DENNIS W. YERINGTON

Attorney File #: 23MI00785-1
Notice ID: 1512692
First Publication Date: 10/19/2023
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 11/9/2023
County: Berrien

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FORECLOSURE NOTICE 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. 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, November 17, 2023. 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. Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dennis W Yerington Sr, An Unmarried Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for Amerifirst Financial Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 15, 2022, and recorded on April 27, 2022, in Liber 3372, Page 0553, Berrien County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC by an Assignment of Mortgage dated October 06, 2023 and recorded October 16, 2023 in Liber 3414, Page 0593, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Five and 30/100 ($124,605.30) including interest at the rate of 4.75000% per annum. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hagar, Berrien County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the North half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 3 South, Range 18 West, Hagar Township, Berrien County, Michigan, thence West along the South line of said North half 293 feet; Thence North parallel with the East line of said Section 273 feet; Thence East parallel with the South line of said North half 293 feet; Thence South 273 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as: 4218 PIER RD, BENTON HARBOR, MI 49022 If the property is eventually sold at foreclosure sale, the redemption period will be 6.00 months from the date of sale unless the property is abandoned or used for agricultural purposes. If the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 and/or 600.3241a, the redemption period will be 30 days from the date of sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. If the property is presumed to be used for agricultural purposes prior to the date of the foreclosure sale pursuant to MCL 600.3240, the redemption period is 1 year. Pursuant to MCL 600.3278, if the property is sold at a foreclosure sale, the borrower(s) 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. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages are, if any, limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 19, 2023 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite 180, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, (248) 335-9200 Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Case No. 23MI00785-1

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