SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
CHANCERY DIVISION
BURLINGTON COUNTY
DOCKET NO. F-002987-25
FILE NO. 30996-25
NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT
(L.S.) STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO:
COMIAN XV TAX LIEN FUND LLC;
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to serve upon PELLEGRINO AND FELDSTEIN, LLC, plaintiff's attorneys, whose address is 290 Route 46 West, Denville, NJ, an Answer to the Complaint filed in a Civil Action, in which CHRISTIANA TRUST AS CUSTODIAN GSRAN-Z, LLC is the plaintiff and STANLEY F. NOWICKI, ET ALS; are defendants, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, BURLINGTON County and bearing Docket No. F-002987-25 within thirty-five (35) days after November 14, 2025 exclusive of such date. If you fail to answer or appear in accordance with Rule 4:4-6, Judgment by Default may be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint. You shall file your Answer and Proof of Service in duplicate with the Clerk of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hughes Justice Complex - CN 971, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, in accordance with the Rules of Civil Practice and Procedure.
You are further advised that if you are unable to obtain an attorney you may communicate with the Lawyer Referral Service of the County of Venue and that if you cannot afford an attorney, you may communicate with the Legal Services Office of the County of Venue. The telephone number of such agencies are as follows: Lawyer Referral Service 609-261-4862 - Legal Services Office 609-261-1088.
THE ACTION has been instituted for the purpose of foreclosing the following tax sale certificate:
1. A certain tax certificate 22-00084, sold on 10/26/2022, dated 10/26/2022, and was recorded on 12/13/2022 in Mortgage Book 13650 at Page 1540, made by SHAYLA STEELE, Collector of Taxes of PEMBERTON TWP, and State of New Jersey to CHRISTIANA TRUST AS CUSTODIAN GSRAN-Z, LLC and subsequently assigned to plaintiff, CHRISTIANA TRUST AS CUSTODIAN GSRAN-Z, LLC. This covers real estate located in PEMBERTON TWP, County of BURLINGTON, and State of New Jersey, known as LOT 1 BLOCK 313 as shown on the Tax Assessment Map and Tax Map duplicate of PEMBERTON TWP. and concerns premises commonly known as 104 BARCLAY ST, PEMBERTON TWP, New Jersey.
YOU, COMIAN XV TAX LIEN FUND LLC, are made party defendant to the above foreclosure action because on July 25, 2017, Comian XV Tax Lien Fund LLC, recorded a Tax Sale Certificate bearing No. 17-00164 against Nowicki, Stanley F & Robyn J, for a debt of $1,059.77, sold on April 12, 2017 for unpaid taxes/utility charges for the year(s) 2016 recorded in the BURLINGTON County Clerk's/Register's Office in Mortgage Book 13287 at page 7982, dated April 12, 2017. Said lien is subordinate to the Tax Sale Certificate being foreclosed herewith.
Defendants are hereby provided NOTICE of the right to exercise affirmative defense of surplus equity to this foreclosure action, per Tyler v. Hennepin, 598 U.S. 631 (2023).
A. If the plaintiff's lien is not redeemed, or you do not elect to have this action brought to sheriff's sale, you are at risk to lose your equity in the property.
B. The potential loss of equity in the Property is a valid basis to contest this matter; and
C. You have the right to request a sheriff's sale which would then require any surplus beyond the amount owed to plaintiff to be deposited with the Superior Court Trust Fund.
DATED: November 12, 2025
Michelle M. Smith,
Clerk of the Superior Court of New Jersey
November 14 2025
LSOM0406676
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