EXHIBIT 2 LEGAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO R.C. 163.07 The following parties, namely: Unknown Transferees, Assigns, Executors, Administrators, Devisees and Heirs of Ronald E. Moore, Deceased, and all persons claiming by, through, or under them, Addresses Unknown, will take notice that they have been named as defendants by Plaintiff Pamela Boratyn, Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation, who instituted Case No. CV 2026 06 1445 now pending in the Common Pleas of Butler County, Ohio, which is an action to appropriate certain property for highway purposes, namely the making, constructing, repairing or improving of State Route 752, Section 6.35, Butler County, and to fix the value of said property. The property sought to be appropriated is more specifically described as follows on the following 2 pages: EXHIBIT A PARCEL 2-SH BUT-732-6.35 PERPETUAL EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES WITHOUT LIMITATION OF EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS An exclusive perpetual easement for public highway and road purposes, including, but no limited to any utility construction, relocation and/or utility maintenance work deemed appropriate by the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, its successors and assigns forever. Grantor/Owner, for himself and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, reserves all existing rights of ingress and egress to and from any residual area (as used herein, the expression "Grantor/Owner" includes the plural, and words in the masculine include the feminine or neuter). Situate in SE¼Section 33, Township 5 North, Range 1 East, Miami River Survey, in the Township of Oxford, County of Butler, State of Ohio, and being part of a 2.8750 acre tract of land as conveyed to Ronald E. Moore, Michael C. Moore, and Gina Maria Cuff by general warranty deed recorded in Official Record Book 8638, page 2226 (all references to deeds, microfiche, plats, surveys, etc. refer to the records of the Butler County Recorder's Office, unless noted otherwise) and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Being a parcel of land lying on the right side of the centerline of right of way of Stillwell Beckett Road as determined by a survey for the BUT-732-6.35 project made by Woolpert, Inc. and recorded in Plat Book, page, of the Butler County, Ohio Recorder's Office and being located in the following described boundary being more particularly described as follows: Commencing for reference at the northeast corner of said 2.8750 acre tract of land and the northwest corner of a 1.0000 acre tract of land as conveyed to Richard A. Miller, Trustee of the Miller Living Trust Dated 2-9-98 by quit claim deed recorded in Official Record Book 8969, page 1894 and on the existing centerline of right of way of said Stillwell Beckett Road, 0.00 feet right of centerline Station 2+95.41; thence along the east line of said Moore tract and the west line of said Miller tract, South one degree thirty five minutes forty five seconds West (S01°35'45"W), for thirty three and 47/100 feet (33.47') to the existing south right of way line of said Stillwell Beckett Road and the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, 33.00 feet right of centerline Station 3+01.03; thence continuing along said lines, South one degree thirty five minutes forty five seconds West (S01°35'45"W), for sixteen and 23/100 feet (16.23') to an iron pin set 49.00 feet right of centerline Station 3+03.76; thence leaving said lines and across said Moore tract, North seventy eight degrees forty four minutes eleven seconds West (N78°44'11"W), for forty four and 49/100 feet (44.49') to an iron pin set 49.00 feet right of centerline Station 2+59.27; thence continuing across said Moore tract North eleven degrees fifteen minutes forty nine seconds East (N11°15'49"E), for fifteen and 95/100 feet (15.95') to the existing south right of way line of said Stillwell Beckett Road, 33.05 feet right of centerline Station 2+59.27; thence continuing across said Moore tract and along said existing right of way line, South seventy eight degrees forty eight minutes thirty six seconds East (S78°48'36"E), for forty one and 76/100 feet (41.76') to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. The above described area contains 0.016 acres, more or less, of which the present road occupies 0.000 acres, more or less and which is part of Butler County Auditor's Permanent Parcel Number H3610036000021. The stations and offsets of the above description are measured from the existing centerline of right of way for Stillwell Beckett Road. The bearings shown hereon are based on an adjusted field survey of the centerline of State Route 732 from Station 335+27.52 to Station 340+48.12, using local RTK and conventional total station methods from VRS derived from ODOT CORS stations, resulting in a bearing of S32°08'44"E. This description was prepared under the direction of Michael J. Wilson, Ohio Registered Professional Surveyor No. 8281, of Woolpert, Inc., based upon a field survey performed during April, 2024. Michael J. Wilson Date Ohio Registered Professional Surveyor #8281 Woolpert, Inc. Pursuant to Ohio Civil Rule 12(A)(1), said persons mentioned above shall take further notice that they have 28 days after the completion of the Service by Publication within which to answer or otherwise defend against Plaintiff's petition. The original of any such answer or other defense against Plaintiff's petition must be filed with the Clerk of the Common Pleas of Butler County, Ohio, whose office is located at 315 High St 5th floor, Hamilton, Ohio, 45011 A copy of any such answer or other defense against Plaintiff's petition must be served upon Plaintiff's attorney, namely: Eric Depue, Senior Assistant Attorney General, at 30 East Broad Street, 26th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215-3167. Failure to answer or otherwise defend against Plaintiff's petition within said 28 days will result in Plaintiff, pursuant to Civil Rule 55, asking the court to grant a judgment by default against any such person who fails to answer or otherwise defend. Pamela Boratyn Director, Ohio Department of Transportation. 9-10, 9-17/2026
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