WM3011

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WALKER COUNTY,

STATE OF GEORGIA

STATE OF GEORGIA,

ex rel,

Herbert E. (Buzz) Franklin, District Attorney, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit,

Petitioner,

-vs-

One Aluma aluminum trailer, model number A212ATV, serial number GAT16168B045558; one Cadillac Escalade automobile, VIN number 1 GYEC63847R349602; three hundred twenty-three dollars in United States currency; one Chevrolet 3500 automobile, VIN number 1GBGC34R9VE176771; one Kubota 48-inch zero-turn mower, model number 2D2212; one Stihl string trimmer, model number FS90R, serial number 272794694; one Stihl chainsaw in case; one Stihl gas-powered grass blower, model number BR420; one Vizio 21-inch flat panel television, serial number LTLAGEBLZ109502; one Vizio 42-inch flat panel television, serial number LTLN1BCL4204328; seventy-nine dollars in United States currency; two hundred eight dollars in United States currency,

Defendant(s) in rem, and

OWNERS & INTEREST HOLDERS:

Benjamin Valdez

Juan Carlos Valladeres

Felix Valdez, Jr.

Faith Jolene Valdez,

Respondents.

CIVIL ACTION FILE NUMBER 12SUCV0594

NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS

TO:

Benjamin Valdez

Juan Carlos Valladeres

Felix Valdez, Jr.

Faith Jolene Valdez

ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above styled In Rem Petition seeking the forfeiture of the above property was filed in said Court on the 1st day of June, 2012, and, by reason of an Order entered by the Court on the 1st day of June, 2012, you are hereby commanded and required to file with the Clerk of said Court and serve upon:

Elizabeth O. Evans

P.O. Box 1025

114 East Patton St.

LaFayette, GA 30728

an answer to said Petition, in writing, within thirty (30) days of the date of the second publication of said Notice of Proceedings.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at the expiration of thirty (30) days after the date of the second publication of the above and foregoing proceedings, if no claimant has appeared to defend said Petition, said Court shall order and direct the disposition of said property as provided by law.

WITNESS the Honorable Judge of said Court, this 1st day of June, 2012

CARTER BROWN

CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

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