Public Notice — 110 NW First Avenue, Ocala, Florida (2025-CA-2793)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA
MARION COUNTY, a political           CASE NO: 2025-CA-2793
Subdivision of the State of Florida,     PARCEL NOS: 6, 8, 9, 13, 22
               Petitioner,
vs.
ROBERT L. DUNCAN AND BARBARA A. DUNCAN, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., LLG EVENTING, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, CML HORSES, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, BEVERLY COVINGTON, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., RODNEY CONWAY CHIN, IVAN PORTAL, ANNIA GUTIERREZ, HSBC BANK USA, and GEORGE ALBRIGHT, as MARION COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; and JIMMY COWAN, as MARION COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, and all unknown spouses of the above, if any; their heirs, devisees, assigns, grantees, creditors, lessees, executors, administrators, mortgagees, judgment creditors, trustees, lien holders, persons in possession, successors in interest, or any and all other persons having or claiming to have any right, title, or interest by, through, under, or against the above-named Defendants, or otherwise claiming any right, title, or interest in the real property interests described in this action,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION IN EMINENT DOMAIN 
(AND NOTICE OF PETITION DATE)
TO: ALL DEFENDANTS LISTED ABOVE AND ALL PARTIES CLAIMING INTERESTS BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE NAMED DEFENDANTS; AND ALL PARTIES HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTIES DESCRIBED IN ATTACHED SCHEDULE A, AND ALL OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
A petition in eminent domain has been filed on December 11, 2025, to acquire certain property interests in Marion County, Florida, described in Schedule A.
Each Defendant is required to serve written defenses to the Petition on Petitioners attorney, whose name and address is below, on or before April 9, 2026 and to file the original of the defenses with the Clerk of the Court either before service on the Petitioners attorney or immediately thereafter, showing what right, title, interest, or lien the Defendant has in or to the property described in the Petition, and to show cause why that property should not be taken for the uses and purposes set forth in the petition. If any Defendant fails to do so, a default will be entered against that Defendant for the relief demanded in the Petition.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Declaration of Taking has been filed in this cause and that Petitioner will apply for an Order of Taking and any other order the Court deems proper before the Honorable Judge Stacy Youmans, one of the judges of this Court, on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. at the Marion County Judicial Center, 110 NW First Avenue, Ocala, Florida, 34475, in Courtroom 5A, or via Zoom at the link below. All Defendants in this action may request a hearing at the time and place designated and be heard. Any Defendant failing to file a request for hearing shall waive any right to object to the order of taking.
Meeting URL: https://zoom.us/j/98028951959?pwd=VbgKHP9s2kiwF6hgM8ggGItsBFhL1r.1
Meeting ID: 980 2895 1959
Passcode: 407901
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court on this 19th day of March, 2026.
                                 GREGORY C. HARRELL, CLERK
                                 CLERK OF THE COURT
                                 BY: /s/ H. Bibb
                                 DEPUTY CLERK
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Marion County Judicial Center, 110 NW First Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34475, Telephone (352) 401-6710, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
SCHEDULE A
To Petition in Eminent Domain
Legal Descriptions, Owners, and Encumbrances
Project Parcel   8
Owner(s)        LLG, Eventing, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
Parcel PIN       23299-003-00
Property 
Interest(s)       Fee Simple Right-of-Way

Project Parcel    9
Owner(s)        CML Horses, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
Parcel PIN       23299-005-00
Property 
Interest(s)       Fee Simple Right-of-Way

Project Parcel    13
Owner(s)        Rodney Conway Chin
Other            Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., by
Interested       virtue of that Mortgage recorded January 24, 2024, in
Parties          Book 8237, Page 673, Public Records of Marion 
                 County, Florida.
Parcel PIN       23299-002-00
Property 
Interest(s)       Temporary Construction Easement
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