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LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT FOR VAN WERT COUNTY,OHIO

NATHANVANDENBROEK VAN WERT COUNTY TREASURER, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

DAVID L. WINANS, ET AL.,

Defendants.

LEGAL NOTICE PURSUANT TO R.C. §323.69(8)

CASE NO. CV 19-07-108

David L. Winans

John Doe, the Unknown Administrator of the Estate of David L. Winans, Deceased; and the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, Administrators, Spouse and Assigns, and Unknown Guardians of Minor and/or Incompetent Heirs of David L. Winans - addresses un- known The above-named parties will take notice that Nathan Vandenbroek, as Treasurer of Van Wert County, Ohio, did on the 3rd day of October, 2019, file an Amended Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Van Wert County, Ohio in Case Number CV 19-07-108 asking foreclosure on the hereinafter described real estate for delinquent real estate taxes due, to wit: Address: 18003 State Route 49, Willshire, Ohio 45898 Parcel Number: 06-009024.0000 Deed Vol. OR 256, Page 1147, Recorder’s Office, Van Wert County, Ohio The legal description can be obtained from the County Auditor. The persons above mentioned will further take notice that they have been made party-defendants to said Amended Complaint and that they are required to answer the same on or before twenty-eight (28) days from the last publication of this matter.

You are further notified of the following:

1. That delinquent taxes stand charged against the parcel of abandoned land identified and described in the complaint for foreclosure in this action;

2. That the aforementioned abandoned land will be sold at public auction or otherwise disposed of it

not redeemed by the owner or other addressee as provided by law;

3. That the sale or transfer will occur at a date, time, and place, and in the manner prescribed by R.C. §323.65 to 323.79;

4. That the owner or other addressee may redeem the land by paying the total of the impositions (as defined in R. C. §323.65) at any time before confirmation of sale or transfer of the parcel as prescribed in R. C. §323.65 to R. C. §323.79, or before the expiration of the alternative redemption period, as may be applicable to the proceeding;

5. That this case is being prosecuted by the Van Wert County Prosecutor in the name of the Van Wert County Treasurer because the abandoned land which is the subject of this prosecution is located in Van Wert County, Ohio;

6. That this action is pending before the Court of Common Pleas, 3rd Floor, Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 E. Main Street, Van Wert, Ohio 45891;

7. That the Court of Common Pleas for Van Wert County, Ohio case number for this action is that case number which appears in the caption of this case, to-wit: Case No. CV 19-07-108, which number is required to be maintained in the official file and official docket of the Van Wert County Clerk of Courts;

8. That all subsequent pleadings, petitions, and papers associated with this case and filed by any interested party must be filed with the Van Wert County Clerk of Courts, and will become a part of the case file for the Court of Common Pleas for Van Wert County, Ohio;

9. That any owner of record may, at any time before the twentieth day after service of process is perfected, file a pleading with the Clerk of Court that the Common Pleas Court dismiss the amended complaint and order that the abandoned land identified herein be removed from the abandoned land list. Upon the filing of

such a pleading, the abandoned land will be removed from the list and cannot thereafter be disposed of under R. C. §323.65 to R. C. §323.79, until the record owner of the abandoned land who is provided notice under R. C. §323.69(8)(1) sells or conveys the owner’s ownership interest. Further, that any future attempts to collect delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, and charges owed with respect to that land and appearing on the delinquent tax list or delinquent vacant land tax list, whichever the case may be, will be conducted in accordance with the judicial foreclosure proceedings or other remedies or procedures prescribed under R. C. §323.25 to R. C. §323.28 or under Chapters 5721, 5722 and/or 5723 of the Revised Code, until the record owner sells or otherwise conveys the owner’s ownership interest;

YOU ARE FURTHER GIVEN THE FOLLOWING NOTICE OF HEARING:

The Common Pleas Court for Van Wert County, Ohio has scheduled a hearing to be held on December 11, 2019 at 1:30 P.M. at the Van Wert County Courthouse, 121 E. Main Street, 3rd Floor, Van Wert, Ohio 45891. The purpose of this hearing is to conduct a final hearing under Ohio revised Code Section 323. 70(A) on

the merits of Plaintiffs’ amended complaint, including a determination as to the validity and/or amount of

any Impositions alleged in the amended complaint, and thereafter, if appropriate, enter an Order of Foreclosure, and after the expiration of the alternative redemption period provided for in §323.78 ordering the parcel

be transferred by deed directly into the Van Wert County Land Reutilization Corporation, as an electing subdivision, without appraisal and without sale, free and clear of all impositions and any other liens on the property as more fully provided in R.C. §323.74 and R.C. §323.78; and Under R.C. §323.72, to conduct a hearing to determine whether all or part of the Impositions due and owing have in fact been paid.

CLERK OF COURTS VAN WERT COUNTY

COMMON PLEAS COURT Cindy Mollenkopf

121 East Main Street Van Wert, Ohio 45891

October 9, 16 & 23, 2019 00339246