Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

MORTGAGOR(S): Mark D. Etzler and Sheila Etzler, husband and wife

MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: None.

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $120,850.09

DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 28, 2008

DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Recorded on May 12, 2008 as Document Number 457037 in the Office of the County Recorder of Todd County, Minnesota.

THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $164,642.29

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of NE 1/4) of Section 1, Township 133N, Range 33W; thence North along the West line of said NE 1/4 a distance of 551 Feet; thence East at a Right angle a distance of 33 Feet to the East right of way line of 8th Street extended, as the place of beginning; thence East a distance of 300 Feet; thence at a Right angle North to the South right of way line of the Todd-Wadena County Road, a distance of approximately 518 Feet; thence West along the South right of way line of said Todd-Wadena County Road to the point where the East line of 8th Street extended, intersects the South right of way line of said County Road a distance of 300 feet; thence South along the East line of said 8th Street extended to the point of beginning, a distance of approximately 518 Feet, excluding any streets or highways.

STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1200 8TH ST NE, STAPLES, MN 56479

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Todd County, Minnesota

TRANSACTION AGENT: None

NAME OF MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc.

RESIDENTIAL SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 22-0000200

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: None

THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part.

PURSUANT, to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: May 19, 2016 at 10:00 A.M.

PLACE OF SALE: Todd County Sheriff’s Office, County Detention Center, 115 Third Street South, Long Prairie, Minnesota

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law.  The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: Unless said mortgage is reinstated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemption is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on November 21, 2016.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: Mark D. Etzler and Sheila Etzler

Dated: March 28, 2016

WELLS FARGO 

FINANCIAL 

MINNESOTA, INC.

Mortgagee

THE ACADEMY LAW GROUP, P.A.

By: /s/ 

Rebecca F. Schiller, Esq.

N. Kibongni 

Fondungallah, Esq.

*Curt N. Trisko, Esq.*

Samuel R. Coleman, Esq.

Attorneys for Mortgagee

The Academy Professional Building

25 North Dale Street

St. Paul, MN 55102

(651) 209-9760

(16-0483-FC01)

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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