Notice Advertising of Filing of Petition For Judicial In Rem Ad Valorem Tax Foreclosure Under O.C.G.A. 48-4-75, et seq. ON May 19, 2025 A PETITION, TOGETHER WITH ACCOMPANYING RULE NISI, NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES, AND LIS PENDENS, WAS FILED IN Bibb County Superior Court seeking foreclosure of the ad valorem tax lien(s) for the year(s) shown below: This Petition serves as notice to the Respondent(s) and all Interested Parties that (1) each party is presumed to own or have a legal interest in one or more of the Subject Properties, (2) that foreclosure proceedings have been commenced because of the failure to pay the real property taxes cited above, and (3) foreclosure will result in the loss of ownership of the Properties and all rights or interests of all Interested Parties. To avoid loss of ownership or any interest in the Property, payment of the full amount of taxes, penalties, interest, and costs must be paid to the Petitioner's office located at 188 Third Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 prior to any Court-ordered sale of the Property. An owner of the Property may redeem the Property within 60 days after the sale date by paying the full amount of taxes, penalties, interest and costs to the Bibb County Superior Court. A hearing on the above matter shall take place on the 10th day of July, 2025 at 9:30 AM, Courtroom C, at the Bibb County Courthouse, 601 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. The petition was filed by Samuel Wade McCord Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner. For further information, contact the Tax Commissioner's counsel of record's office at (478) 336-5500, or at James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP, 231 Riverside Drive, Suite 100, Macon, Georgia 31201. Civil Action No.: 2025-CV-083009 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant, Joe L. Jordan, Hattie K. Jordan, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company a/s/o Bobbie S. Cox, Corporation Service Company, Ronald W. Parnell Tax Parcel ID No.: H010-0021 Property Address: 4404 Plaudit Road, Lizella, Georgia Record Title vested in: Joe L. Jordan and Hattie K. Jordan Tax Payer: (Current Taxpayer) Joe L. Jordan and Hattie K. Jordan Tax Years being foreclosed: 2020 through 2022 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (latest year of delinquent taxes): $4,188.20 (Opening Bid/Total Amount Owed including principal, penalties, interest and legal fees) Legal Description: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 216, Third Land District, Bibb County, Georgia, known as Lot 303, (5.0 acres) as shown on subdivision of Chant Acres, Section 3, recorded in Plat Book 51, Folio 130, Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court. Said lot has the metes, bounds and dimensions as shown on said plat which by reference is made a part hereof for a more complete description. LESS AND EXCEPT that parcel of land conveyed in Warranty Deed dated January 15, 2008, filed for record February 3, 2009, in Deed Book 8020, Page 266, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. AND LESS AND EXCEPT that parcel of land conveyed in Quitclaim Deed dated June 2, 2020, filed for record June 15, 2020, in Deed Book 10598, Page 348, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. Deed Reference: Deed Book 1188, Page 387 IPL0242349 Jun 25,Jul 2 2025