Summons
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF STEELE
DISTRICT COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
CASE TYPE:
CIVIL OTHER/MISC
PennyMac Loan Services, LLC,
Plaintiff,
vs. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Case No. 74-CV-25-605
John L. Haase; The Estate of Renee C. Miller; Jennifer Emmons; Any and All Unknown Heirs of Renee C. Miller; The Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and John Doe and Mary Roe,
Defendants.
THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO JOHN L. HAASE AND ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RENEE C. MILLER.
1. You are being sued. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. The Complaint is attached to this Summons. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that start a lawsuit and affect your legal rights, even if nothing has been filed with the court and even if there is no court file number on this Summons.
2. You must BOTH reply, in writing, AND get a copy of your reply to the person/business who is suing you within 21 days to protect your rights. Your reply is called an Answer. Getting your reply to the Plaintiff is called service. You must serve a copy of your Answer or Answer and Counterclaim
(Answer) within 21 days after three weeks of
publication of this Summons.
ANSWER: You can find the Answer form and instructions on the MN Judicial Branch website at www.mncourts.gov/forms under the “Civil”
category. The instructions will explain in detail how to fill out the Answer form.
3. You must respond to each claim. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you think the Plaintiff should not be given everything they asked for in the Complaint, you must say that in your Answer.
4. SERVICE: You may lose your case if you do not send a written response to the Plaintiff. If you do not serve a written Answer within 21 days, you may lose this case by default. You will not get to tell your side of the story. If you choose not to respond, the Plaintiff may be awarded everything they asked for in their Complaint. If you agree with the claims stated in the Complaint, you don’t need to respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for what the Plaintiff asked for in the Complaint.
To protect your rights, you must serve a copy of your Answer on the person who signed this Summons in person or by mail at this address:
Alexa V. Marsh
25 Dale Street North
St. Paul, MN 55102
5. Carefully read the Instructions (CIV301) for the Answer for your next steps.
6. Legal Assistance. You may wish to get legal help from an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and would like legal help:
• Visit www.mncourts.gov/selfhelp and click on the “Legal Advice Clinics” tab to get more information about legal clinics in each Minnesota county.
• Court Administration may have information about places where you can get legal assistance.
7. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an ADR process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota Rules of Practice. You must still serve your written Answer, even if you expect to use ADR.
8. THIS LAWSUIT MAY AFFECT OR BRING INTO QUESTION TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY located in Steele County, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows:
Lot 5, Except the North 50 Feet, in Block 2, Dartt’s Addition to the City of Owatonna.
The object of this action is to obtain a court order granting monetary judgement against John L. Haase and the Estate of Renee C. Miller in the amount due under the Note and Mortgage, an adjudication that Plaintiff’s mortgage is a first-priority lien, an order directing sheriff’s sale of the property, and such other relief requested in the Amended Complaint on file with the Court.
Dated: May 14, 2025
TROTT LAW, P.C.
By: s/ Alexa V. Marsh
Alexa V. Marsh (#0505082)
Attorney for Plaintiff
25 Dale Street North
St. Paul, MN 55102
Telephone: (651) 209-9785
amarsh@trottlaw.com
25-0145-LIT02
This instrument draft by
Trott Law, P.C.
25 Dale Street North
St. Paul, MN 55102
25-0145-LIT02
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