TENESHIA HUDSPETH, COUNTY CLERK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FRCL-2026-3965 FILED 6/8/2026 9:12:39 AM E CELERATION AND NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAL! 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: November 24, 2019 / ' Grantor(s): Jeffrey Scott Smith and Pamela Elizabeth Smith, husband and wife Original Ameriloan Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee: . Original Principal: $136,416.00 Recording 20090551881 Information: ° Property County: Harris Property: Lot Fifty-Two (52), in Block Two (2), Amending Plat of Mills Branch Village, Section Two (2), an addition in Harris County, Texas, according to the map or plat : thereof recorded in Film Code No, 351045 of Map Records of Harris County, Texas. : Property Address: 4534 Echo Falls Drive ) Kingwood; 4 ; ‘a Mortgage Servicing Agreement. Current Mortgagee: Mortgage Servicer: Mortgage Servicer Address: ortgagee, is representing the Current Mortgagee pursuant to Selene Finance LP Selene Finance LP 3501 Olympus Boulevard 5th Floor, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75019 E INFORMATION: Date of Sale: August 4, 2026 Time of Sale: 10:00 AM or within three hours thereafter. Place of Sale: Magnolia South Ballroom inside the Bayou City Event Center or if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the “ County Commissioners Court Substitute ~ Agency Sales and Posting, LLC, and Padgett Law Group, any to act Trustee: , Substitute «. 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103 Trustee Address: Southlake, TX 76092 PLG File Number: 26-009039-1 : 1  TENESHIA HUDSPETH, COUNTY CLERK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FRCL-2026-3965 FILED 6/8/2026 9:12:39 AM APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: 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 Deed of Trust and appoints in their place, any to act, those substitute trustees identified in the SALE INFORMATION section of this notice, whose address is c/o Padgett Law Group, 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092_.as ‘Substitute Trustee, who shall hereafter exercise all powers and duties to set aside the-said original trustee under said Deed of Trust, and further doés hereby request, authorize, and instruct said Substitute’ Trustees to conduct and direct the execution of remedies set aside to the beneficiary therein. , WHEREAS, the above-named Grantor(s) previously conveyed the above-described property in trust to secure payment of the Note set forth in the above-described Deed of Trust; and . WHEREAS, a default under the Note and Deed of Trust was declared, such default was reported to not have been cured, and all sums secured by such Deed of Trust are declared immediately due and payable. WHEREAS, the original Trustee and any previously appointed Substitute Trustee under said Deed of Trust has been hereby removed and the herein described Substitute Trustees, have been appointed as ‘Substitute Trustees and authorized by the Mortgage Servicer to enforce the power of sale granted in the Deed of Trust; WHEREAS, the undersigned Jaw firm has been requested to provide these ng ol Current Mortgagee, Mortgage Servicer and Substi te THEREFORE, Cc HEREBY G foregoing matters and y erated, and all sums secured by the Deed of Trust are Ni . e matirity of eclared'to be immediately due and payable. | 2. The herein appointed Substitute Trustees, any to act, as Substitute Trustee will sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash on the date, at the place, -and no earlier than the tire set forth above in the Sale Information section of this notice. The sale will begin within three hours after that time. 3, The Financial: Crimes: Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a bureau of the U.S, Department of’ Treasury, now réquires the colléction, certification and reporting of certain information relating to non-financed transfers of real property to legal entities and/or trusts, which such information the successful bidder(s) shall be expected to provide to the auctioneer at the time of the subject sale. Interested bidders with questions regarding the necessary information to be provided dre hereby directed, generally, to FinCEN’s website and, more specifically to the FinCEN Real Estate Report located in the forms bank thereof. 4. This sale shall be subject to any legal impediments to the sale of the Property to any exceptions referenced in the Deed of Trust or appearing of record to the extent the same are still in effect and shall not cover any property that has beri released from the lien imposed by the Deed of Trust. 5. No warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability 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: 26-009039-1 2  TENESHIA HUDSPETH, COUNTY CLERK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FRCL-2026-3965 FILED 6/8/2026 9:12:39 AM * Declarant’s Namie: deff Leva 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 Attomey, ¢ or the duly appointed Substitute Trustee. - Padgett Law Group, LLC _ : CERTIFICATE OF POSTING My" name is _ Jeff Leva , and my address is c/o Padgett. Law ‘Group, 546 . Silicon Dr, Suite 103; Southlake, TX 76092. I declare under penalty of perjury that on 06/08/2026 iI filed at the ‘office of the Harris County Clerk to be posted at the Harris County courthouse this notice of sale: x Date: 2 06/08/2026 gett Law Group. i ite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 3 . 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