NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2025-CP-41-00144 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities 2004-2 Trust, Home Equity Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-2 vs. Elease P. Webb; Betty Jean Aukard a/k/a Betty Jean P. Butler, the undersigned Special Referee for Saluda County, South Carolina, will sell on November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM, or on another date, thereafter as approved by the Court, at the Courthouse, in the Town of Saluda in the County of Saluda, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, with all improvements thereon, in School District #1, Saluda County, S.C., containing 1.79 gross acres or 1.73 net acres, more or less, as shown on plat made by Henry Z. Duffie Jr., RLS, dated April 12, 2001, recorded in Book 507 at Page 40 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Saluda County, S.C.; said lands bounded on the Northeast by unpaved Dean Road; Southeast by lands of Sallie M. Brown; South by lands of Wanda L.R. King; and Northwest by lands of Sherman Lott and John A. Nicholson. This being the same property conveyed to Sybial Pugh by deed of Lester F. Hembel and Carolina E. Hembel dated September 13, 1974, and recorded September 13, 1974, in Book 73 at Page 151 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Saluda County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Sybial Pugh died on January 30, 2007, leaving the subject property to her devisees, Elease P. Webb and Betty Jean P. Butler now Betty Jean Aukard, as is more fully preserved in Probate File No. 2007-ES-41-00025 and in the Deed of Distribution dated October 15, 2007, and recorded October 19, 2007, in Book 815 at Page 236 in said Records. CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 363 Dean Road f/k/a 229 Dean Road, Saluda, SC 29138 TMS: 077-00-00-003 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but in the case of non-compliance to be forfeited and first applied to the costs incurred by the Plaintiff related to the sale and the balance then applied to the Plaintiff's debt in a manner suitable to the Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Special Referee may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.95% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. ______________________________________ The Honorable Roy Hemphill Special Referee for Saluda County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541 IPL0282328 Oct 17,24,31 2025