STATE OF NORTH CAROLINAHENDERSON COUNTYIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION25CV002906-440DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,Plaintiff,EDWARD MONTS RAST, JR., ET UX, ET AL,Defendants.NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATIONTO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JEANNE C. RAST (A/K/A JEANNE CLARK RAST)Take notice that pleadings seeking relief against you have been filed in the above-entitled civil action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows the condemnation and appropriation, for highway purposes, of a certain interests or estates in that certain parcel of land lying and being in the Edneyville Township, Henderson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being that land described in a deed dated September 22, 1962 to Edward M. Rast and wife, Jeanne C. Rast, and recorded October 26, 1962 in Book 407, Page 183, Henderson County Registry. The property description contained in said deed is hereby incorporated by reference. Also, being that land identified as Tax PIN No. 0614-50-6513 (REID No. 501628) containing approximately 4.970 acres and described as “SR1605 ON MIDDLE FORK ROAD” and having an address of 152 Rast Lane, Hendersonville, NC, as is shown in the Henderson County Tax Office. You are hereby required to make defense to such pleadings not later than the 3rd day of June 2027, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.This 23rd day of April 2026.JEFF JACKSONAttorney General /s/ Lisa B. FinkelsteinAssistant Attorney GeneralLisa B. FinkelsteinAssistant Attorney GeneralNorth Carolina Department of Justice Transportation Division1505 Mail Service CenterRaleigh, N.C. 27699-1505(919) 707-4480HL1891April 23 and 30, and May 7, 2026