IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR BENTON COUNTY SUNNYSIDE VALLEY IRRIGATION ) DISTRICT, ) NO. 25-2-02120-03 ) Plaintiff, ) ) NOTICE AND SUMMONS IN vs. ) IRRIGATION DISTRICT ) FORECLOSURE TWO (2) PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY ) AND THE REPUTED OWNERS: ) ) Ernesto Sandoval, Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS), Umpqua Bank, State of Washington Employment Security Department, Benton Country Treasurer, Francisco Gomez Gutierrez, Maria I. Sanchez, Occupants. Defendants. ) FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND SUNNYSIDE VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT: TO: Each Defendant named herein and other Defendants unknown, if any: Defendants herein and all persons or parties, known or unknown, having or claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in and to the real property described on Exhibit “A” attached and incorporated herein, listed by parcel number, in which they are known or believed to have an interest. You are all notified Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District, the above-named Plaintiff, is the owner and holder of a certain General Certificate of Delinquency in book form issued to Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District, by the Treasurer of Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District, according to applicable law, on the 1st day of September 2025, for delinquent irrigation district assessments for all years on those parcels with unpaid irrigation district assessments for 2022 and/or earlier years and for interest to September 30, 2025, penalties, attorney fees and costs (including title search and report costs), the General Certificate of Delinquency being upon and including real property not exempt from foreclosure on the assessment rolls in Plaintiff’s office upon which irrigation district assessments have been delinquent for three (3) years or longer and for which no previous Certificate of Delinquency has been issued on the property for any period of time or such certificate, having been once issued, is not now outstanding. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED the parcel number, description and location of each parcel of property included in the General Certificate of Delinquency, the names of the owner or owners of the parcels as they appear on the assessment roles in the office of Plaintiff, if known, and so stated if unknown, the names of lien holders identified in title searches performed according to applicable law, and the respective amount for which the Certificate was issued as to each parcel, with interest from the date of delinquency until September 30, 2025, plus penalties and costs as required by law are set out on Exhibit “A” attached and incorporated herein. The first set of four digits of the tax parcel number denote section, township and range. The first set of two digits indicates section, the third digit indicates township, and the fourth digit indicates the parcel is located in Range 24 or Range 25 E.W.M. The amounts set forth for each parcel on Exhibit “A” bear interest at the rate prescribed by law, from the date of the General Certificate, September 1, 2025. You and each of you, as owners of, claimants to or holders of interests or estates in the real property described on Exhibit “A” or portions of it, are summoned to: (1) Appear within sixty (60) days after the date of publication of this Notice and Summons, that is, within sixty (60) days after the 24th day of September, 2025, ex- clusive of the first day of publication, and defend this action, file your appearance or answer with the Benton County Superior Court Clerk, Benton County Courthouse, 7320 W. Quinault Avenue, Kennewick, Washington, 99336, and serve a copy of your appearance or answer on the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at its office address indicated below, or (2) Pay the Certificate amount indicated on Exhibit “A”, plus any additional interest and costs then due. You may redeem your property by payment of delinquent irrigation assessments, interest and costs, which continue to accrue throughout this proceeding; however, there is no right of redemption after the close of business (4:30 p.m.) on the day before the sale date, pursuant to RCW 87.06.050, except for special redemption rights of the United States of America for property against which the United States or its agencies have a lien. Note that costs for which you are responsible include all costs of collection, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, publication costs, costs of preparing certificates of delinquency, title searches, and the costs of foreclosure proceedings, to the fullest extent permitted by RCW 87.03.271 and by Chapter 87.06 RCW. The date of Friday, January 16, 2026, beginning at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a.m. at the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District Field office, 1105 Yakima Valley Highway, Sunnyside, Washington, has been planned for the sale, but this date and time are subject to continuance by the Court. However, prior to the sale, notice of sale shall be posted in three (3) public places for ten (10) successive days, one of which shall be at the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District office, and another of which shall be at the Benton County Courthouse. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED if you neither appear and defend as above-described, nor redeem as above-de- scribed, this will constitute default and Judgment will be rendered herein against your property without notice, fore- closing the lien of Plaintiff’s irrigation assessments, interest, penalties and costs shown herein together with interven- ing interest, penalties, attorney fees and costs and ordering the sale of each lot, tract or parcel of the property for the satisfaction of the sums charged and found against it as provided by law and as prayed for in Plaintiff’s Complaint now on file in this Court. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so your written response, if any, may be timely served. This Notice and Summons is issued pursuant to RCW 87.06.040. DATED: September 2, 2025. Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District a duly organized and existing irrigation district of the State of Washington, Plaintiff By: David M Felman, Treasurer PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER Norman M Semanko (WSBA #23951) 800 West Main Street, Suite 1300 Boise, Idaho 83702 (208)562-4900; (208)562-4901 (facsimile) EXHIBIT “A” SUNNYSIDE VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT CERTIFICATE OF DELINQUENCY CERTIFICATE AMOUNT FOR RECORD OWNER AND INTERESTED PARTIES PROPERTY ASSESSMENT YEAR(S) Ernesto Sandoval 1-1784-201-1039-006 2022-2025 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) Legal: That portion of Lot 3, as $2,865.92 Umpqua Bank delineated on Short Plat No. 1039, State of Washington Employment Security Department recorded under Auditor’s Record- Benton County Treasurer ing No. 852665, records of Benton Occupants County, Washington lying North of the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District right-of-way. Situs: 168901 W 215 PR SW, Prosser, WA 99350 Francisco Gomez Gutierrez 1-2095-301-0967-002 2022-2025 Maria I. Sanchez Benton County Treasurer Legal: Lot 2, as delineated on $3,982.10 Occupants Short Plat No. 967, recorded under Auditor’s Recording No. 817753, records of Benton Coun- ty, Washington. Situs: Undetermined, Prosser, WA 99350