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, 26CV001030-100 COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE, a Body Politic and Corporate, Plaintiff Vs. MICKEY ANDRE RAY, et. al., To: MICKEY ANDRE RAY; JAMIE DOE 1; SHERMIA L. FORNEY; JAMIE DOE 2; MIKAYLA LYNN RAY; JAMIE DOE 3, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 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: 965713240800000 and being all that certain tract or parcel of land as same is set forth and described in a Deed dated August 15, 2006 from Champion Credit Union, Grantor, to Paul Ray, Grantee, and recorded in Deed Book 4273, Page 1718 Buncombe County, North Carolina Registry. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than April 22, 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 12th day of March, 2026. John C. Frue Attorney for Plaintiff 1 Cherokee Road Asheville, NC 28801 March 12, 19, 26 2026 LGSC0472071