IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

Tax Ease OH V, LLC, Plaintiff, Case No.: 25-CIV-135. Judge: Matthew K. Fox vs. Danny M. Griffith, et al., Defendants.

Legal Notice

Defendant(s), Danny M. Griffith, whose last known Addresses are 211 Stella St., Celina, OH 45822 and P.O. Box 454, Belle Center, OH 43310 and Nick R. Buschur, Trustee of the Nicholas R. Buschur Pension Trust, whose last known address is 167 Southmoor Shores Drive, St. Marys, OH 45885 and John Doe, Real Name Uknown, The Uknown Spouse if any, of Beth A. Griffith, whose last known address is 211 Stella St., Celina, OH 45822, will take notice that on November 24, 2025, Tax Ease OH V, LLC, filed its Amended Complaint in Case Number 25-CIV-135, Mercer County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), Danny M. Griffith, Nick R. Buschur, Trustee of the Nicholas R. Buschur Pension Trust and John Doe, Real Name Uknown, The Uknown Spouse if any, of Beth A. Griffith, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below:

Situated in the City of Celina, County of Mercer, and State of Ohio, to-wit:

Being Lot Number Thirty-three (33) in the Hawkins First Allotment in the City of Celina, Ohio as the same is shown on the recorded Plat thereof, in Plat Book 2, Page 67, Plat Records, Mercer County Recorder's Office, subject to all easements and restrictions imposed thereon in the zoning laws of the City of Celina, Ohio.

Premises commonly known as: 211 Stella St., Celina, OH 45822

Parcel No.: 27-156600. 0000

Tax Map #: 08-01-178-008

Prior Deed Reference:

Instrument Number 2008-00004524

The Plaintiff further alleges that it is the holder of tax certificates purchased from the county treasurer, that the certificates are valid and have not been redeemed. The Plaintiff demands that the named defendants be required to set forth their interest in response to the Plaintiffs complaint.

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 plaintiffs 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 January 14, 2026.

Tax Ease OH V, LLC

By: William L. Costello (0040631)

James L. Sassano (0062253)

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

302-5-11

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

Tax Ease OH V, LLC, Plaintiff, Case No.: 25-CIV-135. Judge: Matthew K. Fox vs. Danny M. Griffith, et al., Defendants.

Legal Notice

Defendant(s), Danny M. Griffith, whose last known Addresses are 211 Stella St., Celina, OH 45822 and P.O. Box 454, Belle Center, OH 43310 and Nick R. Buschur, Trustee of the Nicholas R. Buschur Pension Trust, whose last known address is 167 Southmoor Shores Drive, St. Marys, OH 45885 and John Doe, Real Name Uknown, The Uknown Spouse if any, of Beth A. Griffith, whose last known address is 211 Stella St., Celina, OH 45822, will take notice that on November 24, 2025, Tax Ease OH V, LLC, filed its Amended Complaint in Case Number 25-CIV-135, Mercer County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), Danny M. Griffith, Nick R. Buschur, Trustee of the Nicholas R. Buschur Pension Trust and John Doe, Real Name Uknown, The Uknown Spouse if any, of Beth A. Griffith, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below:

Situated in the City of Celina, County of Mercer, and State of Ohio, to-wit:

Being Lot Number Thirty-three (33) in the Hawkins First Allotment in the City of Celina, Ohio as the same is shown on the recorded Plat thereof, in Plat Book 2, Page 67, Plat Records, Mercer County Recorder's Office, subject to all easements and restrictions imposed thereon in the zoning laws of the City of Celina, Ohio.

Premises commonly known as: 211 Stella St., Celina, OH 45822

Parcel No.: 27-156600. 0000

Tax Map #: 08-01-178-008

Prior Deed Reference:

Instrument Number 2008-00004524

The Plaintiff further alleges that it is the holder of tax certificates purchased from the county treasurer, that the certificates are valid and have not been redeemed. The Plaintiff demands that the named defendants be required to set forth their interest in response to the Plaintiffs complaint.

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 plaintiffs 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 January 14, 2026.

Tax Ease OH V, LLC

By: William L. Costello (0040631)

James L. Sassano (0062253)

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

302-5-11