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

gpn20 RN5098 RN5098 gpn20 STATE OF GEORGIA,  COUNTY OF FLOYD Advertisement of Filing of Petition for Tax Lien Foreclosure NOTICE RE:LION REO TX, LLC Tax Map: J14F-127 Address: 2 Coral Avenue, Rome, GA 30161 On February 25, 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 $41,580.64 (amount includes principal amount of taxes owed and any accrued interest and penalties through April 15, 2026). 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 a part of Lot 40 of Oakdene Place (Deed Book MMM, Page 656) located in Land Lot 285 of the 23rd District and 3rd Section of Floyd County, Georgia and being in the 2nd Ward of the City of Rome, Georgia being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the Southern right of way of River Avenue and the Western right of way of Coral Avenue, thence from said Point of Beginning South 24 degrees 04 minutes 02 seconds West a distance of 100.53 feet to a corner concrete wall; thence North 82 degrees 46 minutes 44 seconds West a distance of 118.47 feet to the Southeast corner of a brick wall, thence North 05 degrees 38 minutes East a distance of 59.12 feet to the Northeast corner of a brick wall on the Southern right of way of River Avenue; thence along said right of way of River Avenue North 83 degrees 06 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 152.58 feet to a corner concrete wall marking the Point of Beginning. Description herein is as per plat prepared by Grover Higgins Associates dated May 14, 1992. 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 of filing.  For further information, including a payoff amount (inclusive of the principal amount of taxes owed and any accrued interest and penalties through April 15, 2024, plus any additional costs and filing fees associated with this action), 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