Legals for 10/14/2022 – 10/20/2022

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

STATE OF Alabama COUNTY OF ETOWAH

Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Allison L Waits An Unmarried Woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Peoples Independent Bank, its successors and assigns dated May 11, 2018; said mortgage being recorded on May 11, 2018, as Instrument No. 3467400 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred to AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC in Instrument 3519830 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama.

The undersigned, AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the main entrance of the Court House in Etowah County, Alabama during the legal hours of sale (between 11am and 4pm), on the 26th day of October, 2022 the following property, situated in Etowah County, Alabama, to-wit:

Lot Number One (1), in Southpoint Estates, Unit Two (2), according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Plat Book “I”, Page 11, Probate Office, Etowah County, Alabama, and lying and being in Southside, Etowah County, Alabama.

Said property is commonly known as 4100 Skylark Circle N, Southside, AL 35907.

Should a conflict arise between the property address and the legal description the legal description will control.

Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, all outstanding liens for public utilities which constitute liens upon the property, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way, zoning ordinances, restrictions, special assessments, covenants, the statutory right of redemption pursuant to Alabama law, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those superior to said Mortgage first set out above. Said property will be sold on an “as-is” basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the above-named or the undersigned.  The successful bidder must present certified funds in the amount of the winning bid at the time and place of sale.

Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Mortgage.

AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC

as holder of said mortgage

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Two North Twentieth

2 20th Street North, Suite 1000

Birmingham, AL 35203

(800) 275-7171

FT21@mccalla.com

File No. 22-03716AL

www.foreclosurehotline.net

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Real Estate Mortgage executed by Parkway Community Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance of Gadsden, Alabama, individual on November 3, 2005, said Mortgage being recorded November 3, 2005, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, in Document #M-2005-4807. The Alliance Development Fund, Inc. as Lender and Mortgagee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage,

will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Etowah County Courthouse, Gadsden, Alabama on November 2, 2022, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title and interest to the following described real estate, situated in Etowah County, Alabama, to-wit:

Parcel One

Lots Ten (10), in Block Twenty-eight (28) in Bellevue Highlands Addition, according to the map or plat pf the said addition, as surveyed and platted by Totten & Woodruff, Engineers, in Etowah County, Alabama, which plat is of record in the Book of Town Plats B, Pages 286-290, Inclusive, in the Probate Office of Etowah County, Alabama.

Parcel Two

Lots Eleven (11), Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13), in Block Twenty-eight (28) in Bellevue Highlands Addition, according to the map or plat pf the said addition, as surveyed and platted by Totten & Woodruff, Engineers, in Etowah County, Alabama, which plat is of record in the Book of Town Plats B, Pages 286-290, Inclusive, in the Probate Office of Etowah County, Alabama.

Parcel Three

Lots Twenty-six (26), Twenty-seven (27), Twenty-nine (29), Thirty (30) and Thirty-one (31 ), in Block Twenty-eight (28) in Bellevue Highlands Addition, according to the map or plat pf the said addition, as surveyed and platted by Totten & Woodruff, Civil Engineers, in Etowah County, Alabama, which plat is of record in the Book of Town Plats B, Pages 286-290, Inclusive, in the Probate Office of Etowah County, Alabama.

Parcel Four

Lot twenty-five (25), Block Twenty-eight (28) of Bellevue Highlands First Addition, as recorded in Plat Book B, Page 286-290, Inclusive, in the Probate Office, Etowah County, Alabama.

Property street address: 223 Parkway Place, Gadsden, AL 35904

THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS”, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS REFLECTED IN THE MORTGAGE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PRO BA TE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE ABOVE¬ DESCRIBED PRO PERTY IS SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO.

The sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.

The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate.

This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation; contact Massey, Stotser & Nichols, PC at the telephone number shown below prior to attendance at sale.

Stephanie Lanier Weems

MASSEY, STOTSER, & NICHOLS, P.C.

1780 Gadsden Highway

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35235

As Attorney for The Alliance Development Fund, Inc.

(205) 838-9000

October 7, 14 and 21, 2022

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NOTICE OF

MORTGAGE  FORECLOSURE SALE

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ETOWAH

Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain transaction executed by Herman B. Cowart and Mary Rose C. Cowart, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Flagship Financial Group, LLC, on August 26, 2015, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, at Instrument Number 3422985; the undersigned Click N’ Close, Inc., as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, on October 27, 2022, during the legal hours of sale, all of its rights, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate:

THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ETOWAH, STATE OF AL, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

LOT FIFTEEN (15) IN BLOCK THREE (3) OF COUNTRY CLUB TERRACE, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK “G”, PAGE 15 IN THE PROBATE OFFICE OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA, AND LYING AND BEING IN GADSDEN, ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA.

Said property, for informational purposes only, is commonly known as 217 Monterey Circle, Gadsden, AL 35901.

Should a conflict arise between the property address and the legal description, the legal description will control.

Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, all outstanding liens for public utilities which constitute liens upon the property, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, easement, rights-of-way, zoning ordinances, restrictions, special assessments, covenants, the statutory right of redemption pursuant to Alabama law, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those superior to said Mortgage first set out above.  Said property will be sold on an “as-is, where-is” basis without any representation, warranty, or recourse against the above-named or the undersigned.  This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.  The successful bidder must present certified funds in the amount of the winning bid at the time and place of sale.

Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in the property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances.  Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process.  An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with holder of the Mortgage.

CLICK N’ CLOSE, INC.

As holder of said mortgage

Robinson Franzman, LLP

191 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 2600

Atlanta, GA 30303

(404) 255-2503

foreclosures@rfllplaw.com

File No. 0367-017

www.rfllplaw.com

October 7, 14 and 21, 2022

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NOTICE OF

MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

STATE OF Alabama COUNTY OF ETOWAH

Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by James K Garmany And Courtney N Garmany Husband And Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns dated October 24, 2019; said mortgage being recorded on October 29, 2019, as Instrument No. 3492680 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred to Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC in Instrument 3536239 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama.

The undersigned, Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the main entrance of the Court House in Etowah County, Alabama during the legal hours of sale (between 11am and 4pm), on the 21st day of November, 2022 the following property, situated in Etowah County, Alabama, to-wit:

Lot 23, 24 and 25 in Block C of the Sims Addition to Glencoe, in Etowah County, Alabama, which plat is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, in Plat Book C, Page 227, being a part of that portion of the Northwest quarter of Section 29, Township 12 South, Range 7 East.

Said property is commonly known as 309 Taylor Rd, Glencoe, AL 35905.

Should a conflict arise between the property address and the legal description the legal description will control.

Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, all outstanding liens for public utilities which constitute liens upon the property, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way, zoning ordinances, restrictions, special assessments, covenants, the statutory right of redemption pursuant to Alabama law, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those superior to said Mortgage first set out above. Said property will be sold on an “as-is” basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the above-named or the undersigned.  The successful bidder must present certified funds in the amount of the winning bid at the time and place of sale.

Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Mortgage.

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

as holder of said mortgage

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Two North Twentieth

2 20th Street North, Suite 1000

Birmingham, AL 35203

(800) 275-7171

FT21@mccalla.com

File No. 22-03812AL

www.foreclosurehotline.net

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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NOTICE OF

SHERIFF’S SALE

By virtue of a Writ of Execution issued out of the State of Alabama, Department of Revenue of Montgomery County, Alabama, and to me directed whereby I am commanded to make the amount of judgment recently obtained against Stanley Hawkins in favor of State of Alabama, Department of Revenue out of the good, chattels, lands and tenements of the said Stanley Hawkins.

