TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the
authority vesting in it by that certain Deed of Trust
recorded on April 1, 2025, in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wetzel County, West
Virginia, in Book 463 at Page 89, Adam Barker did
convey unto Chicago Title Insurance Company, as
Original Trustee, certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to
appoint Elk River Trustees Inc., as Substitute Trustee
by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee recorded on March
26, 2026, in Book 468 at Page 630 in the Office of the
Clerk of the County Commission of Wetzel County,
West Virginia; the undersigned Substitute Trustee has
been requested, in writing, by the beneficiary of said
Deed of Trust to sell the real estate described below, as
there has been a default under the terms and conditions
of said Deed of Trust.
Therefore, the undersigned Substitute Trustee having
been instructed by Mortgage Research Center, LLC
d/b/a Veterans United Home Loans, a Missouri Limited
Liability Company to foreclose thereunder will offer for
sale, at a public auction at the front door of the Wetzel
County Courthouse in New Martinsville, West Virginia,
on May 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM the following described
real estate, together with its easements, improvements,
and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in
Paden City Corp District, Wetzel County, West Virginia,
and more particularly bounded and described as
follows:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
The following described real estate, free and clear with
GENERAL WARRANTY COVENANTS, together with
all the improvements, appurtenances and
hereditaments; more particularly bounded and
described as follows:
Known and described as lots Fourteen (14), Fifteen
(15), Sixteen (16) and Seventeen (17) on Work Street,
as shown on the Plan of Paden City, as laid out and
recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County
Commission of Wetzel County, West Virginia, and
being the same lots or parcel which was conveyed unto
the said Paden City Land Company by James H. Miller
and Linda Jane Miller, which is recorded in the
aforementioned clerk’s office in Deed Book 242, page
226.
Being the same property conveyed unto Janice J. Mikes
by deed of Cathy Lynn Adkins, formerly known as Cathy
Lynn Boggs, dated the 6th day of August 2014, and of
record in the Office of the Clerk of the County
Commission of Marshall County, West Virginia in Deed
Book 513 at page 595. The property was reported to
have an address of 133 Work Street, Paden City WV
26159. The above referenced real estate will be
conveyed with no covenants of warranty and subject to
any and all easements, rights of way, conditions,
covenants, restrictions, exceptions, reservations, leases
and other servitudes, which may be a matter of record in
the aforesaid Clerk’s Office or visible upon the ground.
The sale of the referenced real estate will also be
subject to all prior liens and including any and all other
deeds of trust, judgments, liens, and all other
encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, if any, having
priority over the subject Deed of Trust.
The subject property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition.
The Substitute Trustee makes no representations and
warranties of any kind or character including, but not
limited to, the condition of the real estate or the title to
the real estate to be conveyed. The Substitute Trustee
shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or
person occupying the subject property to vacate said
property.
In the event that there are federal tax liens against the
property, the United States has the right to redeem the
property within a period of one hundred twenty (120)
days from the date of the sale. The Substitute Trustee
reserves the right to adjourn the sale for a time, or from
time to time, without further notice, by announcement at
the time and place of the foreclosure sale described
herein.
1. TERMS OF SALE
$8,000.00 (Eight Thousand Dollars) in cash and/or
certified funds made payable to “Elk River Trustees,
Inc.” due as a deposit at the time of sale, with the
balance due and payable within thirty (30) days of sale.
Personal checks will not be accepted.
2. The purchaser at the sale shall be responsible for
payment of all real estate taxes.
3. The purchaser shall be responsible for payment of
the recording cost of the deed and also for payment of
the tax on the privilege of transferring the real property
(transfer tax) imposed by West Virginia Code § 11-22-2.
4. The parties secured by the Deed of Trust reserve the
right to purchase the property at the foreclosure sale.
ELK RIVER TRUSTEES, INC.
714 Venture Drive, #132
Morgantown, WV 26508
Telephone: 304-241-6962 Fax: 330-436-0301
Reference file # 26-00367
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