IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE 5th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE: 26-CC-848

THE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
OF AVALON VILLAGE, INC.,
a not-for-profit Florida corporation,
Plaintiff,

vs.

JOSEPH ANTHONY OTERO; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF
JOSEPH ANTHONY OTERO; AND UNKNOWN TENANT(S),
Defendant.

NOTICE OF ACTION OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS-PROPERTY
TO: JOSEPH ANTHONY OTERO
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action has been commenced to foreclose a Claim of Lien on the following real property, lying and being and situated in Hernando County, Florida, more particularly described as follows:
Lot 78, VILLAGES AT AVALON PHASE IV, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 43, Page 38, of the Public Records of Hernando County, Florida, and any subsequent amendments to the aforesaid.

Property Address: 619 Argyll Drive, Spring Hill, FL 34609
This action has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defense, if any, upon MANKIN LAW GROUP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, whose address is 2535 Landmark Drive, Suite 212, Clearwater, FL 33761, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this notice and file the original with the clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court on the 16th day of October, 2026

Doug Chorvat, Jr.,
Circuit and County Courts
By: Elizabeth Markidis
Deputy Clerk
11/15, 11/22/2026 111221