I have levied on the following property, to-wit:

H/SBASE YEAR BEG SW COR SEC 29TH N 150TH SE 274 265STH SW 75TH W 227 2152 TO POB RAINBOW CITY 29-12-6 T/S-2011-221 (C/S:31-12-0166) (RED 4-1-15) D-2014 3411316, D-2014-3411319, D-2014 3411320

Property address: 3525 Rainbow Drive, Rainbow City, Alabama

Tax Parcel ID: 15-09-29-3-000-105.000

Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale at public auction, all the right, title and interest of the above Stanley Hawkins in and to the above-described property, on the 7th day of November, 2022, during the legal hours of sale, at the Courthouse in Etowah County, Alabama. The sale is scheduled for 11:00 A. M.

Jonathon W. Horton Sheriff, Etowah County

October 14, 21 and  28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Kathy Johnson was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 08/23/2022 over the Estate of Michael Brian Johnson, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 23, 30 and October 7, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Alexander McCain Walley was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/06/2022 to the Estate of Lynn McCain, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Paul David Pearson was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/08/2022 to the Estate of Katherine Mandy Pearson, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Janice Marie Griffin was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/13/2022 to the Estate of Shelia Gilbreath Yarbrough, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred. 

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Elizabeth Moore Golson McGlaughn was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/06/2022 to the Estate of Henry Jackson Golson, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Tim Alan Gentry and Jennifer Gentry Whitehorn was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/01/2022 to the Estate of Marilyn Reeves Gentry, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Jason Tidmore was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 8/29/2022 to the Estate of Cathy Rigsby, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Joan Hagan Wiggins was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 8/25/2022 to the Estate of Charles Milton Wiggins, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Lozella Jones was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 8/18/2022 to the Estate of J.D. Jones, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Andrew Davis Bailey was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 08/31/2022 over the Estate of Diane Gillilan, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all per-sons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

September 30,

October 7 and 14, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Phillip Roe was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 07/11/2022 over the Estate of Phillip C. Roe, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 7, 14 and 21, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

John Albert Leslie, Jr. was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/16/2022 to the Estate of John Albert Leslie, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Melissa Joyce Shaw was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/16/2022 to the Estate of Wilburn Lee Shaw, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Cynthia Coleman was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/16/2022 over the Estate of Alphia Quinzy, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Cynthia Coleman was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/16/2022 over the Estate of Ninna G. Quinzy, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Crista Watford was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/20/2022 to the Estate of Amos Cecil Usry, Jr., deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Shirley B. Marbut was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/02/2022 to the Estate of Carolyn A. Bobbitt deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Emanuel M. Carstarphen was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/01/2022 over the Estate of Leila Alma Baker deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Amy Bryson Little was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/02/2022 to the Estate of Scott Allen Little deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Andrew Davis Bailey, Esq. was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/20/2022 to the Estate of Glenda Faye Watson deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

George Patterson. was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/16/2022 to the Estate of Marvin David Patterson, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Charlotte Snipes. was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/07/2022 to the Es-tate of Frances L. Green, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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FILE CLAIMS

Victoria Hanlon was/were appointed Personal Representative(s) on 09/21/2022 to the Estate of Garry Perry, deceased, Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama notifies all persons that claims not filed within six months will be barred.

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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NOTICE OF

HEARING

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN RE: GARY WAYNE MIZELL,

Case # S-11667

DECEASED

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO: SARAH HIGGINS Whose whereabouts are unknown

Please take notice that a Petition to Probate Will was filed in the Office of the Judge of Probate, and further, that the 12th day of December, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. was appointed a day and time for hearing on said Petition, thereof at which time you may appear and support and/or contest the Petition, if you so choose.

DONE THIS THE 12th DAY OF October

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF DAVID RICKY BOBBITT, DECEASED

CASE NO: 5-12212

To: Michael W. Bobbitt, John Bobbitt,  Shirley Marbutt, Shannon Bobbitt, Charles Bobbitt, and any other next of kin and heirs at law of David Ricky Bobbitt, Deceased.

John Wayne Chapman has filed in this Court an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of David Ricky Bobbitt, deceased, and rays for admission to Probate of said instrument as the Last Will and Testament of said Decedent.

You are hereby further notified to appear on the day of December 2022, at 10.00, a M., in the Courtroom of Judge Scott Hassell, 800 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama, when said Petition will be Heard and to Contest said Will, should you see fit to do so.

This is the 12th day of October 2022

Scott W. Hassell

Judge of Probate, Etowah County

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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NOTICE OF CIVIL LAWSUIT

Case Number:  CV-20-900558-WBO     

TO: IVAN T NAIL   

This is to notify you that in Civil Action No. CV-20-900558-WBO,  entitled WinSouth Credit Un-ion V. IVAN T NAIL, presently pending in the  CIRCUIT Court of Etowah County, Alabama, Etowah County Courthouse,  Gadsden, Alabama, 35901, there is being a claim made against you for  one being negligent and/or who is avoiding service of process on the  above styled case.    

You are hereby notified that you are required to answer the claim  made against you in writ-ing, and to file the original of your answer  with the Clerk of this Court along with a copy to Brunson & Walker,  Attorneys, P.C., P.O. Box 1189, Gadsden, Alabama 35902, within 30 days  of the last date of publication. 

Failure to answer or plead in response will result in a default  against you for the unpaid bal-ance that is sought against you.    

Dated September 20, 2022

Judge Ogletree

S/Misty Sosebee-Ledbetter 

BRUNSON & WALKER

301 Broad Street,

Gadsden, AL 35901

Telephone: (256) 543-2511 

Fax: (256) 543-8708 

September 23, 30,  October 7 and 14, 2022

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NOTICE OF

SUMMONS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

JOHN BOBBETT, Plaintiff

Vs.

CASE NO: DR-22-900292

BRITTANY NICOLE TAYLOR, Defendant

TO: Brittany Nicole Taylor

Brittany Nicole Taylor, whose whereabouts is unknown, must answer John Bobbett’s Complaint for Divorce and other relief by November 4, 2022 or thereafter a judgment of default may be rendered against her in Case No. DR-22-900292, Circuit Court of Etowah County.

This the 6th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson

Clerk, Circuit Court

Etowah County, Alabama

Attorney for John Bobbett

Randy Phillips

750 Forrest Ave

Gadsden, Ala 35901

256-438-5482

October 14, 21, 28 and November 4, 2022

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NOTICE OF

CONDEMNATION-FORFEITURE

ACTION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

CIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO: CV-22-900285-WBO

STATE OF ALABAMA, ex rel: Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit,

PLAINTIFF

VS.

$3,926.00 U.S. Currency

Marlin 60W .22 Semi-Auto Rifle

Serial# 05171699

Crvena Zastava 70 7.65mm

Semi-Auto Rifle Serial# 329581

DEFENDANT

In Re:  Donny Ray Chambless

TO ANY PERSON, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY CLAIMING AN OWNER’S BONA FIDE INTEREST IN THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED CURRENCY AND PROPERTY:

WHEREAS, the State of Alabama has filed its complaint in the above-described action seeking condemnation, forfeiture and ultimate disposition of the above described currency and property.  You are hereby notified that you must answer said Complaint by the 2nd day of December 2022.  Failure to file such answer shall result in your loss of any claimed owner’s or other interest in said currency.

