IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, EX REL., MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES ("MDMR") PLAINTIFF VERSUS The vessel: 10', 1999 fiberglass Seadoo/Jet Ski; registration no.: LA-4293-FA; HIN: YAMA2932H899; last known owner Courtney Champlin Payne; location: near VA Hospital in Biloxi, Biloxi Bay, Harrison County, MS, and All Unknown Persons claiming any right, title or interest in the described vessel. DEFENDANTS CAUSE NO. 26-cv-174-CB SUMMONS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: All Unknown Persons claiming any right, title or interest in the vessel described You have been made a Defendant in this suit filed in this Court by the DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES, seeking relief pursuant to the Derelict Vessel Act, Miss. Code Ann. §49-27-71 (Rev. 2022), including a mandatory injunction against you for the removal, disposal, of a derelict vessel; and related relief including the restoration of wetlands and applicable fines. A copy of the Complaint & Notice is readily available to you upon request to Plaintiff or the Harrison County Chancery Clerk. Defendants other than you in this action are DARREL THOMAS BRADLEY, the described vessel, and all other persons claiming any interest in the derelict vessel. You are required to mail or hand deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint and Notice to Steven Eckert, Special Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, the attorney for the Plaintiff, whose mailing address is 2555 14th Street, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501. Your response must be mailed or delivered not later than thirty (30) days after the 22nd day of March 2026, which is the date of the first publication of this summons. If your response is not so mailed or delivered, a judgment by default will be entered against you for money or other relief demanded in the Complaint. You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff, MDMR, will bring on for hearing its "MOTION FOR WRIT OF MANDATORY INJUNCTION AND OTHER RELIEF"; before the Honorable Carter Bise, Chancery Court Judge, in the Chancery Courtroom at the Harrison County Courthouse located at 1801 23rd Ave, Gulfport, MS 39501, at 9:00 A.M., on the 4th day of JUNE 2026, or as soon as thereafter as counsel may be heard. You are hereby noticed and invited to attend and participate. Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 16th day of March, 2026. Angela Thrash, Harrison County Chancery Court Clerk, By: Bridget Stribling, Deputy Clerk IPL0323043 Mar 22,29,Apr 5 2026