Real estate tax foreclosure complaint filed for unpaid taxes in Montgomery County.

L E G A L   N O T I C E
  
Defendant, Unknown Heirs Devisees Legatees or Representatives of Anita M. Cofield aka Juanita M. Cofield (Deceased), last-known address unknown;
Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Anita M. Cofield aka Juanita M. Cofield (Deceased), last-known address unknown;
Defendant, Richard Gerald Cofield, last-known address PSC 76 Box 5428, S. San Francisco, CA 94080;
Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Richard Gerald Cofield, last-known address unknown;
Defendant, Christopher Michael Cofield, last-known address 2604 N. 127th Dr, Avondale, AZ 85392-7066;
Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Christopher Michael Cofield, last-known address unknown;
Defendant, Matthew A. Cofield, last-known address 732 E. Maple Ave, Miamisburg, OH 45342-2422;
Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Matthew A. Cofield, last-known address unknown;
Defendant, Melanie A. Bitemo, last-known address 960 Diana Dr, Troy, OH 45373-3806;
Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Melanie A. Bitemo, last-known address unknown;
Defendant, Unknown Tenant(s), last-known address 921 S. Paul Laurence Dunbar St, Dayton, OH 45417;
Defendant Unknown Interested Parties, address unknown;

Above-listed Defendants shall take notice: that on February 5, 2026 the Prosecuting Attorney of Montgomery County, Ohio, in the name of Plaintiff John McManus as Treasurer of Montgomery County, filed a Real Estate Tax Foreclosure Complaint, Case No. 2026 BR 2, in the Board of Revision of Montgomery County, Ohio, 451 West Third Street, Third Floor, Dayton, OH 45402. The Complaint alleges that delinquent real estate taxes stand charged against certain Permanent Parcel No. R72 09807 0112; that the parcel(s) constitute abandoned lands per Ohio Revised Code §323.65 - §323.79; that the parcel(s) will be conveyed directly to a political subdivision, land reutilization corporation, school district or eligible community development organization if not redeemed by the owner or other above-listed Defendants or will be sold at a public auction or otherwise transferred or; that the sale, transfer or conveyance will occur per R.C. §323.65 - §323.79, and that the owner or other above-listed Defendants may redeem the listed real estate parcel(s) by paying the Impositions against the land at any time before confirmation of sale, or before transfer or conveyance of the parcel, per R.C.§323.65 - §323.79 et seq., or at any time before expiration of the alternative redemption period per R.C. §§323.65(J) and 323.78(A)-(C).  
 
The Office of the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts will maintain the official case file and case docket for this real estate tax foreclosure. All pleadings, petitions, documents and papers associated with this foreclosure and filed by an interested party shall be filed with the Clerk and will become part of the Board of Revision case file for this case.
 
Any owner of record may, at any time on or before the fourteenth day after service of process is perfected, file a pleading with the Clerk requesting that the Board of Revision transfer this case to a court of competent jurisdiction, so that the case can be conducted in accordance with applicable laws. In that event, the foreclosure may commence judicially pursuant to R.C. §323.25 - §323.28 or under R.C. Chapters 5721, 5722, and 5723.  JOHN MCMANUS, TREASURER
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO

MATHIAS H. HECK, JR.,
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO

NAVIL MONIRUZZAMAN
ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

NOTICE OF HEARING
CASE NO. 2026 BR 2

To: Defendants named in Complaint
From: Montgomery County 
Board of Revision (937) 496-6856, 
451 West Third Street, 
Dayton, Ohio 45402 

This is a real estate tax foreclosure lawsuit for unpaid real estate taxes regarding Permanent Parcel Identification Number R72 09807 0112. A complete Legal Description of this parcel can be viewed at DEEDS 89-289C10 and 89-347B08 in the records of the Montgomery County, Recorder's Office You are hereby notified that a final foreclosure hearing is now scheduled regarding this tax foreclosure against said real estate parcel, per Ohio Revised Code §323.65 - §323.79. The hearing will be held Friday, March 13, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in the County Administration Building, 451 West Third Street, Dayton, Oh 45402. 

Montgomery County records list you as an owner or party with an interest in said real estate parcel.  You may avoid foreclosure if you or an interested party pays the full amount of all taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, costs, and other applicable and permissible charges incurred to date ("Impositions"), per R.C. §323.65(E) and 323.72 (A)-(B). Or, you may also avoid foreclosure if you enter into a payment plan, per R.C. §323.31. To find out if you are eligible for a payment plan, please go to the Montgomery County Treasurer's Office, 451 West Third St., (Second Floor) Dayton, Ohio 45402.

Upon foreclosure, if Impositions exceed the Montgomery County Auditor's valuation of the real estate parcel, the property is eligible to be transferred directly to a municipality, school district, land reutilization corporation, township, county, or eligible community development group without Sheriff's sales; or, upon expiration of twenty-eight (28) days from the date of any journalized decree of foreclosure, the property may likewise be transferred to any such entity without further notice and without Sheriff's sale. Failure to defend your interests may result in an adverse decision against you.  This means that the above real estate parcel may be foreclosed upon, transferred or conveyed directly to a township, municipality, school district, land reutilization corporation, county or community development group or sold at Sheriff's sale for the Impositions owed, in the manner prescribed above.  In such event, you may lose all right, title or interest in said parcel.

Board of Revision                Notice Date:
2-17, 2-24, 3-3/2026