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LEGAL NOTICE

ANTHONY & ZOMOIDA, LLC

JOHN N. ZOMOIDA, JR.

DAVID S. ANTHONY

Attorneys At Law

55 Public Square,

Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Telephone: 1-216-377-1040

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS,

MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO

120 Market Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1751

Case No. 06CV 3876

AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

ELVIN CRUZ, ET AL.,

DEFENDANTS.

Elvin Cruz and Unknown Tenant or Land Contract Vendee, whose last known address is 167 Hilton Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44507, shall take notice that on the 3rd day of October, 2006, American Tax Funding, LLC filed its Complaint in Foreclosure Case No. 06CV 3876 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 following parcel of real property:

Situated in the City of Youngstown, County of Mahoning and State of Ohio and known as being Youngstown City Lot No. 37400 according to the latest enumeration of lots in said City, as recorded in Volume 19 of Plats, Page 55, Mahoning County Records.

PROPERTY LOCATION: 167 Hilton Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44507

PERMANENT PARCEL NO. 53-118-0-397.00-0

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

The above-named Defendants are required to answer Plaintiff's Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last date of publication of this notice, which notice shall be made once per week for three consecutive weeks, said answer day being the 20th day of July, 2007. If said Defendants fail to timely respond, the Court may enter a default judgment against them for the relief requested in the Complaint.

ANTHONY & ZOMOIDA, LLC

BY: JOHN N. ZOMOIDA, JR.

DAVID S. ANTHONY

Attorneys for American Tax Funding, LLC.

Jun 8,15,22, 2007  07-01088