DONE this the 4th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson, Circuit Clerk

Etowah County, Alabama

October 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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NOTICE OF

CONDEMNATION

-FORFEITURE

ACTION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

CIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO: CV-22-63-SJS

STATE OF ALABAMA, ex rel: Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit,

PLAINTIFF

VS.

$810.00 U.S. Currency

DEFENDANT

In Re:  Renardo Jerome Sandridge

TO ANY PERSON, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY CLAIMING AN OWNER’S BONA FIDE INTEREST IN THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED CURRENCY:

WHEREAS, the State of Alabama has filed its complaint in the above-described action seeking condemnation, forfeiture and ultimate disposition of the above described currency.  You are hereby notified that you must answer said Complaint by the 2nd day of December 2022.  Failure to file such answer shall result in your loss of any claimed owner’s or other interest in said currency.

DONE this the 4th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson, Circuit Clerk

Etowah County, Alabama

October 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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NOTICE OF

CONDEMNATION-FORFEITURE

ACTION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

CIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO: CV-22-64-WBO

STATE OF ALABAMA, ex rel: Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit,

PLAINTIFF

VS.

$3,916.00 U.S. Currency

DEFENDANT

In Re:  Derrick Jamar Britton

TO ANY PERSON, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY CLAIMING AN OWNER’S BONA FIDE INTEREST IN THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED CURRENCY:

WHEREAS, the State of Alabama has filed its complaint in the above-described action seeking condemnation, forfeiture and ultimate disposition of the above described currency.  You are hereby notified that you must answer said Complaint by the 2nd day of December 2022.  Failure to file such answer shall result in your loss of any claimed owner’s or other interest in said currency.

DONE this the 4th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson, Circuit Clerk

Etowah County, Alabama

October 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2022.

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NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY

PUBLICATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

GADSDEN LAND BANK AUTHORITY,

a Public Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v. CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV-2022-0083

VIRGINIA  BARFIELD, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; CLIFFORD BARFIELD; BOBBY DALE BARFIELD; ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; that parcel of real property located at 1404 Cansler Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901 and having a legal description of: A Lot or Parcel described as beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot Number 1 and from thence run in a Westerly direction and along the North lines of Lots Numbered 1 and 3 a distance of 75 feet to a point; thence in a Southerly direction and parallel with the East line of said Lot Number 3 a distance of 90 feet to a point; thence in an Easterly direction and parallel with the North lines of said Lots Numbered 3 and 1 a distance of 75 feet to a point in the East line of Lot Number 1; thence in a Northerly direction and along the East line of Lot Number 1 a distance of 90 feet to the point of beginning; said description embracing portions of Lots Numbered 1 and 3, in Block Number 11, in the Hill and Cansler Addition to Gadsden, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book “A”, Pages 74 and 75, Probate Office, Etowah County, Alabama,  and known as Parcel ID No. 15-03-05-4-000-017.000, PPIN: 37022; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

Defendants. 

To VIRGINIA BARFIELD, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; CLIFFORD BARFIELD; BOBBY DALE BARFIELD; ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on September 7, 2022, the Gadsden Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the record reflects recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

A Lot or Parcel described as beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot Number 1 and from thence run in a Westerly direction and along the North lines of Lots Numbered 1 and 3 a distance of 75 feet to a point; thence in a Southerly direction and parallel with the East line of said Lot Number 3 a distance of 90 feet to a point; thence in an Easterly direction and parallel with the North lines of said Lots Numbered 3 and 1 a distance of 75 feet to a point in the East line of Lot Number 1; thence in a Northerly direction and along the East line of Lot Number 1 a distance of 90 feet to the point of beginning; said description embracing portions of Lots Numbered 1 and 3, in Block Number 11, in the Hill and Cansler Addition to Gadsden, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book “A”, Pages 74 and 75, Probate Office, Etowah County, Alabama.

Property Address:  1404 Cansler Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Judge George Day’s Courtroom, Etowah County Courthouse, 801 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Gadsden Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Gadsden Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901.  The Gadsden Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Chamberlain Parker, City of Gadsden, at (256)549-4590.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Gadsden Messenger, a newspaper of general circulation in Etowah County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

Dated this the 11th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson

Circuit Clerk

Turnbach, Warren, Rice, Frederick & Smith P.C.

200 Chestnut Street,

Gadsden, AL 35901

Phone: 256-543-3664

October 14, 21, and 28, 2022

_______________

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY

PUBLICATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

GADSDEN LAND BANK AUTHORITY,

a Public Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV-2022-0084

MERLENE WADE, if alive whereabouts unknown; if deceased, the heirs, successors and creditors of Merlene Wade; SHEILA WALKER, deceased, her unknown heirs, successors and creditors; APRIL WALKER; MICHAEL WALKER; GLENTON WADE; WANDA BOWEN; DEBORAH BRUCE; ANGELA SUMMERS;  ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; that parcel of real property located at 1921 Ewing Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901and having a legal description of: Lot Number Eight (8) in McClain Subdivision, according to map or plat thereof, as the same appears of record in Book of Town Plats “C”, Page 241, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, said property being in Etowah County, Alabama,  and known as Parcel ID No. 10-07-26-4-000-017.000, PPIN: 014745; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

Defendants.

To MERLENE WADE, if alive whereabouts unknown; if deceased, the heirs, successors and creditors of Merlene Wade; SHEILA WALKER, deceased, her unknown heirs, successors and creditors; APRIL WALKER; MICHAEL WALKER; GLENTON WADE; WANDA BOWEN; DEBORAH BRUCE; ANGELA SUMMERS;  ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on September 7, 2022, the Gadsden Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the record reflects recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lot Number Eight (8) in McClain Subdivision, according to map or plat thereof, as the same appears of record in Book of Town Plats “C”, Page 241, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, said property being in Etowah County, Alabama.

Property Address:  1921 Ewing Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Judge George Day’s Courtroom, Etowah County Courthouse, 801 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Gadsden Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Gadsden Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901.  The Gadsden Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Chamberlain Parker, City of Gadsden, at (256)549-4590.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Gadsden Messenger, a newspaper of general circulation in Etowah County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

Dated this the 11th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson

Circuit Clerk

Turnbach, Warren, Rice, Frederick & Smith P.C.

200 Chestnut Street,

Gadsden, AL 35901

Phone: 256-543-3664

October 14, 21, and 28, 2022

_______________

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY

PUBLICATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

GADSDEN LAND BANK AUTHORITY,

a Public Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV-2022-0085

V. DOUGLAS HAMIL; ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; that parcel of real property located at 413 Wilson Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35904 and having a legal description of: Lot Number Six (6) and the North 25 feet of Lot Number Five (5) in Block Eight (8) in Walnut Park of West Point Second Addition, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Plat Book “B”, Page 117, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama , said property lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama,  and known as Parcel ID No. 16-01-01-4-000-299.000, PPIN: 050513; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

Defendants. 

TO V. DOUGLAS HAMIL;  ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF GADSDEN; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on September 7, 2022, the Gadsden Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the record reflects recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lot Number Six (6) and the North 25 feet of Lot Number Five (5) in Block Eight (8) in Walnut Park of West Point Second Addition, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Plat Book “B”, Page 117, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama , said property lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.

