Columbia County filed a Petition of Condemnation affecting property in Columbia County.

CONDEMNATION NOTICE
PURSUANT TO O.C.G.A § 32-3-8
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 2025ECV1120
COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEORGIA, Condemnor v. 0.171 Acre(s) in Fee Simple Ownership on Tax Parcel ID. No. 067015; 0.165 Acre(s) in Permanent Easement on Tax Parcel ID. No. 067015; Dharm B. Sinha; et al., Condemnees.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 15, 2025, Columbia County, Georgia filed a Petition of Condemnation and Declaration of Taking in the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia affecting the following property, owner and potential claimants:
Fee Simple:
All that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Columbia County, Georgia, containing that 0.171 acre(s), more or less, portion of Tax Parcel ID No. 067 015 shown and depicted on the Right of Way of Proposed Hereford Farm Road Widening from SR. 232 to North Belair Road Columbia County plans prepared by AECOM under the supervision of Travis McClam, PE, Office of Design, and approved by Troy A. Hill, State Right of Way Administrator, on March 17, 2022 attached hereto as Exhibit “C” (the “Plans”). Reference is hereby made to said Plans for a more complete and accurate description as to the metes, bounds, courses, distances and location of said property.
Permanent Easement:
A permanent and perpetual easement over, through and under all that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Columbia County, Georgia, being that 0.165 acre(s), more or less, portion of Tax Parcel ID No. 067 015 shown and depicted on the Plans, said easement being for construction, maintenance, and repair and replacement of slopes and utilities. Reference is hereby made to said Plans for a more complete and accurate description as to the metes, bounds, courses, distances and location of said property.
Owner(s): Dharm B. Sinha
Other Potential Claimants: Honorable Wayne Bridges, Tax Commissioner, Columbia County, Georgia; Honorable Alice Padgett, Judge of Probate Court, Columbia County, Georgia; and any and all persons having or claiming any right or interest in and to the above described lands.
A hearing to show cause why immediate possession should not be granted is set for April 22, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. at the Columbia County Justice Center in Evans, 640 Ronald Reagan Drive, Evans, Georgia.
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