IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BERRIEN COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

Alapaha Judicial Circuit

STATE OF GEORGIA,

ex rel

Cathy Harris Helms

DISTRICT ATTORNEY,

Alapaha JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

Plaintiff,

vs

1996 Ford Explorer, VIN: 1FMDU32X2TZB78974,

Defendant in rem,

RE PROPERTY OF

Franklin Gene Foote & Ruby Jean Swinson, Purported Owner(s)/Interest Holders

CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-C-153

NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS

TO: ALL PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN SAID PROPERTY WHO ARE NOT OTHERWISE NOTIFIED OF THE FOREGOING PROCEEDING

You are hereby notified that the above-styled action seeking the forfeiture of the above-described property was filed in this Court on the 23rd day of July, 2012, pursuant to O.C.G.A. 16-13-49.

Said action alleges that you may have an interest in said property. You are further notified that, by reason of an Order for Publication by Notice of Proceedings entered by the Court on the 23rd day of July, 2012, you are hereby commanded and required to file with the Clerk of said Court and serve upon Cathy Harris Helms, District Attorney, PO Box 158, 201 North Davis Street, Suite 209, Nashville, GA 31639-0158, an Answer to the Complaint within thirty (30) days of the date of the second publication of this Notice. If you fail to do so, judgment pursuant to O.C.G.A. 16-13-49(o)(4) will be taken for the relief demanded in the Complaint. If you have been personally or notoriously served with the Complaint and Summons, the foregoing does not apply and you should respond within the time specified in the Summons.

WITNESS the Honorable C. Dane Perkins, Chief Judge of said Court.

This the 23rd day of July, 2012. Shawna Hughes

Clerk of Superior Court

Berrien County, Georgia

Alapaha Judicial Circuit

Cathy Harris Helms

District Attorney,

Alapaha Judicial Circuit

PO Box 158

Nashville GA 31639-0158

229.686.7015

Fax: 229.686.7170

Email: chelms@pacga.org

Aug. 1, 8