SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PIERCE COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF A PUBLIC NUISANCE LOCATED AT 15421 50TH AVE E TACOMA, WA 98446 TAX PARCEL NO. 4015413890 CAUSE NO. 25-2-06620-2 PUBLICATION SUMMONS TO: The Clerk of the Court; AND TO: Matt E. Novak and/or any person who has or claims an interest in the property listed above. You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 13th day of October, 2025, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Pierce County, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff Pierce County, at the office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. In the lawsuit filed against you, plaintiff Pierce County seeks to abate the public nuisances occurring on the property identified above through a warrant of abatement; injunctive relief; judgment for abatement costs, attorney's fees, and costs; and liens upon the property as provided by law. DATED: October 9, 2025. MARY ROBNETT Prosecuting Attorney s/JULIA ANDERSON JULIA ANDERSON, WSBA#62090 Deputy Prosecutting Attorney Attorney for Pierce County 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Suite 946 Tacoma, WA 98402-2102 TEL: (253) 798-2982 / FAX: (253) 798-6713 IPL0280891 Oct 13,20,27,Nov 3,10,17 2025