MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on June 25, 2025 by Lamard Taylor, unmarried, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Plant Home Lending, LLC, its successors and assigns, and recorded in Mortgage Book 2025 at Page 3594171 on June 30, 2025, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, and secured indebtedness having been transferred or assigned to Planet Home Lending, LLC as reflected by instrument recorded in Book 2026 at Page 3611747 of the same Office. LOGS Legal Group LLP, as counsel for Mortgagee or Transferee and under and by virtue of power of sale contained in the said mortgage will, on September 2, 2026, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder at the main entrance of the Etowah County, Alabama, Courthouse in the City of Gadsden, during the legal hours of sale, the following real estate situated in Etowah County, Alabama, to wit: SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ETOWAH, STATE OF ALABAMA: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ETOWAH, STATE OF ALABAMA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING TO DESCRIBE THE LANDS HEREIN START AT THE NW CORNER OF THE SW1/4 OF THE SW1/4 IN SECTION 15 AND FROM THENCE RUN NORTH 87 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID FORTY A DISTANCE OF 217.95 FEET TO A POINT IN THE EAST LINE OF CASE AVENUE; THENCE RUN SOUTH 01 DEGREES 02 MINUTES EAST AND ALONG THE EAST LINE OF CASE AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 111.42 FEET TO A POINT IS THE POINT OF BEGINNING TO DESCRIBE THE LANDS HEREIN, AND FROM SAID POINT BEGINNING CONTINUE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 02 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF CASE AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 88 DEGREES 58 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE RUN NORTH 01 DEGREES 02 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 88 DEGREES 58 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID DESCRIPTION EMBRACING A PORTION OF THE SW1/4 OF THE SW1/4 IN SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 13 SOUTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF HUNTSVILLE MERIDIAN, ATTALLA, ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA, SAVE AND EXCEPT ALL MINERALS, MINERAL AND MINING RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND INTEREST IN, UNDER AND UPON THE SAME, AND BEING SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, CONDITIONS AND EASEMENTS SET OUT IN THAT CERTAIN DEED FROM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO HANNAH CASE SNELLGROVE AND UNDINE CASE WILLIAMS, DATED NOVEMBER 2, 1948 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 385, PAGE 189, PROBATE OFFICE, ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA. THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION RESTRICTIONS, UTILITY, DRAINAGE AND SEWER EASEMENTS, AND MINIMUM SETBACK LINES, IF ANY, APPLICABLE TO THE AFORESAID PROPERTY APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA. THIS CONVEYANCE IS ALSO SUBJECT TO ANY PRIOR RESERVATION, SEVERANCE OR CONVEYANCE OF MINERALS OR MINERAL RIGHTS.  For informational purposes only, the property address is: 802 Case Avenue Southeast, Attalla, AL 35954. Any property address provided is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. Furthermore, the property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the mortgagee, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of the mortgagee make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition, including those suggested by Code of Ala. (1975) § 35-4-271, expressly are disclaimed. This sale is subject to all prior liens and encumbrances and unpaid taxes and assessments including any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposit of Five Thousand Dollars and no/100 ($5,000.00) in certified or cash funds at the time and place of the sale. The balance of the purchase price must be paid in certified funds by close of business on the next business day thereafter at the Law Office of LOGS Legal Group LLP at the address indicated below. LOGS Legal Group LLP reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder, or to reschedule the sale, should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. Planet Home Lending, LLC, and its successors and assigns Mortgagee or Transferee LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 8520 Cliff Cameron Dr., Suite 330 Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 333-8107/ 26-026274 Attorneys for Mortgagee or Transferee The Gadsden Times - Run ad: July 20, 2026 and July 27, 2026 and August 3, 2026