LEGAL NOTICE James Faulkner whose last places of residence/business are 401 Millikin Street, Hamilton, OH 45013, and 427 North 8th Street, Hamilton, OH 45011, and Unknown Spouse, if any, of James Faulkner whose last places of residence/business are 401 Millikin Street , Hamilton, OH 45013, and 427 North 8th Street, Hamilton, OH 45011 but whose present places of residence/business are unknown will take notice that on July 29, 2025, Data Mortgage, Inc., dba Essex Mortgage filed its Complaint in Case No. CV2025071825 in the Court of Common Pleas Butler County, Ohio, 315 High Street, 5th Floor, Hamilton, Ohio 45011, alleging that the Defendant(s) James Faulkner, and Unknown Spouse, if any, of James Faulkner have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Permanent Parcel Number: P6412120000090; Property Address: 401 Millikin Street, Hamilton, OH 45013. The legal description may be obtained from the Butler County Auditor at 130 High Street, Hamilton, Ohio 45011, 513-887-3154. The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of a 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 Petitioner prays that the Defendant(s) 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 marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner's Claim in the proper order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026. BY: TIFFANY & BOSCO P.A. Donald Brett Bryson, Attorney at Law Attorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner P.O. Box 39696 Solon, Ohio 44139 (440)600-5500 2-4,2-11,2-18/2026


