IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, OHIO   Tax Ease OH V, LLC Plaintiff vs. Todd H. Smith, et al., Defendants Case No.: 2025 CF 10 1212 Judge: Michael J. Ernest   Legal Notice Defendant(s), Todd H. Smith And Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Todd H. Smith, whose last known address is 210 Union Ave, Dover, OH 44622, Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Max J. Smith, whose last known address is 210 Union Ave, Dover, OH 44622 And John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Assigns of Max J. Smith, Deceased, whose Identities and Addresses are Unknown, will take notice that on October 24, 2025, Tax Ease OH V, LLC, filed its Complaint in Case Number 2025 CF 10 1212, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), Todd H. Smith, Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Todd H. Smith, Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Spouse, if any, of Max J. Smith And John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Name Unknown, the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and Assigns of Max J. Smith, Deceased, whose Identities and Addresses are Unknown, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Situated in the County of Tuscarawas, in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Dover and bounded and described as follows: known as Lot #5 in the Plat of Tuscarawas County Agricultural Society's Addition to the Town of Dover in said county and state, recorded in Vol. 3 page 54, Tuscarawas County Plat Records. Said Lot #5 now known as Lot #1202 in said City of Dover as renumbered. Premises commonly known as: 210 Union Ave., Dover, OH 44622 Parcel No.: 15-03670-000 Prior Deed Reference: OR Volume 385, Page 408 and OR Volume 471, Page 471 The Plaintiff further alleges that it is the holder of tax certificates purchased from the county treasurer, that the certificates are valid and have not been redeemed. The Plaintiff demands that the named defendants be required to set forth their interest in response to the Plaintiff's complaint. The Plaintiff demands that the defendants named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshaling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of plaintiff's claim in the proper order of its priority and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. The defendants named above are required to answer the complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this legal notice on February 2, 2026.  Tax Ease OH V, LLC /s/ Maureen Zink Delaney By: Maureen Zink Delaney (0083507) James L. Sassano (0062253) William Costello (0040631) Attorneys for Plaintiff Ulrich, Sassano, Deighton, Delaney & Higgins Co., L.P.A. 4834 Richmond Rd, Suite 201 Cleveland, OH 44128 216-360-7200 Phone 216-360-7210 Facsimile Published in The Times Reporter on December 22, December 29, 2025 and January 5, 2026.