SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION CAMDEN COUNTY DOCKET NO. F-012724-23 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO RUSSELL E. JAMES, SR., his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their, successors in right, title and interest; and TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and required to serve upon the Law Office of Jason N. Sunkett, Esq., Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is 1916 Route 70 East, Suite 6, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 08003, an Answer to the Complaint (and Amended Complaints, if any) filed in a civil action in which JERMAINE HATCHER is plaintiff and RUSSELL E. JAMES, SR., his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their, successors in right, title and interest; TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT; LIFE CENTER ACADEMY; CITY OF CAMDEN; and STATE OF NEW JERSEY are Defendants, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, CAMDEN County, and bearing docket number F-012724-23, within thirty-five (35) days after the date of publication of this notice, exclusive of such date. If you fail to do so, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint (and Amended Complaints, if any). You shall file your answer and proof of service in duplicate with the Clerk of the Superior Court, 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 New Jersey State Bar Association or 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 names and telephone numbers of such agencies are as follows: Lawyer Referral Service: (856) 964-4520 Legal Services: (856) 964-2010 THE ACTION has been instituted for the purpose of foreclosing a tax sale certificate #10-03503, dated June 24, 2010, made by Sherri L. Garton, Collector of Taxes of the City of Camden, County of Camden, and State of New Jersey, known as Block 1252, Lot 106, as shown on the Tax Assessment Map and Tax Map duplicate of the City of Camden, and commonly known as 597 Raritan Street, Camden, New Jersey. Pursuant to Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. ____, 143 S. Ct. 1369 (2023), the NJ Supreme Court ordered that surplus equity may be a defense to foreclosure. If this defense is asserted, Plaintiff reserves the right to request that a sheriff's sale be held and the property sold at sheriff's sale. If you want Plaintiff to hold a Sheriff's Sale, you need to send a letter to the Court or our Firm and we will ask the court to order one. If we do not receive any response, we will proceed with a strict foreclosure and no Sheriff's Sale. You could lose the property as a result and there would be no money paid to you. YOU, RUSSELL E. JAMES, SR., his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their, successors in right, title and interest, successor in interest to recorded property owner RUSSELL E. JAMES, SR. after his death on June 1, 1997, are made a defendant in the above-entitled action by virtue of a deed to RUSSELL E. JAMES, SR. from Christine Menoken, dated August 8, 1980, recorded May 26, 1987, in the Clerk's Office of the County of Camden, New Jersey, in Deed Book 4213, page 916. YOU, TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT, are made a defendant in the above-entitled action by virtue of being the holder of two Tax Sale Certificates: Tax Sale Certificate No. 982756, sold to Defendant TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT on June 15, 1998, recorded August 3, 1998, in Book 4923, Page 648; and Tax Sale Certificate No. 992290, sold to Defendant TRANSAMERICA BUSINESS CREDIT on June 7, 1999, recorded July 2, 1999, in Book 5130, Page 89. The nature of which and the reason that you and each of you are joined as Defendants is set forth with particularity in the complaint (and amended complaints, if any), a copy of which will be furnished you on request addressed to the attorney of the Plaintiff at the above-mentioned address. DATED: 6/5/26 Michelle M. Smith /s/ Clerk, Superior Court of New Jersey June 10 2026 LNYS0534000 $69.66