Public Notice

NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEE SALE
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT TO: ESTATE OF ANITA JO KLAUSSNER
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 153 Carolina Avenue, Chester, WV 26034 Hancock County, West Virginia
Real Property Tax Identification Numbers: Map/Parcel #CH7F/0175 & CH7F/0176 Account Numbers: 06031395 & 06202375
Please take notice that the undersigned Successor Trustee does hereby give notice that on the 3rd day of October, 2025, at 9:15 a.m., he will, at the front door of the Hancock County Courthouse, New Cumberland, West Virginia, sell the following described property which was secured by a Deed of Trust dated November 17, 2017, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Hancock County, West Virginia, in OR Book 853, at Page 2530, at 12:10 p.m., wherein Anita Jo Klaussner, a single woman, conveyed to Raymond A. Hinerman, as Trustee for Hancock County Savings Bank, FSB, the following described real property, to secure a Promissory Note dated November 17, 2017, in the amount of $70,800.00, as well as a Deed of Trust dated November 17, 2017, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Hancock County, West Virginia, in OR Book 853, at Page 2550, 12:11 p.m., wherein Anita Jo Klaussner, an unmarried woman, conveyed to Raymond A. Hinerman, as Trustee for Hancock County Savings Bank, FSB, the following described real property, to secure a Promissory Note dated November 17, 2017, in the amount of $17,700.00. Pursuant to the terms of said Notes, default having been made, the undersigned was requested in writing by the holder of the notes to conduct a sale pursuant to said Deeds of Trust:
PROPERTY TO BE SOLD:
Parcel No. One:
All that certain parcel of land situate in the District of Grant, County of Hancock, and State of West Virginia, and being Lot No. 86 and the West one-half of Lot No. 87, as said lots are numbered and distinguished on the McDonald and Shrader Addition to the City of Chester, County of Hancock and State of West Virginia. Said Addition is of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Hancock County, West Virginia, in Deed Book M, Page 235.
Subject to the restrictions, reservations, exceptions and stipulations of record in prior deeds of conveyance.
Parcel No. Two:
All that certain parcel of land situate in the City of Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia, and being more particularly described as:
BEING a parcel as shown in “Map 3 Insert” on a map entitled “City of Chester-Parcel Locating Map – Map 4” as recorded in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 20A, in the Office of the County Clerk, Hancock County, West Virginia, designated as: Parcel I, approximately 2,440 square feet, more or less.
Total area of the above parcel is 2,440 square feet, more or less.
Tax ID: 02-CH7F-0175 and 02-CH7F-0176
TERMS OF SALE: CASH
The Successor Trustee or his successor may postpone the sale of the aforesaid property by public announcement at the time and place of sale or adjourn the same from time to time.
/s/DANIEL P. TAYLOR
DANIEL P. TAYLOR, ESQ., Successor Trustee
TAYLOR & MAKRICOSTAS, PLLC
P.O. Box 2827
Weirton, WV 26062
Telephone: 304-723-9670
Facsimile: 304-723-9674
PUBLISH HERALD STAR/WEIRTON DAILY TIMES:
Publish for two (2) consecutive weeks: September 2, 2025 & September 9, 2025
TERMS OF SALE:
1) The Property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” physical condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to the Internal Revenue Service right to redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, right-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and condition of record in the Clerk’s Office or affecting the subject property.
2) The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the transfer taxes imposed by the West Virginia Code Section 11-22-2.
3) The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of all unpaid real estate taxes associated with the property.
4) The Beneficiary and/or the Servicer of the Deed of Trust and Note reserve the right to submit a bid for the property at sale.
5) The Trustee reserves the right to continue sale of the subject property from time to time by written or oral proclamation, which continuance shall be in the sole discretion of the Trustee.
6) The Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate the property, and any personal property and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY.
7) The total purchase price is payable to the Trustee by cashier’s check, cash or equivalent within thirty (30) days of the date of sale, with ten percent (10%) of the total purchase price payable to the trustee at sale by cashier’s check, cash or equivalent.
8) 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.
Given under my hand this 27th day of August, 2025.
TAYLOR & MAKRICOSTAS, PLLC
P.O. Box 2827
Weirton, WV 26062
Telephone: 304-723-9670
Facsimile: 304-723-9674
By:
/s/DANIEL P. TAYLOR
DANIEL P. TAYLOR, ESQ., Trustee
WDT Sep 2, 9, 2025