One Nation, Under God
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on the 19th day of September 2024, at 1:30 o’clock p.m., at the front door of the Phillips County Courthouse, Malta, Montana, is the following property:
Lot 11 and the East 10 feet of Lot 10 in Block 4 of Trafton’s Third Addition to
Malta, Phillips County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.
Reference Deed: Book 63 of Deeds, Pages 179-180.
Karen L. Hunter, as Grantor, conveyed the above-described property to Mark E. Noennig, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Streeter Brothers Mortgage Corp., as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture, dated May 31, 2000, and recorded June 2, 2000, in Book 78 of Mortgages, Pages 667- 677, Instrument No. 322724, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Phillips County, Montana. The beneficial interest in the Trust Indenture is currently held by the Montana Board of Housing as a result of the most recent Assignment, recorded June 2, 2000, in Book 8 of Assignments of Mortgages, page 562, Instrument No. 322725, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Phillips County, Montana. The Trustee in the Trust Indenture was replaced by a Successor Trustee, namely, Jeff A. Turner, the undersigned.
The default in the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default this foreclosure is made, is the failure by the Grantor, or other person owing an obligation, or by their successors-in-interest, to pay the monthly installments of $387.27 due thereunder on the 1st day of the months of January 1, 2022, through May 1, 2024, which is applied to principal and interest and to an escrow account if established for other obligations under the Trust Indenture, late charges which are 4.00% of all payments more than 15 days in arrears, and late charges and escrow shortages currently $5,152.10, attorney’s fees and foreclosure costs, currently $571.03, advances for property protection, currently none, and credit for unapplied, currently none, for a current total default of $16,953.96; together with accruing late charges, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees and costs.
There is presently owed on the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture the principal sum of $7,103.56, plus interest thereon at the rate of 6.0000% per annum from the 1st day of December 2021, until paid, or $1.1600 per day, currently a total of $1,031.07, late charges, advances for property protection, and escrow shortages, currently, $9,486.91, attorney’s fees and costs, currently $571.03, for a current total indebtedness of $18,192.57. Other expenses to be charged against the sale proceeds include accruing late charges, escrow shortages, if any, attorney’s fees and costs, and expenses of foreclosure and sale.
The Beneficiary has elected to sell the above-described property to satisfy the aforementioned obligation and has instructed the undersigned Trustee to do so. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be by a Trustee’s Deed, made “as is,” without representations or warranties, express or implied, including warranties of title, possession or encumbrances. The purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.
The sale may be postponed up to 15 days for any reason by public proclamation at the scheduled sale. If there is a stay by bankruptcy or court order, the sale may be postponed up to 30 days at a time by public proclamation, for a total of no more than 120 days. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, may pay to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the Trust Indenture and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing.
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
DATED this 2nd day of May 2024.
/s/ Jeff A. Turner
JEFF A. TURNER, Successor Trustee
P.O. Box 2502
208 North Broadway, Suite 324
Billings, Montana 59103-2502
STATE OF MONTANA )
: ss.
County of Yellowstone )
On this 2nd day of May 2024, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared JEFF A. TURNER, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity as Successor Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written.
/s/ Amy J. Budge
(Notarial Seal) Notary Public for the State of Montana
Residing at Laurel, Montana
My Commission Expires April 08, 2027
(Published by Phillips County News
(7/03, 7/10, 7/17/2024)
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The Malta Irrigation District will be shutting down canals and laterals tentatively until July 15, 2024. Please contact your ditch rider if you have additional questions.
Any other questions, please call Russell at (406) 654-1440.
(Published by Phillips County News
(7/03, 7/10/2024)
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In accordance with MCA 7-5-2123(b), please be advised that the Phillips County Financial Statements and Independent Auditor’s Report for June 30, 2023, has been completed by Denning, Downey & Associates, P.C. The report is available and will be provided upon request from the Clerk & Recorder.
Phillips County Board of Commissioners
Lynnel LaBrie, Clerk
(Published by Phillips County News
(7/03/2024)
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Attention Fence Contractors
Malta Irrigation District is calling for sealed fencing proposals on one (1) parcel. Project includes ±6.5 miles of fence. Requirements from the contractors include being legally bonded and insured and able to verify this information. A pre-bid parcel viewing will be held by all interested. Malta Irrigation District reserves the right to refuse any and/or all bids. Sealed bid entries close at 3:30 p.m. on
July 5, 2024.
Please stop by the district office at 509 S. 3rd Street East, Malta, MT, or contact Russell Brookie at (406) 654-7380 or email [email protected] for more information.
(Published by Phillips County News
(6/19, 6/26, 7/03/2024)
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