Property Address:  413 Wilson Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35904

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Judge George Day’s Courtroom, Etowah County Courthouse, 801 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Gadsden Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Gadsden Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901.  The Gadsden Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Chamberlain Parker, City of Gadsden, at (256)549-4590.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Gadsden Messenger, a newspaper of general circulation in Etowah County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

Dated this the 11th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson

Circuit Clerk

Turnbach, Warren, Rice, Frederick & Smith P.C.

200 Chestnut Street,

Gadsden, AL 35901

Phone: 256-543-3664

October 14, 21, and 28, 2022

_______________

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY

PUBLICATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

GADSDEN LAND BANK AUTHORITY,

a Public Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v. CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV-2022-0086

MYRTLE WILLIAMS, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; MARGARET MILINER deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; CLARENCE EDWARD WILLIAMS; INGRID MILINER CHACHA; QUINTICE LANAE GADSON; CHARLES HENRY WILLIAMS; DELVEONTE COLLINS; DERRICK MILINER; DESTANI MILINER; JEFFERSON CAPITAL SYSTEMS, LLC; ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; that parcel of real property located at 701 Henry Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901 and having a legal description of: Lot Eleven (11), Block Thirty-Four (34), Rearrangement of Thornoton Subdivision to City of Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama as recorded on Pages 334 and 335, in Book of Town Plats (B) in the office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama , said property lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama,  and known as Parcel ID No. 15-02-04-2-000-040.000, PPIN: 033191; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

Defendants. 

TO MYRTLE WILLIAMS, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; MARGARET MILINER deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; CLARENCE EDWARD WILLIAMS; INGRID MILINER CHACHA; QUINTICE LANAE GADSON; CHARLES HENRY WILLIAMS; DELVEONTE COLLINS; DERRICK MILINER; DESTANI MILINER; JEFFERSON CAPITAL SYSTEMS, LLC;  ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF GADSDEN; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on September 7, 2022, the Gadsden Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the record reflects recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lot Eleven (11), Block Thirty-Four (34), Rearrangement of Thornoton Subdivision to City of Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama as recorded on Pages 334 and 335, in Book of Town Plats (B) in the office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama , said property lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.

Property Address:  701 Henry Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Judge George Day’s Courtroom, Etowah County Courthouse, 801 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Gadsden Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Gadsden Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901.  The Gadsden Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Chamberlain Parker, City of Gadsden, at (256)549-4590.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Gadsden Messenger, a newspaper of general circulation in Etowah County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

Dated this the 11th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson

Circuit Clerk

Turnbach, Warren, Rice, Frederick & Smith P.C.

200 Chestnut Street,

Gadsden, AL 35901

Phone: 256-543-3664

October 14, 21, and 28, 2022

_______________

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY

PUBLICATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

GADSDEN LAND BANK AUTHORITY,

a Public Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v. CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV-2022-0087

STEVEN THOMAS, deceased, his unknown heirs and successors; DELLA THOMAS, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; VIRGIE MCGUIRE, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; LOUISE DAVIS; ILA BYRD CHANDLER; MARTHA JONES; DAVID WEBSTER BAKER; ROBERT JOHNSON BAKER; BENITA BAKER; ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; that parcel of real property located at 1013 Tuscaloosa Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901 and having a legal description of: Lot Number Six (6) in Block Number Two (2), of the Liddell Addition to the City of Gadsden, and lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama as recorded Plat Book a Page 216, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, said property lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama,  and known as Parcel ID No. 15-02-04-2-000-144.000, PPIN: 033305; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

Defendants. 

To STEVEN THOMAS, deceased, his unknown heirs and successors; DELLA THOMAS, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; VIRGIE MCGUIRE, deceased, her unknown heirs and successors; LOUISE DAVIS; ILA BYRD CHANDLER; MARTHA JONES; DAVID WEBSTER BAKER; ROBERT JOHNSON BAKER; BENITA BAKER; ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA;  CITY OF GADSDEN; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on September 7, 2022, the Gadsden Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint and the record reflects recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Lot Number Six (6) in Block Number Two (2), of the Liddell Addition to the City of Gadsden, and lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama as recorded Plat Book a Page 216, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama.

Property Address:  1013 Tuscaloosa Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Judge George Day’s Courtroom, Etowah County Courthouse, 801 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama 35901. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Gadsden Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Gadsden Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901.  The Gadsden Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Chamberlain Parker, City of Gadsden, at (256)549-4590.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Gadsden Messenger, a newspaper of general circulation in Etowah County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

Dated this the 11th day of October 2022

Cassandra Johnson

Circuit Clerk

Turnbach, Warren, Rice, Frederick & Smith P.C.

200 Chestnut Street,

Gadsden, AL 35901

Phone: 256-543-3664

October 14, 21, and 28, 2022

______________

LEGAL ZONING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, the 27th of October, at 8:30 a.m., the Board of Adjustment of the City of Gadsden will hold a public hearing in the City Council Chamber, First Floor, at City Hall, 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama to give all persons who desire an opportunity to be heard in opposition to or in favor of the following request:

“A request for special exception to operate a residential rental business for short-term rentals in an R-1, One-Family Residence on the following described property:

Lot Number 20 in Block Number 37, in Bellevue Highlands First Addition, according to Totten and Woodruff Survey as recorded in Plat Book “B,” beginning on Page 286, in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Etowah County, Alabama (street address being 113 West Kyle Place).”

“A request for special exception to locate a manufactured home, including variances, in an R-1, One-Family Residence District on the following described property:

Lot Number 15, In Block A, in the Miller Highlands Addition to the City of Gadsden, as same appears of record in Plat Book “D,” Page 31, in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Etowah County, Alabama (street address being 412 Patterson Avenue).”

October 7, and 14, 2022                                        

_____________

PUBLIC HEARING

THE CITY OF

ATTALLA

The Board of Adjustments will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council chambers of Attalla City Hall located at 612 4th Street  NW, Attalla, AL 35954. The following items will be considered:

Variance requested and filed by Gutherie’s Restaurant regarding the size of the Guthrie’s sign located 201 E.R. Ballard, Attalla AL 35954

Variance requested and filed by Tim Whisenant  to build a carport adjacent to rear corner of his home located at 618 Case Avenue, Attalla, AL 35954.

October 7 and 14, 2022         

______________

LEGAL ZONING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of October, 2022 at 4:00 p.m., the Planning Commission of the City of Gadsden will hold a regularly scheduled public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, First Floor, 90 Broad Street to give all persons who desire an opportunity to be heard, in opposition to or in favor of, the following request:

“A request to rezone the following described property from R-1, One-Family Residence District to O-1, Office District:

Tract One: Lots 52, 53, Parcel 2, according to the Survey of River View Estates, dated October 25, 1944, and recorded in Plat Book “C,” Pages 402 and 403, of the record of maps in the Pr4obate Office of Etowah County, Alabama, and being more particularly described as follows:  Begin at the Northwest corner of said Lot 53 and run southerly along the west line of said lot for 376 feet to the centerline of an Alabama Power Company easement; thence deflect an angle of 66°53’ left and run southeasterly along said centerline of said easement for 163.14 feet to a point, which is 50 feet east of the west line of said Lot 52 for 433 feet to a point on the easement line of the Coosa River; thence run westerly along the easement line of the Coosa Ricer a chord distance of 150.16 to the point of beginning.

