Order Fixing Sums Due and Setting Date, Time and Place of Redemption
David B. Venino, Esq., 700 Boston Boulevard, Sea Girt, NJ 08750-0024, (732) 449-2153, Attorney for the Plaintiff. Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division - Ocean County, Docket No. F-13175-25, Civil Action.
BRECKENRIDGE PROPERTIES, LLC, a limited liability company of the State of New Jersey, Plaintiff vs. SALVATORE LOMBARDI, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; FRANK LOMBARDI, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; GRACE LOMBARDI, her heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; TODD M. JERMAN; LOUIS LOMBARDI, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; THERESA LOMBARDI, her heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; CONCETTA LOMBARDI, her heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; IRBY L. HARDY, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; ATOCHIA ENTERPRISES; MARIO PADEN; JEFFREY R. JERMAN; VIOLET L. SPITERI f/k/a VIOLET L. CLARK, her heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; JOHN C. CLARK, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their, or any of their successors in right, title and interest; 740 PARK AVENUE TRUST; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR CLAIMANTS, his or her heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, hers, their or any of their successors in right, title and interest; and the STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Defendants. THIS MATTER being opened to the court by David B. Venino, Esq., attorney for the plaintiff, and it appearing that default has been entered by the Clerk of the Court against the defendants; that the plaintiff has produced before this court certified copies of the following tax sale certificates: (1) Tax Sale Certificate No. 07-0088 issued by the Berkeley Township Tax Collector to Jeffrey R. Jerman dated June 22, 2007 and recorded in the Ocean County Clerk's Office on July 11, 2007 in Official Record Book 13705 at Page 171 etc.; and which affects lands and premises known as Lot 24 in Block 429 as shown on the tax duplicate of the Township of Berkeley (no street address); which certificate was assigned to the plaintiff by Assignment of Tax Sale Certificates dated July 11, 2025 and recorded on July 11, 2025 in Official Record Book 20068 at Page 1292 etc.; (2) Tax Sale Certificate No. 22-00086 issued by the Berkeley Township Tax Collector to the plaintiff dated February 3, 2022 and recorded in the Ocean County Clerk's Office on February 11, 2022 in Official Record Book 18905 at Page 1494 etc.; and which affects lands and premises known as Lots 106 through 110 in Block 50 as shown on the tax duplicate of the Township of Berkeley (no street address); and (3) Tax Sale Certificate No. 18-00003 issued by the South Toms River Borough Tax Collector to Todd M. Jerman dated December 10, 2018 and recorded in the Ocean County Clerk's Office on January 9, 2019 in Official Record Book 17352 at Page 1590 etc.; and which affects lands and premises known as Lot 5 in Block 16 as shown on the tax duplicate of the Borough of South Toms River (street address: 8 Railroad Avenue, South Toms River, NJ); which certificate was assigned to the plaintiff by Assignment of Tax Sale Certificates dated November 14, 2022 and recorded on November 15, 2025 in Official Record Book 19225 at Page 1723 etc.; which certified true copies of the tax sale certificates and assignments were received into evidence and marked as plaintiff's Exhibits; that more than two years have elapsed since the above referenced tax sales and there has been no redemption of said tax sale certificates; and that the plaintiff has produced before this court a certification showing that there is due on said tax sale certificates the following amounts, all of which amounts include the principal amount due on the tax sale certificate, costs, penalties and interest through January 19, 2026 - plus taxed costs of this suit: (1) The amount to redeem Tax Sale Certificate No. 07-0088 is $2,241.37; (2) The amount to redeem Tax Sale Certificate No. 22-00086 is $8,169.08; and (3) The amount to redeem Tax Sale Certificate No. 18-00003 is $27,051.71. IT IS THEREFORE on this 11th day of February, 2026 ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the amount required to redeem the premises described in Count One of the plaintiff's complaint from the plaintiff's tax sale certificate No. 07-0088 is $2,241.37, which amount includes the principal amount due on the plaintiff's tax sale certificate, interest, penalties and costs, together with lawful interest on said sum as of January 19, 2026, and costs of this suit taxed at $2,920.66. In addition, the tax collector will add any additional interest, taxes and/or penalties that may become due and owing as of the date that redemption occurs. An exact redemption amount must be obtained from the tax collector.; ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the amount required to redeem