Affidavit of Publication

I, Ryan Standley, Publisher / Authorized Officer of Notice Nearby, publisher of the Notice Nearby Public Notice Register at noticenearby.com, hereby certify as follows:

1. The notice titled Invitation to bid — Mill Mountain park stair reconstruction, publication number NN-2026-00131, was published on the Notice Nearby public register, a publicly accessible online legal-notice publication, at the URL stated below.
2. The notice was first made public on Apr 9, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC. Schedule: 1 insertion: April 9, 2026. Last date: April 9, 2026. Fee: $79.00 paid · Standard · $79.00 × 1 insertion = $79.00.
   1. Run 1 of 1: April 9, 2026 (ran)
3. The jurisdiction of the notice is Roanoke, Roanoke City, VA. Notice Nearby acts as a qualifying publisher in this state.
4. At the time of first publication, the SHA-256 digest of the canonical notice text (UTF-8, normalized line endings) was:69206e06 8c78c331 c47a7a7e bb913251 fc94c4a7 aac318cc 61100023 99221dfc
5. Official URL: https://noticenearby.com/notices/va-roanoke-bid-mill-mountain-stairs
6. Notice Nearby issued a publication receipt signed with HMAC-SHA256. Signature prefix: 5ac533b3648eda9a93dfdb54…
7. The SHA-256 content hash, publication number, and notice id are permanently anchored on Base as an immutable on-chain fingerprint. The full notice text remains on Notice Nearby. This is not court acceptance. Verify the placement on Notice Nearby and on the blockchain.

This affidavit is Notice Nearby’s certification that the notice was placed on the public register identified above. It is not a representation that any court, clerk, recorder, or agency has accepted this publication in satisfaction of a particular statutory notice requirement. Whether online publication on this platform is sufficient depends on the governing statute and local rules. This document is not legal advice.