Tract Two:  Lots 54, 55, 56, Parcel 2 according to the Survey of River View Estates, dated October 25, 1944, and recorded in Plat Book “C,” Pages 402 and 403, of the record of maps in the Probate Office of Etowah County, Alabama.”

“A request for special exception to operate a residential rental business for short-term rentals in an R-1, One-Family Residence on the following described property:

Lot Number 20 in Block Number 37, in Bellevue Highlands First Addition, according to Totten and Woodruff Survey as recorded in Plat Book “B,” beginning on Page 286, in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Etowah County, Alabama (street address being 113 West Kyle Place).”

October 14, 2022

______________

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given to the Estate of CLARA W. TALTON, 250 LOFTON ROAD NW, HUNTS-VILLE, ALABAMA 35806, 6865 GALLANT ROAD, GALLANT, ALABAMA 35972, heirs of the Estate of CLARA W. TALTON are listed as: MICKEY RAY TALTON, 1418 STETSON STREET, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32804, VICKI DEBORAH TALTON MEEKS, 1200 GALLANT ROAD, ATTALLA, ALABAMA 35954, and MARK LYNN TALTON, 250 LOFTON ROAD, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35806, believed to have or claim an interest in the property described below, that at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Gadsden to be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall on TUESDAY, OC-TOBER 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., a hearing will be held to determine whether or not the structure or condition located 35 COMNOCK AVENUE in District 6 in the City of Gadsden, more particular-ly described as:

Lot Number One Hundred and Twnety-One (121), in Parcel Number Four (4), as shown by map or plat of Cone Mills Corporation, Dwight Division, recorded in Plat Book “F”, Pages 51-65, Pro-bate Office, Etowah County, Alabama, and lying and being in Gadsden (formerly Alabama City), Etowah County, Alabama.

is a nuisance in violation of the Gadsden City Code and whether it should be abated. 

You may appear and present any relevant evidence to the Council regarding the alleged nui-sance and its abatement.                                                                                                                            

                                                    

Brian Harbison                                                  

BUILDING OFFICIAL                                               

                                                                

City of Gadsden                                                 

P.O. Box 267                                                    

Gadsden, AL  35902                                             

(256) 549-4529        

October 14, 2022

______________

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given to the STATE OF ALABAMA, P.O. BOX 327210, MONTGOMERY, ALA-BAMA 36132, subject to the rights of redemption of W.T. SHANEYFELT and wife MYRTLE SHANEYFELT, or their heirs if deceased, believed to have or claim an interest in the property described below, that at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Gadsden to be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., a hearing will be held to determine whether or not the structure or condition located 1109 WILSON DRIVE in District 7 in the City of Gadsden, more particularly described as:

Lot Number Twenty-Eight (28), in Block Number Fifteen (15), in Clayton Subdivision to Ala-bama City, Alabama, Etowah County, as recorded in Plat Book “D”, Page 70 and 71, Probate Of-fice, Etowah County, Alabama.

is a nuisance in violation of the Gadsden City Code and whether it should be abated. 

You may appear and present any relevant evidence to the Council regarding the alleged nui-sance and its abatement.                                                                                                                              

                                                    

Brian Harbison                                                  

BUILDING OFFICIAL                                               

                                                                

City of Gadsden                                                 

P.O. Box 267                                                    

Gadsden, AL  35902                                             

(256) 549-4529        

October 14, 2022                                                 

_____________                                       

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING                                                                 

                                                                    

Notice is hereby given to DANNY E FENDLEY, 199 MOOYN ROAD, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA 30116, believed to have or Claim an interest in the property described below, that at a regular meeting Of the Council of the City of Gadsden to be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., a hearing will be held to determine whether or not the structure or condition located at 1812 EMANUEL AVENUE in District 5 in the City of Gads-den, more particularly described as:

Tax ID#: 15-03-07-4-000-257.000  

LT 35 BLK E EDGEWOOD ADD #2 PLAT E-79 7-12-6,

is a nuisance in violation of the Gadsden City Code and whether it should be abated.  You may appear and present any relevant evidence to the Council regarding the alleged nuisance and its abatement.                                                                                       

                                                                                               

Brian Harbison                                                  

BUILDING OFFICIAL                                               

                                                                

City of Gadsden                                                 

P.O. Box 267                                                    

Gadsden, AL  35902                                             

(256) 549-4529              

October 14, 2022                                                                                                      

______________                                

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given to JOHN COLLINS and ANNE PATTERSON, 3411 GEORGIA AVENUE, GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35904, believed to have or claim an interest in the property described below, that at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Gadsden to be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., a hearing will be held to determine whether or not the structure or condition located 3411 GEORGIA AVENUE in District 6 in the City of Gadsden, more particularly described as:

Lot 25 and 26 in Block 4 of the Homewood Addition, according to the map or plat thereof rec-orded in Plat Book “C’, Pages 218-219, Probate Office, Etowah County, Alabama, and lying and being in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.

is a nuisance in violation of the Gadsden City Code and whether it should be abated. 

You may appear and present any relevant evidence to the Council regarding the alleged nui-sance and its abatement.                                                                                                                                

                                                    

Brian Harbison                                                  

BUILDING OFFICIAL                                               

                                                                

City of Gadsden                                                 

P.O. Box 267                                                    

Gadsden, AL  35902                                             

(256) 549-4529           

October 14, 2022

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STATE OF ALABAMA

PROCLAMATION

BY THE GOVERNOR

 

WHEREAS, on November 3, 2020, the people of Alabama ratified Amendment 951 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, authorizing the Alabama Legislature, during its 2022 Regular Session, to draft a recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901;

WHEREAS Amendment 951 confines the draft recompilation to arranging the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 into proper articles, parts, and sections; removing all racist language; deleting duplicative and repealed provisions; consolidating provisions regarding economic development; and arranging all local amendments by county of application; and the draft may make “no other changes”;

WHEREAS Amendment 951 further requires any such draft recompilation to be submitted to the voters upon approval, through a joint resolution, by a three-fifths vote of each house of the Legislature;

WHEREAS the Legislature at its 2022 Regular Session enacted a joint resolution by the requisite three-fifths vote approving a “Proposed Constitution of Alabama of 2022” and specifically finding that it complies with Amendment 951 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, see Ala. Act No. 2022-111;

WHEREAS the full text of the Proposed Constitution of 2022 is published on the website of the Secretary of State as required by Amendment 951 and is available for viewing at http://alison.legislature.state.al.us/proposed-2022-constitution;

WHEREAS, in conformity with Amendment 951 and other applicable provisions of Alabama law, the Legislature has ordered an election by the qualified electors of the State upon ratification of the Proposed Constitution of 2022 to be held at the 2022 general election; and

WHEREAS, upon ratification of the proposed Constitution of 2022 by a majority of the qualified electors of this State voting on the question of ratification, the Proposed Constitution of 2022 shall succeed the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 as the supreme law of this State in accordance with Amendment 951;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kay Ivey, as Governor of the State of Alabama, do hereby give notice, direct, and proclaim that on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, an election will be held in the State of Alabama in the manner and form provided by law upon the question of ratification of the proposed Constitution of Alabama of 2022, which has been certified by the Secretary of State to appear on ballots as follows:

“Shall the following Recompilation of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901 be ratified?”

