NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED   Notice is hereby given, that MERCURY FUNDING, LLC, the holder of the certificate listed below, has filed said certificate for a tax deed to be issued. The certificate number and year of issuance, the description of the property, and the names in which the property is assessed are as follows:   Certificate #: 1060.0000 Year of Issuance: 2024 Tax Deed File #: 2026 TD 000077 Description of Property: NWLY 1/2 OF LOT 23 DESC AS BEG AT MOST NLY COR OF LOT 23 TH SELY ALG CURVE TO LEFT 24.77 FT TH S-60-52-10-W 273 FT M/L TO WATERS OF PHILLIPPI CREEK TH NLY ALG WATERS 125 FT M/L TH N-81-14 -20-E 193 FT M/L TO POB RIVER FOREST, BEING SAME LANDS AS DESC IN ORI 2023026993 Name in which assessed: HOSTETLER DUANE   All of said property being in the County of Sarasota, State of Florida. Unless such certificate or certificates shall be redeemed according to law the property described in such certificate or certificates will be sold to the highest bidder at www.Sarasota.RealTaxDeed.com at 9:00 AM on the 23rd day of June, 2026.   Karen E. Rushing Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller Sarasota County, FL   By: Emily May Deputy Clerk Publication Dates:  5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/2026 AD #12338514