Public Notice ON MAY19, 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 5th day of August, 2025 at 9:30 a.m., 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-083003 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; Clarence L. Byrd, Jr.; Attorney General of the US U.S. Department of Justice; IRS; United States Attorney, M.D. of Georgia; Advisory Group Manager, IRS; RTO National, LLC; Corporation Service Company c/o RTO National, LLC; Resilient Estate, LLC Tax Parcel ID No.: O082-0666 Property Address: 2678 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA Record Title vested in: Clarence L. Byrd, Jr. Tax Payer: Clarence L. Byrd, Jr. Tax Years being foreclosed: 2020-2022 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2022): $4,425.53 (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 the Village of Unionville, Godfrey District of Bibb County, Georgia, commencing at a point on the south side of Dempsey Avenue, 60 feet East of 5th Street and extending East along Dempsey Avenue 57 feet; thence at right angles and with an even width South 150 feet, embracing a cross section of Lots 8, 7, & 6 of Block 2, according to a plat of record in Book WW, Folio 351, Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court and being the same property conveyed to Mary McCormick by deed of record in Deed Book 438, Folio 280, Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court and in Deed Book 1073, Page 711, said clerk's office. This is the same property conveyed to Clarence L. Byrd, Jr. in deed dated April 3, 2003, filed for record April 11, 2003, in Deed Book 5713, Page 9, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. IPL0254499 Jul 23,30 2025