NOTICE
ON NOVEMBER 19th, 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 6th day of January, 2026 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-084065
Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; Diane Peggy Berkner; MERS; The Corporation Trust Company c/o MERS; The Prentice Hall Corporation System, Inc. c/o MERS; Loandepot.com, LLC; Registered Agent Solutions, Inc. c/o Loandepot.com, LLC
Tax Parcel ID No.: O052-0141
Property Address: 2969 Audubon Drive, Macon, GA
Record Title vested in: Diane Peggy Berkner
Tax Payer: Diane Peggy Berkner
Tax Years being foreclosed: 2021-2023
Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2023): $4,580.74 (Opening Bid/Total Amount Owed including principal, penalties, interest and legal fees)
Legal Description:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, being known as Lot 5, Block D, Section A, Pine Forest Subdivision, according to a plat of record, recorded in Plat Book 28, Page 13, Clerk's Office of Bibb Superior Court, to which reference is made for the purpose of a more complete and accurate description.
This is the same property conveyed to Diane Peggy Berkner in deed dated June 7, 2021, filed for record on June 17, 2021, in Deed Book 10919, Page 1, Superior Court Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia deed records.
IPL0295774
Dec 17,24 2025