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-083005 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant, Estate of Lola C. Sanford, Heirs of the Estate of Lola C. Sanford, Mrs. E. B. Meaders, Eric Buford, Anita C. Buford, Cora Benton, Minnie Bader, Walter E. Leggett, Jr., Charles A. Lanford, Jr., F. Bradford Wilson, Jr. Tax Parcel ID No.: N071-0189 Property Address: 3752 Atlas Street, Macon, Georgia Record Title vested in: Estate of Lola C. Sanford Tax Payer: (Current Taxpayer) Estate of Lola C. Meaders Sanford Tax Years being foreclosed: 2016 through 2022 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (latest year of delinquent taxes): $3,690.58 (Opening Bid/Total Amount Owed including principal, penalties, interest and legal fees) Legal Description: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Bibb County, Georgia, and being Lot 16 in Block 19 of the property known as Simson as shown upon a plat thereof of record in Book MM, Folios 708-709, Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court. Said lot has such metes, bounds and dimensions as are set forth upon the plat referred to above. This is a portion of the property conveyed to Mrs. E.B. Meaders in Warranty Deed dated May 18, 1962, filed for record May 28, 1968, in Deed Book 874, Page 235, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. IPL0242395 Jun 25,Jul 2 2025