Commonwealth of Virginia

VA Code§§ 1-211.1; 8.01-316,20-104

Case No.CL24-69

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF BOTETOURT

COUNTY OF BOTETOURT, VIRGINIA, a Political Subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Complainant, V. WILLIAM H. SMITH, ET AL., Respondent(s)

The object of this suit is to:

Enforce the lien of the Complainant, County of Botetourt, Virginia, for delinquent real estate taxes against certain real property located in the County of Botetourt, Virginia, described as follows:

Tax Map No. 102(2)4

Account No. 11709

All that certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being the Blue Ridge Magisterial District, Botetourt County, Virginia, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

All that certain tract or parcel of land containing 6.9 acres, more or less, designated as Lot No. 4, as shown on plat entitled “Plat of the john A. Orange Tract”, dated August 1941, made by S.S. Lynn, S.C.S., of record in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Botetourt County, Virginia, in Plat Book 2, at Page 82.

Together with a perpetual right of way and easement for the purpose of ingress and egress from the land herein described to the public road.

And being the same property conveyed to William H. Smith from Hubert J. Orange and Mary Frances Orange, his wife, by deed dated January 10, 1978, and recorded February 2, 1978, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Botetourt County, Virginia, in Deed Book 241 at Page 257.

This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described including but not limited to those recorded in Deed Book 186, at Page 355 and Deed Book 242, at Page 30.

IT APPEARING that an affidavit has been made and filed stating that the due diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties to be served, that the last known addresses for the Respondents herein are as follows:

William H. Smith, who is believed to be deceased and whose last address is unknown; Emily M. Smith, who is believed to be deceased and whose last known address is unknown; and that any officers, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of the Respondent named herein are made parties Respondent to this action individually and/or by the general description of Parties Unknown, it is hereby

ORDERED that the parties herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained appear on or before May 6, 2024 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Botetourt, Virginia, and do what may be necessary to protect their interests in this cause.

Entered on the 21^st day of March, 2024

1. Moore

Clerk

I ask for this:

Seth Konopasek, Esq. (VSB No. 97065)

John A. Rife, Esq. (VSB No. 45805)

Jeffery A. Scharf, Esq.(VSB No.30591)

Mark K. Ames, Esq. (VSB No.27409)

Andrew M. Neville, Esq. (VSB No. 86372)

Paul L. LaBarr, Esq. (VSB No. 91609)

Gregory L. Haynes, Esq. (VSB No. 37158)

Garrett w. Patton, Esq. (VSB No. 98345)

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