After the crowded July 9–15 stretch, the docket in NBL SPV IV LLC’s $5.1 million foreclosure (Case No. 50-2026-CA-005474, 15th Judicial Circuit) added just two entries on July 20, 2026 — but they both answer the same question: no. The clerk has refused both of NBL’s July 13 default motions, against the City of West Palm Beach and against Cemex. Here is what each notice says, in plain English:
Cemex: still no proof of service on file (DIN 58)
The clerk’s Notice of Default Not Entered for Cemex Construction Materials Florida LLC checks a familiar box: “Original summons with proper return of service is required.” That is the exact defect that sank NBL’s first three default motions on July 15 — the lender asked for a default without first docketing the process server’s proof that Cemex was actually served. Until a return of service is on file, the clerk will not act. Expect NBL to do for Cemex what it did for the other three: re-file the motion with the service proof attached.
The City: you can’t default a defendant who answered (DIN 59)
The notice for the City of West Palm Beach checks a different box: “Pleading or other document was filed.” The City filed its answer on July 15 — so by the time the clerk reviewed NBL’s motion, there was a responsive pleading on the docket and the default was dead on arrival. This is precisely the outcome the City’s July 15 response predicted when it protested that NBL moved for default on the very day its agreed extension ran. The practical effect is bigger than the paperwork: the City’s claim that its twelve recorded utility liens outrank the $5.1M mortgage is now squarely in the case, and NBL will have to beat it on the merits rather than clear the City off the board by default.
The default scoreboard
NBL has now filed eight clerk’s-default motions in this case. Five have been refused — three on July 15 (Southern Land & Buildings, Skyworks, Tru-Steel; no returns of service) and two on July 20 (the City, because it answered; Cemex, same service-proof gap). The three re-filed motions from July 15 — against Southern Land & Buildings, Skyworks, and Tru-Steel, this time with the process-server proofs attached — are still awaiting the clerk’s decision.
What to watch next: whether the clerk enters the three re-filed defaults; a return of service and a fresh default motion for Cemex; and NBL’s response to the affirmative defenses raised by the City and the Perez-Valdivias — the lien-priority fight is now the live issue in the case.