NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE is hereby given pursuant to and by virtue of the authority vested in the Substitute Trustee, WV Trustee Services, LLC, by that certain Deed of Trust dated October 18, 2022, executed by Borrower(s), Savana Danielle Cook to Toby Lucas Jr., Esq., the Trustee of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Mercer County, West Virginia, in Book 1448, at Page 605. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 531 Sunset Dr., Athens, WV 24712. WV Trustee Services, LLC were appointed as Substitute Trustees by APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE dated March 6, 2026, of record in the Clerk's Office. The borrower(s) defaulted under the Note and Deed of Trust and the Substitute Trustees have been instructed to foreclose under the Deed of Trust. Accordingly, the Substitute Trustees will sell the following described property to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Mercer County, in Princeton, West Virginia, on the following date:
23rd day of April, 2026
at 12:00 p.m.
"that certain lot or parcel of land designated as Lot No. 36 on a Map entitled, 'Map Showing Perimeter Survey of 235.59 Acre Tract of the Orbit Corporation, Situate on the Waters of Laurel Creek, at Lerona, Plymouth District, Mercer County, W. Va., Scale 1" = 200', Oct. 20, 1965, Revision No. 1 – Layout of Lots 1 Thru 6, Revision No. 2- Layout of Lots 17 Thru 32, April 6, 1967', – and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of Mercer County, West Virginia, as Microfilm Plat No. 4180, and more particularly bounded and described as follows:
"BEGINNING at a point in the western line of Sunset Drive, at the common corner of Lots No. 36 and 37, as shown upon said Map; thence with the dividing line between said Lots No. 36 and 37, S. 64° 25' W. 300 feet to a point; thence through said Lot No. 36, N. 21° 15' W. 150.43 feet, more or less, to a point in the center line of said Lot No. 36; thence through said Lot No. 36, N. 64° 25' E. to a point in the western line of Sunset Drive; thence with Sunset Drive, S. 34° 30' E. to the point of BEGINNING".
AND BEING the same real estate conveyed unto SAVANA DANIELLE COOK by deed of SCOTT WILLIAM JOHNSON and BELINDA MAE JOHNSON dated October 7, 2022, and recorded in the Clerk's Office in Book 1119, Page 352.
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 of redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, rights-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and conditions 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 § 11-22-1.
3)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.
4)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.
5)The Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate said 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.
6)Pursuant to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule (31 C.F.R. Part 1031), effective March 1, 2026, certain non-judicial foreclosure sales involving purchasers that are legal entities or trusts and that include cash consideration may be subject to federal reporting requirements. Any successful bidder that is a legal entity or trust and paying cash shall be required, as a condition of sale, to retain a licensed West Virginia attorney to conduct the closing, who shall be designated in writing as the Reporting Person responsible for all required FinCEN filings and record retention. Trustee shall not act as the Reporting Person and shall have no responsibility for compliance with FinCEN reporting requirements.
7)The total purchase price is payable to the Trustee within thirty (30) days of the date of sale, with ten (10%) of the total purchase price payable to the Trustee at sale.
WV Trustee Services, LLC,
Substitute Trustee
BY: /s/Jim Ashley
Jim Ashley, Limited Signing Officer
WV Trustee Services, LLC
McGuire Office Center
618 Tenth Street, Suite 108
Huntington, WV 25701
(304) 853-3336
[email protected]