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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
STATE OF INDIANA
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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY                BEFORE THE KOSCIUSKO         COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
    NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Kosciusko County Commissioners of the sale of real property commonly known as 8993 East Epworth Forest Road, North Webster, Indiana 46555, and more particularly described as follows:
    TRACT I: Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 33 North, Range 7 East, Kosciusko County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
    Commencing at the Northeast corner of the West fractional half of the Northwest quarter of Section 12; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes West, on and along the North line of said Northwest quarter, a distance of 446.0 feet to the Northwest corner of a certain tract of land as recorded in Deed Record 301, page 136 in the records of Kosciusko County, Indiana, said Northwest corner being the true Point of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes East (recorded South), on and along the West line of said tract in Deed Record 301, page 136, a distance of 192.0 feet (recorded 186.5 feet) to the Southwest corner of said tract in Deed Record 301, page 136; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes West (recorded West), on and along a line established by an existing fence line, a distance of 230.5 feet; thence North 18 degrees 00 minutes 30 seconds West (recorded North 11 degrees West), a distance of 196.6 feet to the North line of said Northwest Quarter, at a point over an outlet pipe for a ditch from a lake; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes East, on and along said North line, being within the right-of-way of County Road 700 North a distance of 291.0 feet to the true Point of Beginning, containing 1.13 acres of land, more or less, subject to legal right-of-way for County Road 700 North.
Address: 8993 East Epworth Forest Road,
          North Webster, Indiana 46555
Parcel ID: 005-046-001        
Tax Bill ID: 0570600660        
State ID: 43-08-12-400-144.000-023
    TRACT II: Part of the West Fractional half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 33 North, Range 7 East, Kosciusko County, Indiana, more particularly being described as follows, to wit:
    Commencing at an iron pipe found at the Northeast corner of said West Fractional half; thence West, on and along the North line of said West Fractional half, a distance of 431.5 feet to a P.K. nail at the true Point of Beginning; thence continuing West, on and along said North line, being within the right-of-way of County Road 700 North, a distance of 8.0 feet to a P.K. nail at the Northwest corner of a certain tract of land as recorded in Document # 9803-1228 of the records of Kosciusko County, Indiana also being the Northeast corner of a certain tract of land as recorded in Document # 9406-0557 of said East corner of a certain tract of land as recorded in Document # 9606-0557 of said records; thence Southerly, by a deflection angle left of 90- 04’, on and along the West line of said tract in Document # 9803-1228, also being the East line of said tract in Document # 9406-0557, a distance of 186.42 feet (recorded 186.5 feet) to an iron pin found at the Southwest corner of said tract in Document # 9803-1228, also being the Southeast corner of said tract in Document # 9406-0557; thence East, being an interior angle of 90-04’, on and along the South line of said tract in Document # 9803-1228, a distance of 8.0 feet to an iron pin; thence Northerly, by a deflection angle left of 90-04’ a distance of 186.42 feet (recorded 186.5) to the true Point of Beginning.  Containing .034 acres of land, more or less, subject to legal right-of-way for County Road 700 North, subject to all legal drain easements and all other easements of record.
Parcel ID: 005-046-002.A        
Tax Bill ID: 0572600762     
State ID: 43-08-12-400-001.000-023
    Bids will be received by the Kosciusko County Administrator, 100 West Center Street, Warsaw, Indiana 46580, beginning on January 26, 2017 and continuing from day to day until 3:00 PM prevailing local time on the 6th day of February, 2017.  The property may not be sold to a person who is ineligible under IC 36-1-11-16 (IC 36-1-11-16 applies to any person who owes delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, or costs directly attributable to a prior tax sale on a tract of real property listed under IC 6-1.1-24-1,  and also to any such person’s agent).  A bid submitted by a trust (as defined in IC 30-4-1-1(a)) must identify each beneficiary of the trust and each settlor empowered to revoke or modify the trust.
    Bids shall be open to public inspection.  A bidder may raise the bidder’s bid, and any such raise shall take effect after the Kosciusko County Commissioners have given written notice of such raise to the other bidders.
    The Kosciusko County Commissioners may, before expiration of the time set out in the notice, sell the property to the highest and best bidder.  
    Bids should be clearly marked “Bid on Epworth Forest Road Property”, and mailed or hand-delivered to the Kosciusko County Auditor, 100 West Center Street, Warsaw, Indiana 46580.
    Two (2) appraisals have been obtained regarding the property yielding an average appraised value of $800.00.  A bid for less than ninety percent (90%) of this amount may not be accepted without additional notice being published stating the amount of the bid to be accepted.
    The successful bidder must agree in writing to (1) demolish all unsafe structures and buildings located on the said property, (2) remove all garbage, rubbish, and other debris from the said property, and (3) cause the property to be put in a healthful and sightly condition and must also deliver payment of the bid amount in full, all within one hundred and twenty (120) days of bid acceptance, and prior to receipt of a deed conveying ownership of the said property.
    The right is hereby reserved to reject any and all bids, to delete any portion thereof, or waive informalities in the bidding process.  
Dated: JANUARY 10, 2017
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MICHELLE PUCKETT, AUDITOR
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
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