NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: February 06, 2009

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $267,000.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Daniel E Smith and Katherine A Smith, husband and wife

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:

Recorded: February 12, 2009 Dodge County Recorder

Document Number: A 180584

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE:

And assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association

Dated: June 30, 2010

Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 100021268300369242

Lender or Broker: U.S. Bank, N.A.

Residential Mortgage Servicer: U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

Mortgage Originator: Not Applicable

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dodge

Property Address: 25081 723rd St, Hayfield, MN 55940-8557

Tax Parcel ID Number: 16.201.3040

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 4, Block 3, Tiegen's Valley View, in Section 15, Township 105, Range 16, Dodge County, Minnesota.

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE: $270,990.48

THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: August 26, 2010 at 11:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's Main Office, Dodge County Courthouse, 22 E 6th Street, Mantorville, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on February 26, 2011, or the next business day if February 26, 2011 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR AS­SIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWEL­LING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: July 14, 2010

ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE: U.S. Bank National Association

Wilford & Geske, P.A.

Attorneys for

Assignee of Mortgagee

Lawrence A. Wilford

James A. Geske

8425 Seasons Parkway, Suite 105

Woodbury, MN 55125-4393

(651) 209-3300

File Number: 015268F01 G:29-34c