Advertising of Filing of Petition For Judicial In Rem Ad Valorem Tax Foreclosure Under O.C.G.A. 48-4-75, et seq. ON June 23, 2023 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 AM, 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-083203 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant, Mary M. Pitts Tax Parcel ID No.: O082-0688 Property Address: 485 Daffodil Street, Macon, Georgia Record Title vested in: Mary M. Pitts Tax Payer: (Current Taxpayer) Mary M. Pitts Tax Years being foreclosed: 2020 through 2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (latest year of delinquent taxes): $3,358.16 (Opening Bid/Total Amount Owed including principal, penalties, interest and legal fees) Legal Description: All that realty situated in Land Lot 27, Macon Reserve West, Bibb County, Georgia designated as Lot Six (6) in Block Six (6) of Montpelier Heights, according to a plat of survey of Montpelier Heights made by R.W. Cowan, registered surveyor, in 1946 and recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 157, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Bibb County, Georgia, reference being made to said plat for a more particular description of this property and said plat incorporated herein by reference thereto. This is the same property conveyed in deed to Mary M. Pitts, dated March 5, 1993, filed for record March 18, 1993, in Deed Book 2273, Page 150, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records. IPL0261438 Aug 24,31 2025