Legal & Public Notices

File #: 2026036 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MERCURY FUNDING, LLC, holder of the following Tax Sale Certificate has filed said Tax Certificate for the Tax Deed to be issued thereon. The Certificate Number and year of Issuance, the Description of the property, and Name(s) in which it is assessed is as follows: Certificate Number: 2401905 Year of Issuance: 2024 Description of Property: HAYES HEIGHTS LOT 23 BLK 7 AS DES IN OR 3546 PG 1347 & IN OR 3548 PG 375 LESS RD Parcel ID: 31-2N-28-1690-00700-0230 Name in which Assessed: TINA LOUISE FORTNER All of the above property is located in Santa Rosa County, In the state of Florida. Unless such certificate(s) shall be redeemed according to the law the property described in such certificate(s) will be sold to the highest bidder online at www.santarosa.realtaxdeed.com on the 07/13/2026 at 12:00 noon CT, by Jason D. English, ESQ, Santa Rosa County Clerk of Courts & Comptroller. ML4584

File #: 2026035 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MERCURY FUNDING, LLC, holder of the following Tax Sale Certificate has filed said Tax Certificate for the Tax Deed to be issued thereon. The Certificate Number and year of Issuance, the Description of the property, and Name(s) in which it is assessed is as follows: Certificate Number: 2403517 Year of Issuance: 2024 Description of Property: COMM AT PT ON S R/W OF HWY 98 800 FT W OF E SEC LN OF LOT 3 THN S 505.17 FT TO POB THN CON S 75 FT THN W 100 FT THN N 75 FT THN E 100 FT TO POB BEING LOT 7 OF UNREC SUB AS DES IN OR 2300 PG 1306 Parcel ID: 22-2S-26-0000-01713-0000 Name in which Assessed: GULF ASSET GROUP All of the above property is located in Santa Rosa County, In the state of Florida. Unless such certificate(s) shall be redeemed according to the law the property described in such certificate(s) will be sold to the highest bidder online at www.santarosa.realtaxdeed.com on the 07/13/2026 at 12:00 noon CT, by Jason D. English, ESQ, Santa Rosa County Clerk of Courts & Comptroller. ML4583

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
CASE NO. : 2026 CP 000286
IN RE: ESTATE OF
MARGOT GABRIELLA YOUNG, a/k/a
MARGOT G. VAN BEUNINGEN-YOUNG, a/k/a MARGOT G. VAN BEUNINGEN, a/k/a
MARGOT G. VAN RIEMSDIJK, a/k/a
MARGOT G. VAN RIEMSDIJK-YOUNG, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Margot Gabriella Young, deceased, with the case number indicated above, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Boulevard, Milton, Florida 32583. The name and address of the personal representative and of the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and persons having claims against this estate, who are served with a copy of this notice, are required to file with this court such claim within the later of three (3) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or thirty (30) days after the date of service of a copy of this notice on such person. 1. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims against the estate
who are not known to the personal representative and whose names or addresses are not reasonably ascertainable must file all claims against the estate within three (3) months after the date of the first publication of this notice. 2. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the
time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in sections 732.216-732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under section 732.2211, Florida Statutes. Notwithstanding anything in this notice to the contrary, all claims against the estate must be filed on or before March 19, 2028. ALL CLAIMS AND OBJECTIONS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of the first publication of this notice is 6/04, 2026. Attorney for Personal Representative: GARY B. LEUCHTMAN
Florida Bar No. : 342262
CARLEY M. CHOAT
Florida Bar No. : 1021196
Law Office of Gary B. Leuchtman, PLLC
222 West Cervantes Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
Telephone No. : (850) 316-8179
E-Mail: gbl@leuchtmanlaw.com
Secondary E-mail: cmc@leuchtmanlaw.com
Attorney for the Personal Representative
Personal Representative: Eveliene Aalderink-Niven
P. O. Box 222
Gulf Breeze, FL 32562
ML4580

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION CASE NO. 25-CC-2674 ASHLEY PLANTATION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. , a Florida not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, vs. GEARRIA LEE, an individual, GWENDOLYNE LEE, an individual, Defendants. NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE PURSUANT TO § 45.031, FLORIDA STATUTES TO DEFENDANTS GEARRIA LEE, GWENDOLYNE LEE, AND ALL OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered on May 20, 2026, entered in Case No. : 25002674CC of the County Court of the First Judicial Circuit in and for Santa Rosa County, Florida, in which Ashley Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc. , is the Plaintiff and GEARRIA LEE and GWENDOLYNE LEE, are the Defendants, I, Jason D. English, the Santa Rosa County Clerk of the Court, will sell at public sale the following described real property Lot(s) 15, Block B, ASHLEY PLANTATION PHASE ONE, according to the plat as recorded in Plat Book 10, Pages 96, of the Public Records of Santa Rosa County, Florida. The sale will be held on June 25, 2026, at 11:00 a. m. Central Standard Time to the highest bidder or bidders for cash at the website of www.santarosa.realforeclose.com, in accordance with §45.031, Fla. Stat. IF YOU ARE A PERSON CLAIMING A RIGHT TO FUNDS REMAINING AFTER THE SALE, YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CLERK NO LATER THAN THE DATE THAT THE CLERK REPORTS THE FUNDS AS UNCLAIMED. IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A CLAIM, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REMAINING FUNDS. AFTER THE FUNDS ARE REPORTED AS UNCLAIMED, ONLY THE OWNER OF RECORD AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MAY CLAIM THE SURPLUS. Dated this 20th day of May 2026. DUNLAP & SHIPMAN, P. A. /s/ Addi Cottone Addi Cottone (FBN 1069305) 2063 County Highway 395 Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 Tel: (850) 231-3315 Fax: (850 231-5816 acottone@dunlapshipman.com stephanie@dunlapshipman.com Attorney for Plaintiff ML4579

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF CFS15 GRANTOR TRUST, Plaintiff, Case No: 26000225CAMXAX vs. DARREN LYNN FREIRE, ET AL. , Defendants. NOTICE OF ACTION TO: UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES, GRANTORS, AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 2009, KNOWN AS THE FRANK B. FREIRE TRUST 1952 CATAMARAN DR. NAVARRE, FL 32566 UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, AND ANY OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST FRANK B. FREIRE, DECEASED 1952 CATAMARAN DR. NAVARRE, FL 32566 LAST KNOWN ADDRESS STATED, CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under the above-named Defendant(s), if deceased or whose last known addresses are unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose Mortgage covering the following real and personal property described as follows, to wit: LOT 37, CRESCENT III, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK E AT PAGE 6, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED ONE/THIRTY-NINTH (1/39TH) INTEREST IN AND TO THAT REAL PROPERTY SHOWN AND MARKED AS PRIVATE PARK ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF CRESCENT III, ACCORDING TO PLAT BOOK E AT PAGE 6, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Bradford Petrino, Esq. , Lender Legal PLLC, 1800 Pembrook Drive, Suite 250, Orlando, Florida 32810 and file the original with the Clerk of the above-styled Court on or before 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of the said Court on the 4th day of May, 2026. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Brenda Lamdrisky Deputy Clerk ML4578