CONDEMNATION NOTICE PURSUANT TO O.C.G.A § 32-3-8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA CIVIL ACTION NO. 2025ECV1406 COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEORGIA, Condemnor v. 0.459 Acre(s) in Fee Simple Ownership and 0.422 Acre(s) in Permanent Easement on Tax Parcel I.D. No. 067 064F; Rickey D. Sumpter and Laurie C. Sumpter; et al., Condemnees. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 21, 2025, Columbia County, Georgia filed a Petition of Condemnation and Declaration of Taking in the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia affecting the following property, owner and potential claimants: Fee Simple: All that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Columbia County, Georgia, containing that 0.459 acre(s), more or less, portion of Tax Parcel ID No. 067 064F shown and depicted on the Right of Way of Proposed Hereford Farm Road Widening from SR. 232 to North Belair Road Columbia County plans prepared by AECOM under the supervision of Travis McClam, PE, Office of Design, and approved by Troy A. Hill, State Right of Way Administrator, on March 17, 2022 (the “Plans”). Reference is hereby made to said Plans for a more complete and accurate description as to the metes, bounds, courses, distances and location of said property. Permanent Easement: A permanent and perpetual easement over, through and under all that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Columbia County, Georgia, being that 0.422 acre(s), more or less, portion of Tax Parcel ID No. 067 064F shown and depicted on the Plans, said easement being for construction, maintenance, and repair and replacement of slopes and utilities. Reference is hereby made to said Plans for a more complete and accurate description as to the metes, bounds, courses, distances and location of said property. Owner(s): Rickey D. Sumpter and Laurie C. Sumpter Other Potential Claimants: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.; LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC; Honorable Alice Padgett, Judge of Probate Court, Columbia County, Georgia; Honorable Wayne Bridges, Tax Commissioner, Columbia County, Georgia; and any and all persons having or claiming any right or interest in and to the above described lands.