NOTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, CLEVELAND COUNTY In the General Court of Justice District Court Division 25-CVD-958 CLEVELAND COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff, vs. DALE STEPHEN ELKINS (Life Estate), MARK MORRIS, JENNIFER MORSE, LISA WHITMORE, MELANIE SHOVEY, COURTNEY ELKINS, SELENA YOPP AND BILL ELKINS, JR. (Owners); Defendants. ____________________________________________________________________________ Under and by virtue of a Judgment of the District Court of Cleveland County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled “Cleveland County, North Carolina vs. DALE STEPHEN ELKINS (Life Estate), MARK MORRIS, JENNIFER MORSE, LISA WHITMORE, MELANIE SHOVEY, COURTNEY ELKINS, SELENA YOPP AND BILL ELKINS, JR. (Owners); the undersigned commissioner will offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, as follows: at 9:30 a.m. on the 2nd day of Octobert 2025 at the Charles F. Harry, III, Cleveland County Administrative Building 311 E. Marion Street, Shelby, North Carolina the following described real property lying and being in the State and County aforesaid and more particularly described as follows: Parcel number 12189, Map 4-60, Block 1, Lot 4, located at 107 Dover Avenue, Kings Mountain, NC. The sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all local improvement assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled case. A cash deposit of five (5) percent of the successful bid will be required. This the 9th day of September 2025 Sherry Lavender, Commissioner PO Box 760 Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 476-3089 September 9,16, 2025 11646335