Bibb County Foreclosure 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-083434 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; Leroy McCormick, Jr. Tax Parcel ID No.: O082-0169 Property Address: 2822 Elpis Street, Macon, GA Record Title vested in: Leroy McCormick, Jr. Tax Payer: Leroy McCormick, Jr. Tax Years being foreclosed: 2017-2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2023): $3,682.35 (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 Bibb County, Georgia, and known and designated as Lot 9 in Block 3 of Montpelier Heights, according to a plat of Montpelier Heights made by R.W. Cowan, Registered Surveyor, March 1946, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Bibb Superior Court in Plat Book 14, Folio 157. This is the same property conveyed to Leroy McCormick, Jr. in deed dated June 5, 2024, filed for record June 5, 2024, in Deed Book 11867, Page 313, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. IPL0261496 Aug 24,31 2025