IN THE STATE COURT OF HALL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA Prestige Financial Services, Inc. Plaintiff, v. Stephanie Penland, Defendant. CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 2024SV001693 NOTICE OF SUMMONS - SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO: Stephanie Penland 9103 Waterstone Place Buford, GA 30518 By order for Service by Publication dated 08 day of April, 2026, You are hereby notified that on the 15th day of November 2024, Plaintiff filed its Verified Complaint against you for failure to pay amounts owed on a loan. You are hereby commanded and required to file with the Clerk of the State Court of Hall County, and serve upon the Petitioner's Attorney, Beth E Rogers at the address: 9040 Roswell Road, Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30350, an answer to the Complaint within sixty (60) days of the date of the order for service by publication. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Witness the Honorable John W. Wingate, III, Judge of said Court. This 22nd day of June, 2026 Mark Pettitt Clerk, State Court of Hall County 161047 7/1, 8, 15, 22