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION TO
APPEAR ON THE BALLOT STATEWIDE

CONSTITUTION OF ALABAMA OF 2022

Proposing adoption of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, which is a recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, prepared in accordance with Amendment 951, arranging the constitution in proper articles, parts, and sections, removing racist language, deleting duplicated and repealed provisions, consolidating provisions regarding economic development, arranging all local amendments by county of application, and making no other changes. (Proposed by Act 2022-111)

 

( )  YES

( )  NO

 

 

STATE OF ALABAMA

PROCLAMATION

BY THE GOVERNOR

 

WHEREAS the Alabama Legislature at its 2021 and 2022 Regular Sessions enacted Act No. 2021-199 (SB74), Act No. 2021-201 (HB131), Act No. 2021-202 (SB68), Act No. 2021-284 (HB388), Act No. 2021-327 (HB178), Act No. 2022-117 (HB255), Act No. 2022-177 (HB319), Act No. 2022-256 (SB196), Act No. 2022-286 (HB458), and Act No. 2022-288 (HB148), proposing amendments to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901;

WHEREAS, in conformity with Section 284 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the Legislature has ordered an election by the qualified electors of the state upon such proposed amendments; and

WHEREAS notice of this election, together with the proposed amendments, is required by law to be given by proclamation of the Governor, which shall be published once a week for at least four successive weeks immediately preceding the day appointed for the election;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kay Ivey, as Governor of the State of Alabama, do hereby give notice, direct, and proclaim that on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, an election will be held in the State of Alabama in the manner and form provided by law upon the following proposed amendments to the Constitution of 1901 of the State of Alabama:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2021-199

  • This amendment shall apply only in Shelby County.

(b) Except as provided for in subsection (c), any private entity and any privately owned plant, property, or facility for the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage that uses, directly or through a lease or contract, public rights-of-way of public roads for any part of its collection or disposal system, that discharges to a Grade III or higher wastewater treatment facility as defined in and by the current classification system used by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management on January 1, 2020, and its equivalent classification thereafter, and that has residential or commercial customers that are billed a flat service fee or fee based on water usage, hereinafter referred to as utility or utilities, shall be certified and regulated by the Public Service Commission, which regulation shall include, but not be limited to, regulation of the rates, charges, and increases in rates or charges imposed on its customers. The Public Service Commission shall certify and regulate the entities, plants, facilities, and utilities affected hereby, based on and in accordance with Title 37, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended.  Implementation of this amendment, whether gradual or at one time, shall be determined by the Public Service Commission.  Until the Public Service Commission determines applicable rates and charges to be imposed on customers, the rates and charges shall be in accord with and governed by the most recent and controlling rate control agreement or in the event there is not a controlling rate control agreement, that utility’s most recent published rate.

(c) If the county, a municipality, or a governmental utility service corporation (GUSC) in the county enters into a rate control agreement with an entity or facility described in subsection (b), the county, municipality, or GUSC may opt out of regulation by the Public Service Commission as to and for any residential or commercial customers affected by and are subject to the rate control agreement. In the event a rate control agreement or any part thereof is found to be invalid, or is terminated by the county, municipality, or GUSC that entered into the rate control agreement, or becomes unenforceable or void in whole or in part, then the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission and the provisions in subsection (b) pertaining to regulation by the Public Service Commission shall by operation of law be restored and enforced to the full force and effect of this amendment.

(d) In the event Public Service Commission jurisdiction is restored after the county, municipality, or GUSC has exercised its opt-out provision provided in subsection (c) and has voluntarily terminated the rate control agreement, the county, municipality, or GUSC may not again exercise its power to opt out of Public Service Commission jurisdiction and rate control for a period of five years from the date Public Service Commission jurisdiction is reinstated.

(e) In the event that an entity, plant, property, or facility serves customers located in more than one municipality, the opt-out option provided in subsection (c) shall vest with the municipality that has a rate control agreement executed as of or prior to January 1, 2021, subject to approval of the Shelby County Commission.

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2021-201

Part I.  This amendment shall be known and may be cited as Aniah’s Law.

Part II.   Section 16 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 16 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

“Section 16.

“That all persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, when the proof is evident or the presumption great unless charged with an offense enumerated by the Legislature by general law capital murder, as provided in Section 13A-5-40, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; murder, as provided in Section 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; kidnapping in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-6-43, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; rape in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; sodomy in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; sexual torture, as provided in Section 13A-6-65.1, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; domestic violence in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-6-130, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; human trafficking in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-6-152, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; burglary in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-7-5, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; arson in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-7-41, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; robbery in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; terrorism, as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of Section 13A-10-152, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; and aggravated child abuse, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 26-15-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; and that excessive bail shall not in any case be required.”

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2021-202

Section 6.06 of Amendment 328, as amended by Amendment 364, of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 144 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

“Amendment 364.

“Section 6.06. Probate court.

“There shall be a probate court in each county which that shall have general jurisdiction of orphans’ business, and of adoptions, and with the power to grant letters testamentary, and of administration, and of guardianships, and shall have such further jurisdiction as may be provided by law, provided, that whenever the circuit court has taken jurisdiction of the settlement of any estate, it shall have power to do all things necessary for the settlement of such estate, including the appointment and removal of administrators, executors, guardians, and trustees and including action upon the resignation of either of them.”

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2021-284

The implementation date for any bill enacted by the Legislature in a calendar year in which a general election is to be held and relating to the conduct of the general election shall be at least six months before the general election.

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2021-327

Each municipality authorized to levy and collect the special ad valorem tax authorized in Amendment No. 8 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, now appearing as Section 216.01 of the Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, for the payment of bonds and the interest thereon, may levy and collect such ad valorem tax at a rate not exceeding the millage rate then lawfully permitted to be levied and collected by the municipality to directly pay the costs of public capital improvements, as well as to pay the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued to finance or refinance the costs of the improvements; and any levy and collection of such ad valorem tax for these purposes by the municipality prior to the ratification of this amendment is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed.

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2022-117

The state, a county, or a municipality is authorized to grant federal award funds or any other source of funding designated for broadband infrastructure by state law to any public or private entity for the purpose of providing or expanding broadband infrastructure. The granting of funds by a county or a municipality to a private entity pursuant to this section must be approved at a public meeting held by the appropriate county or municipality.

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2022-177

Contingent upon the ratification of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022:

(a) The Code Commissioner shall number and place any constitutional amendment ratified on the date of ratification of this amendment as appropriate in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, based upon a logical sequence and the particular subject or topic of the amendment.

(b)(1) Any judicial decision interpreting a provision of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, shall remain valid as to the appropriate provision in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, that has not been substantively changed by the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. Any case annotation to any section of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, compiled and published prior to the ratification of this amendment shall apply to the section as it is numbered or renumbered in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as authorized by Amendment 951.

(2) The Code Commissioner shall instruct the publisher of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to transfer, organize, and otherwise arrange annotations to the same or renumbered sections of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, except to the extent substantively changed.

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2022-256

(a)(1) The governor shall have power to Governor may grant reprieves and commutations to persons under sentence of death.

(2) The power to grant a reprieve or commutation under subdivision (1) shall not be exercised until the Governor has notified the Attorney General and has made reasonable efforts to notify a designated member of the victim’s family, whose mailing address, e-mail, and phone number have been provided to the Governor by the Attorney General for this purpose.

            (3) Failure to provide the required notification under subdivision (2) shall void the reprieve or commutation, and the Attorney General may seek a new execution order from the Alabama Supreme Court as provided under existing law.

