NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT From the State of New Jersey To: Sussex Wantage Porpoises Parents' Association

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT From the State of New Jersey To: Sussex Wantage Porpoises Parents' Association This matter having been opened to the Court by O'Toole Scrivo, LLC, attorneys for Plaintiffs Dennis Webster and Stephanie Vannais; and it appearing that the summons and complaint has been duly issued and served on all Defendants and default having been entered against all Defendants; and no answer having been filed that disputes the priority of the Plaintiffs' Hen; and the Plaintiffs having produced to this Court Tax Sale Certificate no.17-14, certified to be a true copy, which certificate was dated December 3, 2014, and recorded in the Sussex County Clerk's Office in Mortgage Book 9280 at Page 176, on December 18, 2014; and the Plaintiffs having produced to this Court the Assignment of Tax Sale Certificate no.17-14, certified to be a true copy, which Assignment was dated March 13, 2025, and recorded in the Sussex County Clerk's Office in Book 10373 at Page 1, on April 4, 2025; and said Tax Sale Certificate and Assignment have been marked as Exhibits P-1 and P-2 on the part of the Plaintiffs; and more than two years having elapsed since the sale of said lands by the Wantage Township Tax Collector, Melissa Caton, and the lands having not been redeemed from the tax sale; and Plaintiffs having produced before this Court a Certification showing that there is due on said tax sale certificate, together with subsequent taxes and interest, the sum of $$21,292.41 as of January 27, 2026; and good and sufficient cause having been shown; IT IS on this 18th day of May, 2026, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the amount required to redeem the premises described in the First Count of the Complaint under Tax Sale Certificate no. 17-14, covering Lot 1, Block 93.01, on the Township of Wantage Tax Maps, and sometimes referred to as the "Swamp," is the sum of $$21,292.41, which includes the amount due on said tax sale certificate and subsequent taxes and interest, together with interest on said sum from January 27, 2026, together with costs of suit duly taxed in the sum of $2,095.22. In addition, the tax collector will add any additional interest, additional 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 municipal tax collector; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that on the 1st day of July 2026, during regular business hours, or the next business day if in the event the date set forth above is a holiday or a day when the tax collector's office is closed, at the office of the Tax Collector of Wantage Township, 888 Route 23, Wantage, NJ 07461, be and the same is hereby fixed as the time and place for the redemption of the said lands as described in the Complaint and making up the premises concerning which the Complaint is filed; and that thereupon the defendant who redeems shall be entitled to the certificate of tax sale duly endorsed for cancellation; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in default of the said defendants paying to the Tax Collector of the Wantage, the said sum, interest, and costs aforesaid, the said defendants stand absolutely debaned and foreclosed of and from all right and equity of redemption on, in and to said lands and premises and every part hereof, and the Plaintiffs shall have an absolute and indefeasible interest of inheritance in fee simple to said lands and premises. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, redemption shall be permitted up until the entry of final judgment including the whole of the last date upon which judgment is entered; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the addresses of the defendants are not known, a copy of this Order or notice thereof directed to such defendants shall be published in a newspaper circulating in Sussex County, at least one time, within twenty (20) days from the date of this Order; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order or a notice thereof be served upon the defendants, whose addressees are known, by mailing to each of them such copy or notice within twenty (20) days from the date of this Order; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order be delivered to the Tax Collector of Wantage, and that said Tax Collector of Wantage certify to this Court whether the premises were or were not redeemed from the Plaintiffs' tax sale certificate in accordance with the terms of this Order. Publication Dates LNYS0527627 $