§ 872.330.Information Included In Publication; Judgment Based On Failure to Appear and Answer Following Service

This section narrows what a publication has to cover, and narrows what a resulting default judgment can reach. Under subdivision (a), the plaintiff isn't required to publish notice as to every defendant or every parcel in the case -- the publication can name only the specific unknown defendants it's serving, and describe only the property those particular defendants have or claim an interest in.

Subdivision (b) is the tradeoff for that narrower publication: a judgment based on a defendant's failure to appear and answer after service under this section is conclusive only against the property described in the publication. If a defendant had an interest in other property covered by the action that wasn't described in that publication, a default judgment obtained this way doesn't reach it.