2026 - 202600002683 10/01/2026 10:08 AM Page 1 of 4 NOTICE OF ACCELERATION AND NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Assert and protect your rights as a member of the armed forces of the United States. If you are or your spouse is serving on active military duty, including active military duty as a member of the Texas National Guard or the National Guard of another state or as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, please send written notice of the active duty military service to the sender of this notice immediately. DEED OF TRUST INFORMATION: Date: April 21, 2022 Grantor(s): COREY JAMES MELIN AND MICHELLE R. MELIN, HUSB4 Original MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SY81 Mortgagee: NOMINEE FOR WILLOW BEND MORTGAGE successors and assigns Original Principal: $290,080.00 Recording 202200115541 Information: Property County: Dallas Property: Being Lot 35, Block B of Northls Garland, Dallas County, Texas, ace Volume 71058, Page 2162, Magi Property Address: 1533 Town Bluff Street Garland, TX 75040 state No. 5, an addition to the City of The Mortgage Servicer, if not th a Mortgage Servicing Agreem Current Mortgagee: Mortgage Servicer: Mortgage Servicer November 3, 2026 11:00 AM or within three hours thereafter. On the north side of the George Allen Courts Building facing Commerce Street below the overhang, or if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the County Commissioner's Court. Substitute Agency Sales and Posting, LLC, and Padgett Law Group, any to act Trustee: Substitute 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 Trustee Address: PLG File Number: 26-020070-1 1 RTS 2026-004886 2026 - 202600002683 10/01/2026 10:08 AM Page 2 of 4 APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER. The undersigned is the attorney for the mortgagee and/or mortgage servicer, and in such capacity does hereby remove the original trustee and all successor substitute trustees under the above-described Deécof Trust and appoints in their place, any to act, those substitute trustees identified in the SALE INFORM ection of this notice, whose address is c/o Padgett Law Group, 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake ¥6992 as Substitute Trustee, who shall hereafter exercise all powers and duties to set aside the said gyfPimte p 2. The herein appointed Sth the highest bidder far all be expected to provide to the auctioneer at the time of the subject sale. questions regarding the necessary information to be provided are hereby agin the Deed of Trust or appearing of record to the extent the same are still in effect and ot cover any property that has been released from the lien imposed by the Deed of Trust. atranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of efchantability and fitness for the particular purpose shall be conveyed at the sale, save and except the Grantor’s warranties specifically authorized by the Grantor in the Deed of Trust. The property shall be sold “AS-IS”, purchaser’s will buy the property “at the purchaser’s own risk” and “at his peril” and no representation is made concerning the quality or nature of title to be acquired. Purchasers will receive whatever interest Grantor and Grantor’s assigns have in the property, subject to any liens or interest of any kind that may survive the sale. Interested persons are encouraged to consult counsel of their choice prior to participating in the sale of the property. PLG File Number: 26-020070-1 2 2026 - 202600002683 10/01/2026 10:08 AM Page 3 of 4 6. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the funds paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s Attorney, or the duly appointed Substitute Trustee. Ewe- Padgett Law Group, LLC CERTIFICATE OF POSTING My name is Donna Stockman , and my address is c/o Padgett Law Gkoup (Donna. Dhedenmann Declarant’s Name: Donna Stockman Padgett Law Group 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 (850) 422-2520 WITNESSMY HAND this day of Octobe OYTO, aS PLG File Number: 26-020070-1 3 2026 - 202600002683 10/01/2026 10:08 AM Page 4 of 4 CT Instrument Number: 202600002683 Foreclosure Posting Recorded On: October 01, 2026 10:08 AM Number of PagesN Total Recording: $2.00 REKKKEEKK ~ Any provision here’ File Information: Record and Return To: STOCKCMAN FORECLOSURE SERVICES 2450 WHITE SETTLEMENT RD Recorded Date ctober 01, 2026 10:08 AM User: Thelma B WEATHERFORD TX 76087 Station: Cc133 STATE OF TEXAS Dallas County I hereby certify that this Instrument was filed in the File Number sequence on the date/time printed hereon, and was duly recorded in the Official Records of Dallas County, Texas John F. Warren Dallas County Clerk 1g Dallas County, TX