thence North 11 deg. 13' East 47.65 feet, thence North 51 deg. 38' East 120.8 feet, thence North 52 deg. 23' East 66.1 feet, thence in a southerly direction 310 feet to an iron pipe, thence in a westerly direction 110 feet to a point of beginning containing 1.05 acres, more or less. For further reference, see also the deed recorded in Book 339, Page 59 and the survey attached thereto.
Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 4566-00-68-8614-000, Cherokee County Tax
Office.
Address: off of Beaver Dam Road
Parcel 2:
Lots 74 and 75, Section 2, Granny Squirrel Gap Subdivision, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 40, Cherokee County, North Carolina, to which reference is made for a more perfect description.
Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 5586-00-02-9894-000, Cherokee County Tax
Office.
Address: Ridge View Drive
The sale will be made subject to all existing easements and restrictions, any superior liens, all outstanding city and county taxes, all local improvement assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause, any prior lien in favor of the State of North Carolina, any right of redemption of the United States and any rights of any persons in possession. A deposit of the greater of $750.00 or five (5) percent of the successful bid will be required at the time of sale unless the highest bid is by a taxing unit; then a deposit shall not be required.
In the instance where multiple tax parcels are indicated in this Notice, the Commissioner may elect to sell all of the parcels either in one sale, or on the sale date indicated sell each parcel individually by conducting a separate sale for each, or group various parcels together for several sales, or not conduct a sale at all on one or more parcels, as the Commissioner determines in his sole discretion as being most likely to sell the parcels at a price adequate to pay all taxes due, as well as fees and costs. Any party contemplating the filing of an upset bid is therefore strongly encouraged to consult the Clerk of Court records to ascertain the parcel or parcels included in the sale for which an upset bid is planned.
Upon delivery of the deed, the winning bidder shall be required to pay the costs of recordation of the deed, including deed stamp taxes due to the Register of Deeds. Title and condition of the property will be granted to the successful bidder “as is” and without warranties.
This the 17 day of April, 2024.
E. Lauren Watson Hubbard
Commissioner
Capital Center
82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-8010

Tax value: $10,250.00
(814513)

STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEEIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
23 CvD 671
NOTICE OF SALE
CHEROKEE COUNTY,
A Body
Politic and Corporate
Plaintiff
-vs-
UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF ELLA JOAN SHOEMAKER, TOWN OF ANDREWS, Lienholder
Defendants
Under and by virtue of an order of the District Court of Cherokee County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled CHEROKEE COUNTY, A Body Politic and Corporate Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF ELLA JOAN SHOEMAKER, TOWN OF ANDREWS, Lienholder, Defendants, the undersigned commissioner will on May 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Cherokee County, North Carolina in Murphy, the following described property lying in Cherokee County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:
BEING that 0.22 acre parcel (more or less), as shown on that plat entitled "Survey for James R. Stewart and Shane Cutshaw," said plat recorded in Plat Cabinet E, Slide 131, the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cherokee County, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.
Together with and subject to easements, restrictions, water rights and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 5566-17-22-4137-000, Cherokee County Tax
Office.
Address: 484 Aquone Rd
The sale will be made subject to all existing easements and restrictions, any superior liens, all outstanding city and county taxes, all local improvement assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause, any prior lien in favor of the State of North Carolina, any right of redemption of the United States and any rights of any persons in possession. A deposit of the greater of $750.00 or five (5) percent of the successful bid will be required at the time of sale unless the highest bid is by a taxing unit; then a deposit shall not be required.
In the instance where multiple tax parcels are indicated in this Notice, the Commissioner may elect to sell all of the parcels either in one sale, or on the sale date indicated sell each parcel individually by conducting a separate sale for each, or group various parcels together for several sales, or not conduct a sale at all on one or more parcels, as the Commissioner determines in his sole discretion as being most likely to sell the parcels at a price adequate to pay all taxes due, as well as fees and costs. Any party contemplating the filing of an upset bid is therefore strongly encouraged to consult the Clerk of Court records to ascertain the parcel or parcels included in the sale for which an upset bid is planned.
Upon delivery of the deed, the winning bidder shall be required to pay the costs of recordation of the deed, including deed stamp taxes due to the Register of Deeds. Title and condition of the property will be granted to the successful bidder “as is” and without warranties.
This the 17 day of April, 2024.
E. Lauren Watson Hubbard
Commissioner
Capital Center
82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-8010
Tax Value: $8,800.00
(814506)

STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEEIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
23 CvD 446
NOTICE OF SALE
CHEROKEE COUNTY,
A Body
Politic and Corporate
Plaintiff
-vs-
UNKNOWN TRUSTEES AND BENEFICIARIES OF THE H. WAKEFORD LIVING TRUST, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF H. WAKEFORD, a/k/a HAROLD WILLIAM WAKEFORD, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF FRANK J. HOLMES, Lienholder
Defendants
Under and by virtue of an order of the District Court of Cherokee County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled CHEROKEE COUNTY, A Body Politic and Corporate Plaintiff vs. ?UNKNOWN TRUSTEES AND BENEFICIARIES OF THE H. WAKEFORD LIVING TRUST, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF H. WAKEFORD, a/k/a HAROLD WILLIAM WAKEFORD, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF FRANK J. HOLMES, Lienholder, Defendants, the undersigned commissioner will on May 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Cherokee County, North Carolina in Murphy, the following described property lying in Cherokee County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:
In Shoal Creek Township. District #8, and being Lot #20 of Schenandoah Hills Estates and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING on a concrete monument at or near the right-of-way margin for Dogwood Circle; and runs thence S 39-30 E 16.12 feet to the centerline of Dogwood Circle, a corner common to Lot #17; thence with the centerline of Dogwood Circle and a line common, to Lot #17 three (3) courses and distances as follows: N 41-51 E 63.35 feet, N 57-55 E 46.82 feet and N 76-22 E 41.84 feet to the point of intersection of the centerline of a private drive with the centerline of Dogwood Circle, a corner common to Lot #17 and Lot #19; thence continuing with the centerline of Dogwood Circle and a line common to Lot #19 three (3) courses and distances as follows: N 47-22 E 29.32 feet, N 28-30 E 50.69 feet and N 16-05 E 75.36 feet to a point; thence S 74-53 W 69.63 feet to an iron pin set near the margin of a pond; thence continuing with a line near the margin of said pond two (2) courses and distances as follows: S 57-54 W 76.99 feet to an iron pin set and N 53-58 W 44.87 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 56-32 W 51.42 feet to a point; thence S 36-58 W 85.43 feet to a point; thence S 39-30 E 3.00 feet to a concrete monument; thence S 39-30 E 96.69 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 0.62 acres more or less.
The aforesaid description was taken from a plat of survey by Palmer's Surveying, Inc., dated November 21, 1985.
Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 4534-00-41-9389-000, Cherokee County Tax
Office.
Address: 359 Blackhawk Cir
The sale will be made subject to all existing easements and restrictions, any superior liens, all outstanding city and county taxes, all local improvement assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause, any prior lien in favor of the State of North Carolina, any right of redemption of the United States and any rights of any persons in possession. A deposit of the greater of $750.00 or five (5) percent of the successful bid will be required at the time of sale unless the highest bid is by a taxing unit; then a deposit shall not be required.
In the instance where multiple tax parcels are indicated in this Notice, the Commissioner may elect to sell all of the parcels either in one sale, or on the sale date indicated sell each parcel individually by conducting a separate sale for each, or group various parcels together for several sales, or not conduct a sale at all on one or more parcels, as the Commissioner determines in his sole discretion as being most likely to sell the parcels at a price adequate to pay all taxes due, as well as fees and costs. Any party contemplating the filing of an upset bid is therefore strongly encouraged to consult the Clerk of Court records to ascertain the parcel or parcels included in the sale for which an upset bid is planned.
Upon delivery of the deed, the winning bidder shall be required to pay the costs of recordation of the deed, including deed stamp taxes due to the Register of Deeds. Title and condition of the property will be granted to the successful bidder ?as is? and without warranties.
This the 17 day of April, 2024.
E. Lauren Watson Hubbard
Commissioner Capital Center
82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-8010
Tax Value: $24,420.00
(814524)