TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in him by that certain Deed of Trust, dated November 5, 2021, and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wood County, West Virginia, in Document No. 88270213, in Book No. 2210, at Page 483, Randall D Moore and Laura Lynn Moore did convey unto Douglas McElwee, Trustee(s), certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to appoint Seneca Trustees, Inc., as Substitute Trustee; and default having been made under the aforementioned Deed of Trust, and the undersigned Substitute Trustee having been instructed by Rocket Mortgage, LLC, FKA Quicken Loans, LLC to foreclose thereunder, will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the Wood County Courthouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on
December 10, 2025 at
9:30 AM
the following described real estate, together with its improvements, easements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in 05 – Parkersburg District, Wood County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:
All of that certain parcel (s) of land situate and being in the City of Parkersburg, County of Wood and State of West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:
BEING all of Lot No. 16 as shown on the Revised Plat of Stallings Addition to Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of Wood County, West Virginia, in Plat Book No. 11, at page 41, to which said plat reference is here made and had for a more particular description of said lot(s) by metes and bounds.
LSOT: Deed Book 500, Page 98, dated March 23, 1965. Thereafter, Vernon Paul James died on March 16, 1995, as evidenced by Appraisement Book 375, Page 63, and his interest in the foregoing real estate was transferred to Hazel Enidine James pursuant to survivorship.
At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have an address of: 1605 19th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
The referenced real estate will be conveyed with no covenants of warranty, and subject to all covenants, restrictions, easements, rights of way and reservations which may be a matter of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office or visible upon the ground, all prior liens and encumbrances, including, without limitation, liens for real estate taxes, incinerator, sanitary and sewer charges. The purchasers at the sale shall be responsible for paying the recording costs and also the tax on the privilege of transferring real property (the cost of the tax stamp to be affixed to the deed). The purchasers shall be responsible for payment of all real estate taxes.
The subject property will be sold in “AS IS” condition. The Substitute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.
TERMS: $ 9000.00 in cash and/or certified funds as deposit at the time of sale with the balance due and payable within 30 days of the day of sale.
FEDERAL TAX LIEN: 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.
Pursuant to the Deed of Trust, the Trustee may postpone the sale by public announcement at the time and place designated or by posting a notice of the same, and act by agent in the execution of the sale. The parties secured by the Deed of Trust reserve the right to purchase the property at such sale.
SENECA TRUSTEES, INC.
5000 Coombs Farm Drive, Suite 104
Morgantown, WV 26508
(304) 413-0044
(304) 292-2918
Toll free: (888) 534-3132
Reference File No. 92078
cc: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
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