RICHARD B. MILLS

Attorney File #: MI 23 5550
Notice ID: 1519846
First Publication Date: 1/18/2024
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 2/8/2024
County: Berrien

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY ADVERTISEMENT. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in BERRIEN County, starting promptly at 11:00 AM, on February 16, 2024. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information. MORTGAGE INFORMATION: Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Richard B. Mills and Elaine Joyce Mills, husband and wife, whose address is 1317 S. Benton Center Road, Benton Harbor, MI 49022, as original Mortgagors, to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A, being a mortgage dated August 27, 2012, and recorded on September 10, 2012 in Liber 3007 Page 1743, Berrien County Records, State of Michigan and then assigned to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated August 14, 2023 and recorded on August 25, 2023 in Liber 3410 Page 3301, Berrien County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE AND 25/100 DOLLARS ($61,723.25). Said premises are situated in the Township of Benton, County of Berrien, State of Michigan, and are described as: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 18 WEST, BENTON TOWNSHIP, BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: COMMENCING AT THE WEST QUARTER POST OF SAID SECTION 26; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 05′ EAST 388 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 224.54 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 05′ WEST 388 FEET; THENCE NORTH 224.54 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 2 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC IN THAT PART THEREOF LYING IN BENTON CENTER ROAD. Street Address: 1317 S. Benton Center Road, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCLA § 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ATTENTION HOMEOWNER: IF YOU ARE A MILITARY SERVICE MEMBER ON ACTIVE DUTY, IF YOUR PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY HAS CONCLUDED LESS THAN 90 DAYS AGO, OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY, PLEASE CONTACT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PARTY FORECLOSING THE MORTGAGE AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER STATED IN THIS NOTICE. Dated: January 18, 2024 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Kenneth J. Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Telephone: (312) 541-9710. File No.: MI 23 5550

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