IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO Tax Ease OH V, LLC Plaintiff vs. Nicole R. Arnold, et al., Defendants Case No.: 2026 CV 00024 Judge: Steven K. Dankof Legal Notice Defendant(s), Nicole R. Arnold And John Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Nicole R. Arnold, whose last known address is 4068 Iddings Ct, Dayton, OH 45405, Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Edward B. Stepps, Jr., whose last known Addresses are 246 Chapel Dr, Lexington, NC 27295 and 4230 Ashmere Circle, Dumfries, VA 22025, John Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Betty J. Stepps, whose last known address is 608 N Kilmer St, Dayton, OH 45417 And John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Assigns of Betty J. Stepps, whose Identitiees and Addresses are Unknown, will take notice that on January 5, 2026, Tax Ease OH V, LLC, filed its Complaint in Case Number 2026 CV 00024, Montgomery County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), Nicole R. Arnold, John Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Nicole R. Arnold, Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Edward B. Stepps, Jr., John Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Betty J. Stepps And John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Assigns of Betty J. Stepps, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Situated in the City of Dayton, County of Montgomery and State of Ohio, and being Lot Numbered thirty-eight thousand two hundred eighty-five (38285) of the consecutive numbers of lots on the revised plat of the said City of Dayton, Ohio. Premises commonly known as: 608 N Kilmer St, Dayton, OH 45417 Parcel No.: R72 08107 0034 The Plaintiff further alleges that by reason of default in the payment of the promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken and the same has become absolute. The Plaintiff demands that the defendants named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshaling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of plaintiff's claim in the proper order of its priority and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. The defendants named above are required to answer the complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this legal notice on April 10, 2026. Answer date: May 8, 2026 Tax Ease OH V, LLC /s/ James L. Sassano By: James L. Sassano (0062253) William Costello (0040631) Maureen Delaney (0083507) Attorneys for Plaintiff Sassano, Deighton, Delaney, Higgins & Mommsen Co., L.P.A. 4834 Richmond Rd, Suite 201 Cleveland, OH 44128 216-360-7200 Phone 216-360-7210_Facsimile montgomerymail@carlisle-law.com 3-27, 4-3, 4-10/2026