NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS Docket No. F-012066-25 Superior Court of New Jersey Chancery Division Camden County STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO: 5 Stars Properties LLC, Pedro Rosario YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to serve upon Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP, Plaintiff's attorneys, whose address is 1451 Chews Landing Road, Building 100, Laurel Springs, NJ 08021, telephone (609) 840-5000, an Answer to the Complaint filed in a civil action, in which Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for Verus Securitization Trust 2023-INV2 is Plaintiff and 5 Stars Properties LLC, Pedro Rosario, et al., are defendants, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey within 35 days from December 15, 2025 , the date of publication, exclusive of such date, or if published after December 15, 2025, thirty-five (35) days after the actual date of such publication, exclusive of such date. If you fail to file an Answer, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. You shall file your written Answer and proof of service with the Clerk of the Superior Court, Hughes Justice Complex, P.O. Box 971, Trenton, NJ 08625-0971, in accordance with the rules of civil practice and procedure. A filing fee payable to the Treasurer, State of New Jersey and a completed Foreclosure Case Information Statement (available from the deputy clerk of the Superior Court) must accompany your answer when it is filed. This action has been instituted for the purpose of (1) foreclosing a mortgage dated April 25, 2023, made by 5 Star Properties LLC, as mortgagors, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC, recorded on May 12, 2023, in Mortgage Book 12350, Page 168, for Camden County, which Mortgage was subsequently assigned to the Plaintiff; and (2) to recover possession of the mortgaged premises commonly known as 3077 Carman Street, Camden, NJ 08105, Block 1042, Lot 62. If you are unable to obtain an attorney, you may contact the Lawyer Referral Service of the County of your residence, or the County in which the action is pending, by calling (973) 622-6204, or, if there is none in either County, the Lawyer Referral Service of an adjacent County. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may communicate with the Legal Services Office of the County of your residence, or the County in which the action is pending, by calling (973) 622-6204 or the Legal Services of New Jersey statewide toll-free hotline at 1-888-LSNJ-Law (1-888-576-5529). A directory of the addresses of each deputy clerk of the Superior Court is available in the Civil Division Management Office in the county in which this action is venued and online at http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/prose/10153_deptyclerklawref.pdf The nature of which and the reason that you are joined as a defendants, 5 Stars Properties LLC, Pedro Rosario, is set forth with particularity in the complaint, a copy of which will be furnished to you on request addressed to the attorneys for the Plaintiff at the above-mentioned address. Dated: December 15, 2025 Michelle M. Smith, Clerk Superior Court of New Jersey. December 15 2025 LNYS0421070 $49.53