(b)        The legislature shall have power to Legislature may provide for and to regulate the administration of pardons, paroles, remission of fines and forfeitures, and may authorize the courts having criminal jurisdiction to suspend sentence and to order probation.

  • No pardon shall relieve a person from civil and political disabilities unless specifically expressed in the pardon.

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2022-286

“Amendment 772

“(a) The governing body of any county, and the governing body of any municipality located therein, for which a local constitutional amendment has not been adopted authorizing any of the following, a county or municipality shall have full and continuing power to do any of the following:

“(1) Use public funds to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, buildings, plants, factories, facilities, machinery, and equipment of any kind, or to utilize the properties heretofore purchased or otherwise acquired on or before adoption of this amendment, and to improve and develop the properties for use as sites for industry of any kind or as industrial park projects, including, but not limited to, grading and the construction of roads, drainage, sewers, sewage and waste disposal systems, parking areas, and utilities to serve the sites or projects.

“(2) Lease, sell, grant, exchange, or otherwise convey, on terms approved by the governing body of the county or the municipality, as applicable, all or any part of any real property, buildings, plants, factories, facilities, machinery, and equipment of any kind or industrial park project to any individual, firm, corporation, or other business entity, public or private, including any industrial development board or other public corporation or authority heretofore or hereafter created by the county or the municipality before or after adoption of this amendment, for the purpose of constructing, developing, equipping, and operating industrial, commercial, research, or service facilities of any kind.

“(3) Lend its credit to, or grant public funds and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, corporation, or other business entity, public or private, for the purpose of promoting the economic and industrial development of the county or the municipality.

“(4) Become indebted and issue bonds, warrants which may be payable from funds to be realized in future years, notes, or other obligations, or evidences of indebtedness to a an aggregate outstanding principal amount not exceeding an amount equal to 50 percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease, or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision (1), or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. The obligations or evidences of indebtedness may be issued upon the full faith and credit of the county or any municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment.

(b) The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes, or other obligations, or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment, or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized shall be conclusive, and no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further. The bonds, warrants, notes, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder shall not be considered do not constitute an indebtedness of the county or any municipality for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of the county or municipality under this Constitution.

(b)(c) In carrying out the purpose of this amendment, neither the county nor any municipality located therein a county or a municipality shall not be subject to Section 93 or 94 of this Constitution or be required to comply with Section 222 of this Constitution. Each public corporation heretofore Section 93 or 94 of this Constitution, nor shall a county or municipality be required to comply with the provisions of Section 222 of this Constitution, unless issuing general obligation bond instruments establishing a requirement for repayment. Each public corporation created by the county or by any municipality located therein on or before the adoption of this amendment, including specifically any industrial development board incorporated under Article 4 of Chapter 54 of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and any industrial development authority incorporated or reincorporated under Chapter 92A of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and the Shoals Economic Development Authority enacted under Act No. 95-512, 1995 Regular Session, are validated and the powers granted to the board or authority under its respective enabling legislation are validated, notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Constitution. The powers granted by this amendment may be exercised as an exclusive alternative to, or cumulative with, and in no way restrictive of, powers otherwise granted by this Constitution or any law to the county, or to any municipality, or to any agency, board, or authority created pursuant to the laws of this state.

(c)(d) Neither the county nor any municipality located therein shall lend its credit to, or grant any public funds or thing of value to, or in aid of, any private entity under the authority of this amendment unless prior thereto to doing so, both of the following are satisfied:

“(1) The action proposed to be taken by the county or municipality is approved at a public meeting of the governing body of the county or municipality, as the case may be, by a resolution containing a determination by the governing body that the expenditure of public funds for the purpose specified will serve a valid and sufficient public purpose, notwithstanding any incidental benefit accruing to any private entity or entities.

“(2) At least seven days prior to the public meeting, a notice is published in the a newspaper having the largest circulation in circulation in the county or municipality, as the case may be, describing in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken, a description of the public benefits sought to be achieved by the action, and identifying each individual, firm, corporation, or other business entity to whom, or for whose benefit, the county or the municipality proposes to lend its credit or grant public funds or thing of value.

(e) For purposes of the foregoing, any sale, lease, or other disposition of property for a price equal to the its fair market value thereof shall not constitute the lending of credit or a grant of public funds or thing of value in aid of a private entity.

(f) Nothing in this amendment shall authorize the county commission to own or operate a cable television system.

(d)(g) Any action taken, or agreement made, under Amendment 772 by any county or municipality prior to the date this amendment is ratified and confirmed in all respects as of that date, except to the extent that its validity is being challenged in appropriate judicial proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction on the date this amendment is ratified. This amendment These amendatory provisions shall have prospective application only. Any local constitutional amendments previously adopted and any local law enacted pursuant to such amendment shall remain in full force and effect.”

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2022-288

(a) This amendment shall apply only in Jefferson County and Tuscaloosa County.

(b) Any privately owned plant, property, or facility used for the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage that uses, directly or through a lease or contract, public rights-of-way of public roads for any part of its collection or disposal system and that has residential or commercial customers located in the city limits of Lake View in Tuscaloosa County and Jefferson County that are billed a flat service fee or fee based on water usage shall be certified and regulated by the Public Service Commission, beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2027, in relation to all of the customers of the entity located in the city limits of Lake View in Jefferson County and Tuscaloosa County, and in the unincorporated areas of Tuscaloosa County.

 

October 14, 21, 28 and November 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

   

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ALABAMA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NOTICE OF

APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PERMIT

AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

PUBLIC NOTICE  212

Marshall County

Verlon Painter Motors c/o Mr. Verlon Painter, 3842 AL Hwy 75 North Albertville, AL 35951, UIC Permit Number ALSI9948630has applied for the reissuance of a permit for Class V Injection Wells at Verlon Painter Motors, 3842 AL Hwy 75 N, Albertville, AL 35951 for discharge resulting from the operation of a car wash.

The draft permit contains requirements and limitations which are protective of groundwater quality.

Copies of the draft permit, conditions, limitations and a fact sheet as applicable describing the methodology for setting the limitations and conditions and other related documents are avail-able for public inspection electronically via http://adem.alabama.gov/newsEvents/publicNotices.cnt, and at the following location Monday – Friday (except legal holidays), 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. A nominal fee for copying and/or mailing may be charged. Arrangements for copying should be made in advance.

Jeffery W. Kitchens, Chief

ADEM-Water Division

1400 Coliseum Blvd.

[Mailing address: PO Box 301463; Zip 36130-1463]

Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2400

(334) 271-7823

water-permits@adem.alabama.gov

Persons wishing to comment may do so, in writing, to the Department’s named contact above within 30 days following the publication date of this notice. COMMENTERS SHOULD IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE UIC PERMIT NUMBER ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THEIR COMMENTS. In order to affect final decisions, comments must offer technically substantial information that is appli-cable to the draft permit.

A written request for a public hearing may also be filed within that 30-day period and must state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. The Director shall hold a public hearing whenever it is found, on the basis of hearing requests, that there exists a signifi-cant degree of public interest in the permit application or draft permit. The Director may also hold a hearing if he determines that it would clarify one or more issues involved in the permit decision.

After consideration of all written comments, review of any public hearing record, and consider-ation of the requirements of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act, the Federal Water Pol-lution Control Act and applicable regulations, the Department will make a final determination. The Department will develop a response to comments, which will become part of the public record. The Department will post responses to comments as well as the final permit determi-nations to the Department’s website at http://app.adem.alabama.gov/eFile/. To find the re-sponse to comments and final permit determination, you may search by the permit number listed in this notice.