the premises described in Count Four of the plaintiff's complaint from the plaintiff's tax sale certificate No. 22-00086 is $8,169.08, which amount includes the principal amount due on the plaintiff's tax sale certificate, interest, penalties and costs, together with lawful interest on said sum as of January 19, 2026, and costs of this suit taxed at $2,920.66. In addition, the tax collector will add any additional interest, taxes and/or penalties that may become due and owing as of the date that redemption occurs. An exact redemption amount must be obtained from the tax collector.; ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the amount required to redeem the premises described in Count Seven of the plaintiff's complaint from the plaintiff's tax sale certificate No. 18-00003 is $27,051.71, which amount includes the principal amount due on the plaintiff's tax sale certificate, interest, penalties and costs, together with lawful interest on said sum as of January 19, 2026, and costs of this suit taxed at $2,920.66. In addition, the tax collector will add any additional interest, taxes and/or penalties that may become due and owing as of the date that redemption occurs. An exact redemption amount must be obtained from the tax collector.; AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the 13th day of April, 2026, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon, prevailing time, at the Office of the Berkeley Township Tax Collector, 627 Pinewald-Keswick Road, Bayville, NJ 08721 (as to the premises which are the subjects of Count One and Count Four of the plaintiff's complaint) and the Office of the South Toms River Tax Collector, 19 Double Trouble Road, South Toms River, NJ 08757 (as to the premises which are the subject of Count Seven of the plaintiff's complaint), be and the same is hereby fixed as the time and place for the redemption of the premises when and where the defendants shall pay to the plaintiff the aforesaid sum(s) and lawful interest thereon as aforesaid together with the taxed costs of this suit, and that thereupon the said plaintiff deliver up the possession of the said lands and premises more particularly described in the complaint, to the said defendants, together with the said certificate(s) of tax sale duly endorsed for cancellation by the said plaintiff; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED and ADJUDGED that, should there be any equity in the premises beyond what is due for redemption of the plaintiff's tax sale certificate(s), owners have the right to demand, in writing to the Superior Court before the date final judgment is entered, that the foreclosure proceed to a judicial sale as in the manner of a foreclosure of a mortgage or (if available) an Internet auction of the premises, through the office of the county sheriff; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED and ADJUDGED that, should no such judicial sale be properly requested, in default of the defendants paying to the plaintiff its principal and interest, expenses and costs, as aforesaid, the defendants do stand absolutely debarred and foreclosed of and from all right and equity of redemption of in and to the said lands and premises and every part thereof, and that the plaintiff has an absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple in said land and premises. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, redemption shall be permitted up until the entry of final judgment including the whole of the last day upon which judgment is entered; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order, or notice thereof, be served on the defendants whose addresses are known, by mailing to each of them, by ordinary mail, such copy or notice, not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for redemption by this order; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that if the addresses of any of the defendants are unknown, a copy of this order, or a notice thereof, directed to such defendants, shall be published in the same newspaper as was employed in this action for the publication of the notice to absent defendants herein pursuant to the Rules of this Court, at least once, not less than twenty days prior to the date fixed for redemption by this order; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that if the addresses of any of the defendants are unknown, a copy of this order, or a notice thereof, shall be posted upon the lands not less than twenty days prior to the date fixed for redemption by this order; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that a copy of this order be served upon the Collectors of Taxes of the municipalities in which said lands are situated, and that said Tax Collectors certify to this Court whether the premises were or were not redeemed from the plaintiff's tax sale certificate(s) in accordance with the terms of this order. /s/ Craig L. Wellerson, P.J.Ch., Respectfully recommended, R.1:34-6 Office of Foreclosure.
March 21 2026
LNYS0461672
$146.08