Legal & Public Notices

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of DAVID SCOTT LEE AUTOMOTIVE NICEVILLE, at 1010 E JOHN SIMS PKWY, in the County of Okaloosa, in the city of NICEVILLE, Florida, 32578, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated at NICEVILLE, Florida, this 19th day of March 2026. DSL Automotive Inc, owner, or Corporation full name. CR4077

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 CA 000255 F M&T BANK, Plaintiff, vs. RUSSELL HOCKADAY A/K/A RUSSELL B. HOCKADAY, et al. , Defendant. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered February 23, 2026 in Civil Case No. 2025 CA 000255 F of the Circuit Court of the FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT in and for Okaloosa County, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, wherein M&T BANK is Plaintiff and Russell Hockaday a/k/a Russell B. Hockaday, et al. , are Defendants, the Clerk of Court, BRAD E. EMBRY, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash electronically at https://www.bid4assets.com/OkaloosaFL/calendar in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes on the 10th day of April, 2026 at 11:00 AM on the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to-wit: Lot 6, Block G, Seabreeze Six Addition, according to the map or plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page(s) 53, of the Public Records of Okaloosa County, Florida. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens, must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. By: /s/Robyn Katz Robyn Katz, Esq. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155 Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: (407) 674-1850 Fax: (321) 248-0420 Email: MRService@mccalla.com Fla. Bar No. : 146803 McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP 110 SE 6th Street, Suite 2300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 AccountsPayable@mccalla.com Counsel of Plaintiff If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact: Court Administration, ADA Liaison Okaloosa County 101 James Lee Boulevard East Crestview, FL 32536 Phone (850) 609-4700 Fax (850) 651-7725 ADA.Okaloosa@flcourts1.gov. At least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. CR4076

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. : 2023 CA 000681 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, VS. SEAN KIESTER A/K/A SEAN THOMAS KIESTER; CRESTVIEW SANDY RIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. ; ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS Defendant(s). NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sale will be made pursuant to an Order or Final Judgment. Final Judgment was awarded on November 11, 2025 in Civil Case No. 2023 CA 000681, of the Circuit Court of the FIRST Judicial Circuit in and for Okaloosa County, Florida, wherein, LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff, and SEAN KIESTER A/K/A SEAN THOMAS KIESTER; CRESTVIEW SANDY RIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. ; ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS are Defendants. The Clerk of the Court, Brad E. Embry will sell to the highest bidder for cash at www.bid4assets.com on April 20, 2026 at 11:00:00 AM CST the following described real property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 10, BLOCK A, SANDY RIDGE SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AT PLAT BOOK 22, PAGES 102 THROUGH 105, AS AMENDED BY THE AMENDED PLAT OF SANDY RIDGE, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 23, PAGES 1 THROUGH 3 IN SAID CLERKS OFFICE Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. Dated this 9th day of March, 2026. ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 401 W. Linton Blvd. Suite 202-B Delray Beach, FL 33444 Telephone: 561-392-6391 Facsimile: 561-392-6965 By: /s/ Zachary Ullman FBN: 106751 Primary E-Mail: ServiceMail@aldridgepite.com IMPORTANT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact: Court Administration, ADA Liaison, Okaloosa County, 1940 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32547, Phone (850) 609-4700, Fax (850) 651-7725, ADA.Okaloosa@flcourts1.gov, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. CR4075

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2025-CA-003776-F BANK OF AMERICA, N. A, Plaintiff, vs. ERIN ARTHUR, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PATSY DAWN KNOX A/K/A PATSY D. KNOX, DECEASED AND UNKNOWN TRUSTEE OF THE PATSY D. KNOX TRUST DATED JULY 13, 2022, et al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF ACTION - CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE TO: UNKNOWN TRUSTEE OF THE PATSY D. KNOX TRUST DATED JULY 13, 2022, and UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE PATSY D. KNOX TRUST DATED JULY 13, 2022, whose residence is unknown if he/she/they be living; and if he/she/they be dead, the unknown defendants who may be spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, and all parties claiming an interest by, through, under or against the Defendants, who are not known to be dead or alive, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the mortgage being foreclosed herein. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: PARCEL 1: FROM A POINT OF THE SOUTH R/W LINE OF U. S. HWY, 98 WHERE IT INTERSECTS, THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 25 WEST, OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, GO S-86 DEGREES 30'-W ALONG SAID R/W LINE A DISTANCE OF 300.67 FEET; THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 300.00 FEET; THENCE S-86 DEGREES 30'-W A DISTANCE OF 447.08 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 2,455.53 FEET AND A DEGREE OF CURVATURE OF 2 DEGREES 20', SAID POINT BEING THE P. C. OF SAID CURVE; THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE AN ARC DISTANCE OF 608.29 FEET TO THE P. T. OF SAID CURVE; THENCE S-45 DEGREES 52'-W A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE ON PREVIOUS BEARING A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; THENCE S-31 DEGREES 00'-E A DISTANCE OF 153.72 FEET; THENCE S-0 DEGREES 09'-W A DISTANCE OF 353.63 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WATERS EDGE OF SANTA ROSA SOUND; THENCE N-39 DEGREES 03'-E ALONG SAID WATERS EDGE GO A DISTANCE OF 301.51 FEET; THENCE N-31 DEGREES 00'-W A DISTANCE OF 380.20 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 2: LOT 1, BLOCK B, EMERALD POINT PLAT I, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 9, PAGE 86, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on counsel for Plaintiff, whose address is 6409 Congress Ave. , Suite 100, Boca Raton, Florida 33487 on or before /(30 days from Date of First Publication of this Notice) 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 or petition filed herein. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court at Okaloosa County, Florida, this 19 day of February, 2026 BRAD E. EMBRY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT BY: /s/ JACKIE DUNLAP DEPUTY CLERK ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, AND SCHNEID, PL ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 6409 CONGRESS AVE. , SUITE 100 BOCA RATON, FL 33487 PRIMARY EMAIL: FLMAIL@RASLG.COM Publication dates 3/5/26, and 3/19/26 CR4038

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026-CP-000277-F IN RE: ESTATE OF DORIS PACHA RILEY a/k/a DORIS ANN RILEY, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Doris Pacha Riley, deceased, whose date of death was October 24, 2025, is pending in the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 East James Lee Blvd. , Crestview, FL 32536. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. 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 ss. 732.216-732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is 3/19/2026 Attorney for Personal Representative Nicholas J. Grimaudo Florida Bar No. 0071893 JOHNSON, POPE, BOKOR, RUPPEL & BURNS, LLP 311 Park Place Blvd. , Suite 300 Clearwater, FL 33759 Telephone: (727) 461-1818 E-mail address: nicholasg@jpfirm.com Secondary e-mail address: kimh@jpfirm.com Personal Representative: CIBC National Trust Company 525 Okeechobee Blvd. , Suite 1630 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 CR4074