IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TAZEWELL COUNTY - PEKIN, ILLINOIS NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing PLAINTIFF Vs. Earl L Smith; Tower Loan of Illinois, LLC dba Tower Loan of Peoria; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS No. 2025-FC-000203 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Earl L Smith Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 100 Inglewood Dr East Peoria, IL 61611 and which said Mortgage was made by: Earl L Smith Vicky L Smith the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for AFS Financial, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Tazewell County, Illinois, as Document No. 200700011473; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Lincoln C. Hobson Clerk of the Circuit Court 342 Court Street Room 204 Pekin, IL 61554 on or before February 17, 2026, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-25-07422 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3280000