The Baxter County Sheriff's Office has announced the auction of two Mountain Home motels will not take place later this month as previously planned. In a
The planned sale next month of two aging Mountain Home motels has been canceled, according to Sheriff John Montgomery.
The Mountain Home Motel and the Spring Valley Motel were scheduled to be sold at public auction May 6 to satisfy a judgment against owner Brian Keith Ferguson. The property was seized in January via a Writ of Execution filed against Ferguson.
A news release from the Sheriff’s Office announcing the cancellation of the May auction reports that the plaintiff’s attorney had asked that the sale be canceled.
Spring Valley Motel is located at 548 U.S. Highway 62B. It has been the location of multiple drug arrests in recent years.
The sale of two Mountain Home motels has been canceled.
Earlier this month, the Baxter County Sheriff s Office announced it would hold a public auction for the Mountain Home Motel on South Main Street and Spring Valley Kitchenettes on Highway 62 East.
The property was seized in January 2021, under a Writ of Execution filed against owner Brian Keith Ferguson in Baxter County Circuit Court to satisfy a judgment.
According to a press release from the sheriff s office the sale, scheduled for May 6, was canceled at the request of the plaintiff s attorney.
Two aging motels, one formerly classified as a nuisance property by the City of Mountain Home, will be sold at public auction at 4 p.m. May 6 at the Baxter County Courthouse, according to Sheriff John Montgomery.
The property was seized in January via a Writ of Execution filed against owner Brian Keith Ferguson in Baxter County Circuit Court to satisfy a judgment. Ferguson has the opportunity to redeem the property by paying the amount of the judgment up until the start of the auction, according to the sheriff.
The Mountain Home Motel is located at 411 Main St. and was classified as a nuisance property by the city in 2019. In May of 2020, the court ordered the property have a list of repairs completed in two weeks, or it would be razed. Ferguson was able to have the repairs completed in a timely matter, thus terminating the condemnation process.