The Department maintains a list of interested individuals who are emailed legal notices re-garding proposed permits. If you wish to receive such notices, please sign up at http://adem.alabama.gov by entering your email address on the left side of the page and click-ing the submit button.

Notice is hereby given this 19th day of October, 2022, by authorization of the Alabama

Department of Environmental Management.

Lance R. LeFleur

Director

Nondiscrimination Statement: The Department does not discriminate on the basis of race, col-or, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in the administration of its programs.

October 14, 2022                                                     

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. STPAA-2822(251) ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA

Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on November 04, 2022 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Resurfacing, Guardrail Installation, and Traffic Stripe on CR-375 (Appalachian Highway) from the junction of SR-74 (US-

278) in Hokes Bluff to the junction of SR-25 (US-411). Length 8.007 mi.

The total amount of uncompleted work under contract to a contractor must not exceed the amount of his or her qualification certificate.

The Entire Project Shall Be Completed In Sixty (60) Working Days. A 2.00% DBE Contract Obligation Is Required.

A Bidding Proposal may be purchased for $5.00. Plans may be purchased for $4.00 per set. Plans and Proposals are available at the Alabama Department of Transportation, 1409 Coliseum Boulevard, Room E-108, Montgomery, AL 36110. Checks should be made payable to the Alabama Department of Transportation. Plans and Proposals will be mailed only upon receipt of remittance. No refunds will be made.

Minimum wage rates for this project have been pre-determined by the Secretary of Labor and are set forth in the advertised specifications. This project is subject to the contract work hours and Safety Standards Act and its implementing regulations.

Cashier’s check or bid bond for 5% of bid (maximum – $50,000.00) made payable to the Alabama Department of Transportation must accompany each bid as evidence of good faith.

The bracket range is shown only to provide general financial information to contractors and bonding companies concerning the project’s complexity and size. This Bracket should not be used in preparing a bid, nor will this bracket have any bearing on the decision to award this contract.

The Bracket Estimate On This Project Is From $3,441,744 To $4,206,576 .

The proposed work shall be performed in conformity with the rules and regulations for carrying out the Federal Highway Act.

Plans and Specifications are on file in Room E-108 of the Alabama Department of Transportation at Montgomery, Alabama 36110.

In accordance with the rules and regulations of The Alabama Department of Transportation, proposals will be issued only to prequalified contractors or their authorized representatives, upon requests that are received before 10 AM., on the day previous to the day of opening of bids.

The bidder’s proposal must be submitted on the complete original proposal furnished him or her by the Alabama Department of Transportation.

The Alabama Department of Transportation, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42

U.S.C. 2000D TO 2000D-4 and Title 49 code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of The Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.

JOHN R. COOPER

Transportation Director

October 14, 21 and 28, 2022

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LEGAL NOTICE

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Tomcat Construction LLC has completed the Contract for Oakview Avenue Drainage Improve-ment for the City of Gadsden, Alabama.  Gadsden Bid Request No. 3480 located at Oakview Avenue Gadsden, AL 35901, for the City of Gadsden, Alabama, 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Ala-bama, Owner, and have made request for final settlement of said Contract.  All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify:  Heath Williamson, Engineering Department, City of Gadsden, 90 Broad Street, Gads-den, Alabama 35901

Tomcat Construction LLC.

129 County Road 828

Colllinsville, AL. 35961

September 23, 30, October 7 and 14, 2022     

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LEGAL NOTICE

Vulcan Materials Asphalt & Construction, LLC hereby gives notice of competition for construction of RAA-28-079-19 Median Crossover on US-431 at Mountainboro Fire Department in Etowah County.  This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on September 30, 2022 and ending on October 21, 2022.  All claims should be filed at Vulcan Materials Asphalt & Construction, LLC at P.O. Box 1890, Gadsden, Alabama 35902 during this period. 

Vulcan Materials Asphalt & Construction, LLC

P.O. Box 1890

Gadsden, AL. 35902

September 30,

October 7, 14, and 21, 2022 

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Legal Notice

Bedwell & Whorton Excavating, LLC hereby gives notice of completion of the Wildhaven Circle Drainage Improvements Phase 2 for the City of Gadsden, Alabama.  This notice will appear for four (4) weeks, once weekly beginning on   September 30, 2022 and ending on  October 21, 2022 .  All claims should be filed with The City of Gadsden 90 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901 or call 256-549-4520.

Jeff Bedwell, Owner

September 30,

October 7, 14, and 21, 2022      

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LEGAL NOTICE

The following storage units will be auctioned on October 19, 2022 beginning at 10:00 am on the business premises of Southtowne Mini Warehouses.  Southtowne is located at 199 Woodland Drive, off of Steele Station Road in Rainbow City, Alabama.

Ja Rod Brock   Unit 153

Colby Harris  Unit 24D

Emma Proffitt  Unit 534

Holly Troup  Unit 38-11

Jason Wood  Unit RV-15

Pinky Prewitt  Unit 569 & 618

Joyce Lancaster   Unit 255

James Robinson   Unit K-12

Meagan Garrard  Unit 614

Southtowne Mini Warehouses

199 Woodland Drive

Rainbow City, AL. 35906

October 7 and 14, 2022

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NOTICE OF

VEHICLE

POSSESSION

Please take NOTICE that the Kelton Wrecker LLC will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following abandoned motor vehicles:

2002 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

VIN:  3GNFK16Z 92G199717

The public auction will be held at Kelton Wrecker LLC located at 1625 Forrest Ave Gadsden AL 35901 at 8:00 AM on 11/05/2022. The seller shall have a right to reject any bid that is unreasonably low and may postpone the public auction until another time and place. In addition, the seller expressly reserves the right to bid and purchase at the public auction.

Kelton Wrecker, LLC

1625 Forrest Ave

Gadsden, AL. 35901

October 7 and 14, 2022

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NOTICE OF

VEHICLE

POSSESSION

Please take NOTICE that the Kelton Wrecker LLC will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following abandoned motor vehicles:

2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU

VIN:  1G1ZC5E U1CF390172

The public auction will be held at Kelton Wrecker LLC located at 1625 Forrest Ave Gadsden AL 35901 at 8:00 AM on 11/12/2022. The seller shall have a right to reject any bid that is unreasonably low and may postpone the public auction until another time and place. In addition, the seller expressly reserves the right to bid and purchase at the public auction.

Kelton Wrecker, LLC

1625 Forrest Ave

Gadsden, AL. 35901

October 7 and 14, 2022

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NOTICE OF

VEHICLE

POSSESSION

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will proceed to take possession of the following described abandoned vehicle(s) on 11/16/2022.

1999 Honda Civic

VIN:  2HGEJ667 2XH580708

A&J Towing LLC

3156 Lay Springs Road

Gadsden, AL. 35904

October 7 and 14,

2022

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NOTICE OF

VEHICLE

POSSESSION

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will proceed to take possession of the following described abandoned vehicle(s) on 12/02/2022.

2004 Ford Freestar 

VIN: 2FMZA51654BB28206

2008 Chevrolet Impala 

VIN: 2G1WC5 83889269872

Thacker Towing

927 5th Ave NE

Attalla, AL 35954

(256) 564-9994

October 14 and 21, 2022

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