IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE

TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR

HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIRCUIT CIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO.: 24000519GCAXMX

NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING

Plaintiff(s),

vs.

HUBERTA W. PATE; TONY C. PATE; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF HUBERTA W. PATE; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF TONY C. PATE; THE UNKNOWN TENANT IN POSSESSION,

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: TONY C. PATE

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 115 TORTOISE ROAD, SEBRING, FL 33876

CURRENT ADDRESS: UNKNOWN

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a civil action has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of Highlands County, Florida, to foreclose certain real property described as follows:

THE WESTERLY 1/2 OF LOT 22, BLOCK 1, SUBURBIA, A SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 12, PAGE 49, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

Property address: 115 Tortoise Road, Sebring, FL 33876

You are required to file a written response with the Court and serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Padgett Law Group, whose address is 6267 Old Water Oak Road, Suite 203, Tallahassee, FL 32312, at least thirty (30) days from the date of first publication, and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

DATED this the 30th day of January, 2025.

JEROME KASZUBOWSKI, CLERK

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

As Clerk of the Court

By: /s/ Chrystal K Williams

Deputy Clerk

Feb. 4, 11, 2025