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-083432 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; Alton M. Joyner; James C. Donald, Jr.; Connie R. Donald Tax Parcel ID No.: O082-0183 Property Address: 221 Poppy Avenue, Macon, GA Record Title vested in: Alton M. Joyner Tax Payer: Alton M. Joyner Tax Years being foreclosed: 2017-2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2023): $3,976.32 (Opening Bid/Total Amount Owed including principal, penalties, interest and legal fees) Legal Description: All that lot or parcel of land, together with all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, being designated Lot 39, Washington Heights, according to a plat of said subdivision recorded in Plat Book AJ, Page 684, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Bibb County, Georgia, which plat is hereby incorporated into this description by reference and made a part hereof. The is a portion of property conveyed to Alton M. Joyner in deed dated June 30, 2000, filed for record July 5, 2000, in Deed Book 4702, Page 42, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. IPL0261500 Aug 24,31 2025