NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO.: 2025-CA-799 DE DONG LIU AND JIAN YU Plaintiff, vs. CHESTER BATES, IF LIVING, AND IF DEAD, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENOR, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST CHESTER BATES; MICHAEL BATES; MICHAEL HUGHES; RICHARD BURNS, Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated July 28, 2025, entered in Case No. 2025-CA-799 of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit in and for Okaloosa County, Florida, wherein DE DONG LIU AND JIAN YU is the Plaintiff and CHESTER BATES, IF LIVING, AND IF DEAD, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENOR, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST CHESTER BATES; MICHAEL BATES; MICHAEL HUGHES; RICHARD BURNS, are the Defendants. The Clerk of Court, BRAD E. EMBRY, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at www.bid4assets.com, the Clerk's online foreclosure auction site, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Central Time on November 26, 2025, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment: LOT 14, 15, and the West 25 feet of Lot 16, Block 2, FIRST ADDITION TO LAKE SILVER, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 185, of the Public Records of Okaloosa County, Florida Together with the personal property described below: A 1974 ASPT Mobile Home, Identification #FLZEX651G774 and Identification # FLZEX652G775 A/K/A 2505 South Lakeview Dr, Crestview< FL 32536 NOTICE TO PERSONS CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN SURPLUS: If you are a person claiming a right to funds remaining after the sale, you must file a claim with the Clerk of Court no later than 60 days after the sale. If you fail to file a claim, you will not be entitled to any remaining funds. Dated this 5th day of November, 2025. BRAD E EMBRY Clerk of the Circuit Court, Okaloosa County, Florida By: /s/ Deputy Clerk Plaintiff: De Dong Liu 504 Tikell Dr Crestview, FL 32536 Email: joeymail02@gmail.com November 7, 12 2025 LSAR0402644