Petition filed for tax lien foreclosure on property due to unpaid taxes.

gpn20 RN5096 RN5096 gpn20 STATE OF GEORGIA,  COUNTY OF FLOYD Advertisement of Filing of Petition for Tax Lien Foreclosure NOTICE RE:PAY RIGHT, LLC Tax Map: H13X-214 Address: 2448 Shorter Avenue, Rome, GA 30165 On February 24, 2026, a petition was filed in the Floyd County Superior Court seeking foreclosure of the ad valorem tax liens for the years 2024 and 2025 in the amount of $118,668.83 (amount includes principal amount of taxes owed and any accrued interest and penalties through April 15, 2026) on the following described property. Said amount may be subject to additional costs, filing fees and penalties associated with this action. All that tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Land Lot 130 of the 4th District and 4th Section of Floyd County, Georgia, and being part of Lots 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Kirton Farm Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 196, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Floyd County, Georgia, and part of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Melody Lane Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 134, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Floyd County, Georgia, and adjacent property to the west and south, being more particularly described as follows: To find the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING commence at the point of intersection of the original northerly right of way line of Shorter Avenue, State Route 20 (an 80 foot right of way) with the original westerly right of way line of Melody Lane (a 30 foot right of way); going thence north 86 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds west along the original northerly right of way of Shorter Avenue, 33.07 feet to a point; going thence north 49 degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds east, 28.54 feet to an iron pin and the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING (which point is on the present northerly right of way of Shorter Avenue at a point of the miter forming the present intersection of the northerly right of way of Shorter Avenue with the westerly right of way of Melody Lane); going thence from said TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING north 86 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds west along the present northerly right of way line of Shorter Avenue, 248.45 feet to an iron pin; going thence north 00 degrees 02 minutes 25 seconds west, 191.32 feet to an iron pin; going thence south 88 degrees 00 minutes 30 seconds west, 181.67 feet to an iron pin on the present easterly right of way of Huffaker Road (a fifty foot right of way); going thence north 00 degrees 25 minutes 05 seconds east along the easterly right of way line of Huffaker Road, 505.23 feet to an iron pin; continuing thence along the easterly right of way line of Huffaker Road north 00 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds east, 80.23 feet to an iron pin; going thence north 86 degrees 27 minutes 50 seconds east, 44.76 feet to an iron pin located at the northwest corner of Lot 33 of the Kirton Farm Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 196, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Floyd County, Georgia, going thence along the westerly lines of Lots 33, 32, 31 and 30 of the Kirton Farm Subdivision south 40 degrees 17 minutes 35 seconds east, 121.52 feet to an iron pin located at the southwesterly corner of Lot 30 of the Kirton Farm Subdivision; going thence along the southerly line of Lot 30 of the Kirton Farm Subdivision north 88 degrees 54 minutes east, 8.0 feet to an iron pin (said point also being the northwest corner of Lot 5 of the Melody Lane Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 134, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Floyd County, Georgia); going thence along the westerly line of Lot 5 of the Melody Lane Subdivision and south 01 degrees 47 minutes east, 90.13 feet to an iron pin located on the southwest corner of Lot 5 of the Melody Lane Subdivision; going thence along the southerly line of Lot 5 of the Melody Lane Subdivision north 88 degrees 06 minutes 35 seconds east, 276.95 feet to an iron pin located on the present westerly right of way line of Melody Lane (A 35.5 foot right of way-this present right of way line being 5.5 feet west of the original westerly right of way Melody Lane); going thence the present westerly right of way line of Melody Lane the following courses; south 01 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds east, 581.52 feet to an iron pin; going thence south 32 degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds west, 2.65 feet to an iron pin; going thence south 01 degree 52 minutes 40 seconds east, 30.02 feet to an iron pin; going thence south 49 degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds west, 4.7 feet to an iron pin and the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH rights contained in Easement from Francis Culp and Kathryn Culp to Robert H. Ledbetter, dated May 3, 1988, filed May 11, 1988, recorded in Deed Book 1032, Page 144, Floyd County, Georgia records. TOGETHER WITH rights contained in Easement from Carlene Westmoreland to Robert H. Ledbetter, dated May 7, 1988, filed May 11, 1988, recorded in Deed Book 1032, Page 146, aforesaid records. TOGETHER WITH rights contained in Easement from Mrs. Lura Robinson to Robert H. Ledbetter dated May 7, 1988, filed May 11, 1988, recorded in Deed Book 1032, Page 148, aforesaid records. AND TOGETHER WITH easement rights contained in Declaration of Reciprocal Easements and Restrictions by Topvalco, Inc., dated December 4, 1989, filed December 22, 1989, recorded in Deed Book 1084, Page 581, aforesaid records. Together with all rights, title and interest running with the above-described property, but not taxed under a separate tax reference number and delineated on the tax maps of the petitioner for the years for the taxes being foreclosed. Said petition was filed on behalf of Kevin Payne, Floyd County Tax Commissioner, P.O. Box 26, Rome, Georgia 30162-0026.  A hearing on this matter will be held not sooner than thirty (30) days from the date said Petition was filed.  For further information, including a payoff amount (inclusive of the principal amount of taxes owed and any additional accrued interest and penalties),  contact the undersigned attorney for the Floyd County Tax Commissioner. C. Andrew Garner III McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman, & Monroe, LLP P.O. Box 29 Rome, Georgia 30162-0029 705-291-6223 Attorneys for Kevin Payne, Floyd County Tax Commissioner  3:6,13,2026