NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
Under and by virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned Trustee, by that certain Substitution of Trustee dated March 28, 2025, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wood County, West Virginia, in General Lien Book 2363, at page 880, and by that certain Deed of Trust dated August 27, 2021, executed by Scott E. Pitts, securing Williamstown Bank, Inc., of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office in General Lien Book 2199, at page 363, and said Deed of Trust providing that the Trustee on being required so to do by the holder of the Promissory Note secured by said Deed of Trust, should sell the hereinafter described at public auction, and default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and having been requested so to do, the undersigned will sell at public auction on
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.,
at the front door of the Wood County Courthouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia, that certain real estate situate in the City of Vienna, County of Wood, and State of West Virginia, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
FIRST TRACT: BEING all of Lot No. 1 as shown on a plat of Parish and Morris Subdivision, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wood County, West Virginia, in Plat Book 9, at Page 32.
SECOND ‘TRACT: BEGINNING at an iron rod set in the northerly line of 15th Street, said point being the southwesterly corner of Lot 9 of C.C. Bee Subdivision, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wood County, West Virginia, in Plat Book 7, at Page 40; thence leaving said Street N. 28* 00′ E. passing through the Northwesterly corner of said Lot at 125 feet for a total distance of 189 feet to an iron rod set in the southerly line of Shattuck, Jackson and Tavenner’s McHugh Subdivision of record in Plat Book 2, at Pages 6 and 7; thence continuing along the Shattuck, Jackson and Tavenner’s McHugh Subdivision Line S. 62* 00’ E. 50 feet to the intersection
of said line and the extended easterly line of above mentioned Lot 9 and an iron rod set; thence along said extended line of Lot 9 S. 28* 00′ W. passing through the northeasterly corner of said Lot at 64 feet for a total distance of 189 feet to an iron pipe found in the northerly line of said 15th Street; thence along said Street N. 62* 00′ W. 50 feet to the point of beginning, containing a total of 0.22 acres, and being all of the above-mentioned Lot 9 which is part of Tract One and the easterly half of Tract Two as conveyed to George B. and Ethel E. Jenkins, of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 640, at Page 521.
Being the same real estate conveyed to Scott Eric Pitts from Steven E. Pitss and Scott E. Pitts by Deed dated the 18th day of May, 2010, and filed in the aforementioned Clerk’s Office in Book 1155, at Page 288.
This conveyance is made subject to all rights-of-way, restrictions, reservations, covenants, and utility easements of record in the chain of title in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office.
TERMS OF SALE: Said property will be sold for cash in hand on the day of sale, or acceptable letter of credit, by auction to the highest bidder. The sale shall be further subject to the following:
1. Real estate taxes delinquent, due or payable or to become due and payable, all of which shall be the responsibility of the purchaser;
2. Any statutory lien or liens that may affect the Real Property;
3. All covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements and rights-of-way appearing of record in the chain of title to the property, or which may be visible from a physical inspection of the subject property;
4. All liens and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, liens for real estate taxes, incinerator, sanitary and sewer charges, having priority over the Deed of Trust referred to herein;
5. The purchaser at the sale shall be responsible for paying the costs of recording the Successor Trustee’s Deed and the tax imposed by the State of West Virginia on the privilege of transferring real property (the cost of the tax stamps to be affixed to the Deed).
6. All of the property to be sold will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS” in the present condition and with all faults and defects, if any, and without any warranty or representation, express of implied. The Successor Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the Real Property to vacate said property. The Successor Trustee will deliver a trustee’s deed to the purchaser without any covenant or warranty (express or implied) in the form prescribed by W. Va. Code § 38-1-6. The Successor Trustee makes no representations and warranties about the title to the real estate to be conveyed. If the Successor Trustee is unable to convey insurable or marketable title to the purchaser for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit.
7. In the event that there are federal tax liens against the property, the United States would have the right to redeem the property within a period of 120 days from the date of such sale or the period allowable for redemption under local law, whichever is longer.
8. The undersigned Successor Trustee expressly reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and the right to adjourn the sale from time to time without notice other than oral proclamation at the time and place appointed for the sale. Such adjournment may be for a period of time deemed expedient by the beneficial owner and shall not be construed to be a waiver of the right to make the sale contemplated by this Notice.
9. The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust and holder of the Note thereby secured reserves the right to submit a bid for the Real Property at the sale, which bid may be in the form of a credit bid.
10. The successful bidder will be required to execute a memorandum of sale upon the acceptance of the successful bid by the Successor Trustee.
11. The sale is subject to post-sale confirmation that none of the grantors filed for bankruptcy protection before the conclusion of bidding, in which case the sale will be null and void and the purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or in equity, will be return of deposit without interest.
Additional terms of sale may be announced prior to the sale.
Any inquiries regarding this sale may be directed to Steven R. Hardman, Successor Trustee, 501 Avery Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101, telephone (304)485-8500.
Any sale hereunder may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than oral proclamation at the time and
place appointed for the sale.
Dated this 3rd day of April, 2025.
Steven R. Hardman
Substitute Trustee
Apr 11, 18