NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF TEXAS § BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE § SMITH COUNTY § DATED MARCH 24, 2026 and issued pursuant to judgment decree(s) of the District Court of Smith County, Texas, by the Clerk of said Court on said date, in the hereinafter numbered and styled suit(s) and to me directed and delivered as Sheriff or Constable of said County, I have on March 24, 2026, seized, levied upon, and will, on the first Tuesday in May, 2026, the same being the 5th day of said month, Pursuant to Texas Tax Code 34.01, and as further provided in the Resolution To Allow Online Auctions For Tax Foreclosure Sales, Tax Resales And To Adopt Rules Governing Online Auctions adopted by vote of Commissioners Court of Smith County, Texas, on September 13, 2022, and recorded as instrument number 202201036814 in the Official Real Property Records of Smith County, Texas. The sale shall be conducted as an ONLINE AUCTION at the following URL: https://smith.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com, between the hours of 10 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on said day, beginning at 10:00 AM, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder all the right, title, and interest of the defendants in such suit(s) in and to the following described real estate levied upon as the property of said defendants, the same lying and being situated in the County of Smith and the State of Texas, to-wit: 27,216-A, TRACT 1: Account No(s). 180705000600093000, BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. LAVERNE DAVIS, LAKEWAY HARBOR LOT 93 (000000.0000), with an adjudged value of $2,100.00; 27,216-A, TRACT 2: Account No(s). 180705000500051000, BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. LAVERNE DAVIS, LAKEWAY HARBOR LOT 51 (000000.0000), with an adjudged value of $8,715.00; 27,216-A, TRACT 3: Account No(s). 180705000600090000, BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. LAVERNE DAVIS, LAKEWAY HARBOR LOT 90 91 (000000.0000), with an adjudged value of $58,244.00; 27,232-B, TRACT 1: Account No(s). 100000026400002010, ARP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. PAMELA SUE WILSON, 11.88 acres, more or less, ABST A0264 A CADDELL TRACT 2A (SEE TR 2A.4 & 2A.6 FOR IMP ONLY MHS) IMP ONLY MH ADDED SEE TR 2A.6 FOR MH - 2020 (000011.8800), with an adjudged value of $48,062.00; 27,246-A, Account No(s). 100000102600003020, WINONA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. VERAL HACKETT, ET AL, 1.00 acre, more or less. ABST A1026 G WELCH TRACT 0003B TR0003B (000001.0000), with an adjudged value of $23,966.00; ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TAX WARRANT ISSUED May 17, 2025 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27,071-C, Account No(s). 100000000902019000, WINONA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. AARON ARNOLD, 1.20 acre, more or less, ABST A0009 F FLORES TRACT 19 TR00019 (000001.2000), with an adjudged value of $36,967.00; ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TAX WARRANT ISSUED October 8, 2025 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27,498-A, Account No(s). 100000038102050010, CITY OF LINDALE, ET AL VS. J B RUSSELL, 0.25 acre, more or less, ABST A0381 J GIBSON TRACT 50A (000000.2500), with an adjudged value of $112,249.00; (any volume and page references, unless otherwise indicated, being to the Deed Records, Smith County, Texas, to which instruments reference may be made for a more complete description of each respective tract.) or, upon the written request of said defendants or their attorney, a sufficient portion of the property described above shall be sold to satisfy said judgment(s), interest, penalties, and cost; and any property sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the said property, or their interest therein, within the time and in the manner provided by law, and shall be subject to any other and further rights to which the defendants or anyone interested therein may be entitled, under the provisions of law. Said sale to be made by me to satisfy the judgment(s) rendered in the above styled and numbered cause(s), together with interest, penalties, and costs of suit, and the proceeds of said sales to be applied to the satisfaction thereof, and the remainder, if any, to be applied as the law directs. RECENT CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY TAX CODE NOW REQUIRE PURCHASERS OF TAX SALE PROPERTY TO HAVE A STATEMENT FROM THE SMITH COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR CERTIFYING THAT THE PERSON/FIRM/COMPANY PURCHASING PROPERTY AT A TAX SALE OWES NO DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES TO ANY TAXING ENTITY WITHIN THE COUNTY. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A TAX SALE DEED TO ANY PROPERTY YOU PURCHASE WITHOUT THIS CERTIFICATE TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SMITH COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE SALE. Dated at Tyler, Texas, March 24, 2026 /s/ Larry R. Smith Sheriff Larry R. Smith Smith County, Texas By /s/ Tina Glover Deputy Notes: The Minimum Bid is the lesser of the amount awarded in the judgment plus interest and costs or the adjudged value. However, the Minimum Bid for a person owning an interest in the property or for a person who is a party to the suit (other than a taxing unit), is the aggregate amount of the judgments against the property plus all costs of suit and sale. ALL SALES SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION WITHOUT NOTICE. THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE ON THE PROPERTY WHICH HAVEBEEN ASSESSED SINCE THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT. For more information, contact your attorney or LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP, attorney for plaintiffs, at (903) 597-2897.