NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BUNCOMBE COUNTY In the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE, a Body Politic and Corporate, Plaintiff Vs. ESTATE OF JOHN THOMAS LEON, et. al., To: ESTATE OF JOHN THOMAS LEON, by and through its Administrator, MARRIAN J. MIKAIL; HARRY C. LEON; ALBERTA LEON; JAMIE DOE 1 Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property as described in the Buncombe County tax records as PIN: 966425954200000 and being all that certain tract or parcel of land as same is set forth and described in a Deed dated June 30, 2004 from Thomas H. Barfuss, unmarried, to John Thomas Leon and recorded in Deed Book 3698, Page 32, Buncombe County, North Carolina Registry. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than February 04, 2026 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This, the 25th day of December, 2025. John C. Frue Attorney for Plaintiff 1 Cherokee Road Asheville, NC 28801 December 25, January 1, 8 2026 LGSC0424439