ON JULY 28, 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 September, 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-083440 Respondents and Interested Parties: Tax Parcel ID No.: O081-0541 Property Address: 439 Grosso Avenue, Macon, Georgia Record Title vested in: Lenton Swint, Jr. Tax Payer: (Current Taxpayer) Lenton Swint, Jr. Tax Years being foreclosed: 2018-2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (latest year of delinquent taxes): $4,218.43. (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 the City of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, known and described as Lots 6 and 7 of Montpelier Heights, according to a plat of said Bock 7 of Montpelier Heights made by R.W. Cowan, May 30, 1951 and recorded in Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court, in Plat Book 21, Folio 93, reference to said plat being had for a more accurate description. This is the same property conveyed to Lenton Swint, Jr. in deed dated March 22, 1986, filed for record June 20, 1986, in Deed Book 1597, Page 482, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. IPL0261445 Aug 24,31 2025