BRIAN HOLT

Attorney File #: (N/A)
Notice ID: 1566484
First Publication Date: 7/10/2025
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 7/31/2025
County: Berrien

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NOTICE OF CONDOMINIUM ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default has been made by Brian P. Holt and Christine A. Holt (“Co-Owners”), as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, of 300 Oselka Drive, Unit 163, New Buffalo, MI 49117 (the “Co-owner”), in the terms and conditions of the Master Deed of SOUTHCOVE CONDOMINIUM, as managed by Southcove Association (the “Association”), recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Berrien County, Michigan at Liber 15 of Condominiums, Page 1, and any amendments, and designated as Berrien County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 15, by reason of the Co-owners’ failure to pay Condominium dues and other sums owed to the Association. An Affidavit and Notice of Claim of Lien (the “Lien”) dated August 1, 2024 has been recorded on August 1, 2024 at Liber 3431, Page 1339 of Berrien County Records and has been served on the Co-owners. The amount due and owing under the Lien as of the date of this Notice is TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE AND 27/100 ($27,661.27) DOLLARS, which amount includes interest, attorney fees, and related collections costs incurred by the Association to date. This sum will increase as additional interest, costs, expenses, and attorney fees accrue under the Master Deed and which are permitted under MCL 559.208 after the date of this Notice. Interest accrues on the unpaid lien amount at the rate of 10% per annum, pursuant to the Master Deed. Under the terms of the Master Deed and MCL 559.208, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Friday, August 8, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Berrien County Courthouse, located at 811 Port Street, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court for the County of Berrien, the Lien will be foreclosed by a sale of the property herein described, or some part of them, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for the purpose of satisfying the amount due and unpaid on the Lien, along with interest due, the legal costs and charges of sale as allowed by statute and/or the Master Deed, and any other sums which may be paid by the Association to protect its interests. The property mentioned and described in the Lien, as located in the City of New Buffalo, County of Berrien, and State of Michigan, is more particularly described as follows: Unit 172 in SOUTHCOVE CONDOMINIUM, according to the Master Deed thereof, as recorded in Liber 15 of Condominiums, Page 1, Berrien County Records, and any amendments thereto and designated as Berrien County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 15, together with rights in the general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended; Tax Parcel Number: 11-62-7161-0172-00-9; Address: 300 Oselka Drive Unit 163, New Buffalo, MI 49117 Attention Purchasers: the foreclosing Association reserves the right to cancel the sale prior to sale or to rescind this sale at any time. In that event, your damages, if any, will be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the owner of the property will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the foreclosure sale or to the Association for damaging the property during the redemption period. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from date of sale, unless the property is determined to be abandoned in accordance with MCL 559.208 and MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of sale or as otherwise provided by statute. DATED: July 10, 2025 ANDREW W. BARNES (P70571) BUTZEL LONG P.C. ATTORNEYS FOR SOUTHCOVE ASSOCIATION 317 Center St. South Haven, MI 49090 269-287-2010

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