PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CRISP COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
Cordele Judicial Circuit
STATE OF GEORGIA,
ex rel
BRADFORD L. RIGBY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CORDELE JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT,
Plaintiff, vs
SEVEN HUNDRED,
TEN and no/100
DOLLARS ($710.00) IN U.S. CURRENCY,
Defendant in rem,
RE PROPERTY OF
LEONARDO GASKIN,
Purported Owner(s)/Interest Holders
CIVIL ACTION NO. 23V-041

NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS
TO: ALL PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN SAID PROPERTY
You are hereby notified that the above-styled action seeking the forfeiture of the above-described property was filed in the said Court on the 5th day of March, 2023 , 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 20th day of April, 2023, you are hereby commanded and required to file with the Clerk of said Court and serve upon Bradford L. Rigby, Assistant District Attorney, Post Office Box 5510, Cordele, GA 31010, an Answer to the complaint within thirty (30) days of the date of the second publication. If you fail to do so, judgment pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-16-16 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 Denise D. Fachini , Judge of said Court.
This 20th day of April , 2023.
/s/ Tara Hayslip
Clerk of the Superior Court
Crisp County
Cordele Judicial Circuit

Cordele Dispatch:
May 24 and 31, 2023
23V-041