2019-10-15 Ex Item VII.AOctober 9, 2019
MEMO
City Council
Re: Mott property
Since this is on the next agenda, the status of the Mott foreclosure is as follows:
I prepared the newspaper ad for publication on Wednesday, September 25th. The legal
procedure is then to file an affidavit with the court, with a court order permitting the publication, which
I submitted that week. I did not hear back until Tuesday, October 2nd, and was advised the Judge
wanted some additional information in the affidavit, which I filed with the court that same week. I was
noticed by email on October 8`' that the Judge signed the order for publication. The ad will be taken to
the Okeechobee News today, October 9`", and should be published this Friday, and will run for four
weeks.
Once the ad has run, a default can be entered, and final hearing set for foreclosure. That date
depends on the court schedule, but will likely be around the end of October, At the hearing, the court
will set a sale date for the property, and she usually sets it out 60 days, which will get us close to the end
of December.
In the meantime, it appears Ms. Mott died in Jackson county Florida, so we are sending off for a
copy of her death certificate, which I would need to file for summary probate. Assuming that is
forthcoming, the timetable for final order of summary administration would be around the first part of
December. I also received a call from a local businessman who indicated he wished to purchase the
property as well.
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City Attorney
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