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LEGAL NOTICE

ROTH, BLAIR, ROBERTS,

STRASFELD & LODGE

Attorneys At Law

100 Federal Plaza East, Suite 600

Youngstown, OH 44503-1893

Telephone: 330-744-5211

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS,

MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO

120 Market Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1751

Case No. 05CV 3387

AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

TIMOTHY HOUGH, ET AL.,

DEFENDANTS.

Timothy Hough, Unknown Spouse of Timothy Hough, and Unknown Tenant or Land Contract Vendee, whose exact address cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence shall take notice that on the 14th day of September, 2005, Plaintiff, American Tax Funding, LLC filed its Complaint in Foreclosure Case No. 05CV 3387 in the Court of Common Pleas, Mahoning County, Ohio, to foreclose the liens held by it for delinquent real estate taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, charges, and costs with respect to the real property located at:

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio, and known as being the Southerly 150 feet of Lot Number 14422 according to the latest enumeration of lots in said City, formerly known as the Southerly 150 feet of Lot Number 184 in South Heights Plat as recorded in Volume 10 of Plats, Page 121, Mahoning County Records.

Said Part of said Lot has a frontage of 50 feet on the North line of LaClede Avenue and extends back on its East line 150 feet, and on its West line 150 feet, having a rear line of 50 feet, as appears by said Plat, subject to all legal highways.

PROPERTY LOCATION: 122 W. LaClede Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44507

PERMANENT PARCEL NO. 53-053-0-260.00-0

The prayer of the Complaint is for an order directing that the above-described property be sold at public auction, that the proceeds therefrom be used to satisfy Plaintiff's liens, and for such other relief as the Court may deem just, equitable, and necessary. Plaintiff further prays that the above-named Defendants be required to answer and set up their interest in said premises or be forever barred from asserting the same, that Plaintiff's liens be found to be good and valid first liens on said premises, and that equity of redemption of said premises be foreclosed.

Said Defendants are required to answer Plaintiff's Complaint within twenty-one (21) days after last date of publication of this notice, which notice shall be made once per week for three consecutive weeks, said answer day being the 21st day of December, 2005. If said Defendants fail to timely respond, the Court may enter a default judgment against them for the relief requested in the Complaint.

ROTH, BLAIR, ROBERTS,

  STRASFELD & LODGE

BY: JOHN N. ZOMOIDA, JR.

Attorney for American Tax Funding, LLC.

Nov 16,23,30, 2005  05-02065