Legal Notices 9-20-18
September 20, 2018

LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

18-F-000291 – Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff vs. John Konchan a/k/a John R. Konchan, et al., Defendants

Unknown Spouse, if any, of John Konchan a/k/a John R. Konchan, whose present place of residence is unknown and Unknown Heirs, Fiduciaries, Beneficiaries, Donees and Devisees, if any, of John Konchan a/k/a John R. Konchan, whose present place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on April 13, 2018, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. filed its Complaint in Case No. 18-F-000291 in the Court of Common Pleas of Geauga County, 100 Short Court, Chardon, OH 44024, seeking foreclosure and alleging that the Defendants Unknown Spouse, if any, of John Konchan a/k/a John R. Konchan and Unknown Heirs, Fiduciaries, Beneficiaries, Donees and Devisees, if any, of John Konchan a/k/a John R. Konchan have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below:

Permanent Parcel #: 06-097300

Property Address: 9799 Stukey Lane, Chardon, OH 44024

The Defendant(s) named above are required to answer on or before the 18th day of October, 2018.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

By Jillian Henzler, Attorney for Plaintiff: Shapiro, Van Ess, Phillips & Barragate, LLP, 4805 Montgomery Road, Suite 320, Norwood, OH 45212, (513) 396-8100

Sep6-13-20, 2018

LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

18-F-000311 – Citizens Bank, N.A., etc., Plaintiff vs. Kenneth H. Franklin, et al., Defendants

To the Defendants Kenneth H. Franklin and the unknown spouse, if any, of Kenneth H. Franklin, whose last known address is 10171 Sawmill Drive, Chardon, Ohio 44024, whose present location is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained:

Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as a defendant in the above-named Court by filing its Complaint on the 20th day of April, 2018, Case No. 18-F-000311 in the Court of Common Pleas of Geauga County, 100 Short Court, Chardon, OH 44024.

The object of the complaint is to foreclose the equity of redemption under a mortgage against the property located at 10171 Sawmill Drive, Chardon, Ohio 44024, PPN: 15-101704.

The relief demanded by Plaintiff is judgment against Defendant Kenneth H. Franklin in the amount of $186,239.52 plus interest at the rate of 4.00% (variable) per annum from October 1, 2017; costs, attorney fees and such other legal and equitable relief to which it may be entitled.

You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this notice setting forth whatever right, title or interest you have or may claim to have in the aforementioned premises or be forever barred from claiming or asserting same. The publication will be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made on the 20th day of September, 2018.

In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

CITIZENS BANK, N.A., ETC.

By Johna M. Bella, Attorney for Plaintiff: Goranson, Parker & Bella Co., LPA, 405 Madison Avenue, Suite 2200, Toledo, Ohio 43604, Phone: (419) 244-9500, Fax: (419) 244-9510

Sep6-13-20, 2018

LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

18-F-000451 – James B. Nutter & Company, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Administrators of the Estate of Wayne Reed, deceased, et al., Defendants

The Unknown Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Administrators of the Estate of Wayne Reed, whose last place of residence is unknown and Unknown Spouse, if any, of Wayne Reed, whose last place of residence is known as 14640 Mayfield Road, East Claridon, OH 44033 but whose present place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on June 13, 2018, James B. Nutter & Company, filed its Complaint in Foreclosure in Case No. 18-F-000451 in the Court of Common Pleas Geauga County, Ohio, 100 Short Court, Chardon, OH 44024 alleging that the Defendants, The Unknown Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Administrators of the Estate of Wayne Reed and Unknown Spouse, if any, of Wayne Reed, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate located at 14640 Mayfield Road, East Claridon, OH 44033, PPN #12-062000. A complete legal description may be obtained with the Geauga County Auditor’s Office located at 231 Main St., Chardon, OH 44024-1293.

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 property 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 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2018.

JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY

By Ethan J. Clunk, Clunk, Hoose Co., L.P.A, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner, 4500 Courthouse Blvd., Suite 400, Stow, OH 44224. (330) 436-0300.

Sep13-20-27, 2018

CHARLES E. WALDER

GEAUGA COUNTY AUDITOR

FORFEITED LAND SALE

The land, lots, and parts of lots in the County of Geauga, forfeited to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, together with the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest and costs charged on them, agreeably to law, and the dates on which the lands, lots, and parts of lots will be offered for sale, are contained and described in the following list. (In accordance with ORC 5723.01, all properties listed have been transferred to the State of Ohio. The name(s) listed in parenthesis indicate the prior owner, as it appeared on the Auditor’s tax list).

Parcels are to be sold on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Sale to begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. at the Geauga County Courthouse.

Notice is hereby given to all concerned, that if the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs charged on the list are not paid into the County Treasury, and the County Treasurer’s receipt produced for the payment, before the respective dates mentioned in this notice for the sale, each tract, lot, and part of lot, so forfeited, on which the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs remain unpaid, will be offered for sale on the respective dates mentioned in this notice for the sale, at the Courthouse in Geauga County, in Judge Paschke’s Courtroom, in order to satisfy such taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs, and that the sale will be adjourned from day to day until each tract, lot and part of lot specified in the list and manufactured home specified in the list has been disposed of, or offered for sale.

If the tract, lot, and part of lot, so forfeited, is sold for an amount that is less than the amount of the delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest against it, the court, in a separate order, may enter a deficiency judgment against the last owner of record of the tract, lot, or part of lot, before its forfeiture to the state, for the amount of the difference; if that owner of record is a corporation, the court may enter the deficiency judgment against the stockholder holding a majority of the corporation’s stock.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL CONCERNED, THAT THE FORFEITED TRACTS, LOTS, AND PARTS OF LOTS THAT ARE OFFERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THIS NOTICE MAY BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN THAT MAY NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY THE SALE OR SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO REDEEM ANY TRACT, LOT, OR PART OF A LOT THAT IS SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL TAX LIEN, AND PURCHASERS OF ANY OF THE FORFEITED TRACTS, LOTS, OR PARTS OF LOT ARE URGED TO SEARCH THE FEDERAL TAX LIEN INDEX THAT IS KEPT BY THE COUNTY RECORDER TO DETERMINE IF NOTICE OF A FEDERAL TAX LIEN HAS BEEN FILED WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE FORFEITED TRACTS, LOTS, OR PART OF LOTS.

The following parcels will be offered for sale on Thursday, October 4, 2018:

Parcel #01-086300 State of Ohio (forfeited from Weathervane Investments LLC)

Sec 4 Tr 2, Washington St., 8.86 acres, Auburn Township

Parcel #01-118320 State of Ohio (forfeited from M&G Construction) Sec 1 Tr 2,

Wood Acre Trl, 0.54 acre, Auburn Township

Parcel #02-009700 State of Ohio (forfeited from Multi Distressed Asset Fund LLC) Sublot 870, Lorain St, 0.06 acre, Bainbridge Township

Parcel #02-030750 State of Ohio (forfeited from Black, Viola & Stubbs, Vlar Jr)

Sublot 830, Kent St, 0.24 acre, Bainbridge Township

Parcel #02-060500 State of Ohio (forfeited from De Jarnette, Julius & (6) Sublot

1224, Kent St, 0.06 acre, Bainbridge Township

Parcel #02-060600 State of Ohio (forfeited from De Jarnette, Julius & (6) Sublot 1223,