Complaint for An Order of Abandonment Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1, Against 509 North Johnston Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101

Complaint for An Order of Abandonment Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1, Against 509 North Johnston Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, the City of Rockford, an Illinois municipal corporation, v. Joel Jackson, et al., Case No. 2026-MR-0000285. PUBLICATION NOTICE: The requisite affidavit having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO Joel Jackson, Illinois Tax Auction, LLC, and Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants that said action has been commenced in said Court by the Plaintiff, naming you as Defendant(s) therein and requesting an order declaring abandoned the property commonly known as 509 North Johnston Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101 PIN: 11-16-459-004, and legally described as: The North Fifty (50) feet of Lots Eleven (11) and Twelve (12) in Block Twenty-one (21) as designated upon the Plat of B.A. Knight's Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 16, Township 44 North Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 5 of Plats on Page 1 in the Recorder's Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, the South line of said premises being parallel with the North lines of said lots; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Now, therefore, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court by filing the same in the office of the Winnebago County Court House of 400 West State St., Rockford, IL 61101, by August 13, 2026, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AND JUDGMENT ENTERED FOR PLAINTIFF. Circuit Court of Winnebago County Clerk. Published in the Rockford Register Star, on July 13, 20, 27 2026 LILS0554506