Foreclosure - Kerkau - 12/21/22

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 Bay County, starting promptly at 11:00 AM, January 27, 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 Brandon Jon Kerkau, married man to Academy Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2019, and recorded on May 31, 2019, as Document Number: 201907819, Bay County Records, said mortgage was assigned to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION by an Assignment of Mortgage dated June 11, 2019 and recorded June 19, 2019 by Document Number: 201908736, , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-One and 90/100 ($86,921.90) including interest at the rate of 6.12500% per annum. Said premises are situated in the City of Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in Bay City, Michigan, being a part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 16, Town 14 North, Range 5 East, described as follows: Commencing at a point on the Westerly line of Joseph Street 100 feet Northerly as measured along said Westerly line of Joseph Street from the Northerly line of Smith Street, running thence Northerly along Westerly line of Joseph Street 81.25 feet, thence Westerly parallel with Northerly line of Smith Street 206.25 feet, thence Southerly parallel with Westerly line of Joseph Street 81.25 feet, thence Easterly and parallel with Smith Street 206.25 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as: 605 JOSEPH ST, BAY CITY, MI 48706 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: December 21, 2022 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite 180, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, 248-335-9200 Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Case No. 22MI00594-1. (12-21)(01-11) 51-4
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