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East Feliciana County, LA tax sales

How tax lien sales work in East Feliciana County, seat of Clinton: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

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Next sale
advertised for auction by May 1, 2027Saturday · 2027
Format
County site
County office
(225) 683-8572
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How East Feliciana County sells delinquent taxes

From lien to deed

Louisiana holds no tax deed sale. A certificate holder who has not been paid files an ordinary proceeding under R.S. 47:2266.1 asking the court to recognize the delinquent obligation and the lien, and can do so only after the later of three years from recordation of the tax lien certificate or six months after sending the post-auction notices required by R.S. 47:2156. Those notices cannot go out more than one year before the suit, which makes years three through four the natural filing window. The petition names every owner shown in the conveyance records, and a notice of pendency of action goes into the mortgage records to preserve the lien while the case runs. Judgment is in rem only. It is executed by writ of fieri facias under Code of Civil Procedure Article 2291 and following, and the property is sold at a sheriff's judicial sale.

Tax certificate sale (lien)

Run by
East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office, Civil Division, acting as Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector
Frequency
annual
Registration
No online bidder registration is published for the annual sale.
Next expected
advertised for auction by May 1, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
Louisiana public notices, filter to East Feliciana Parish
When it runs
Parish tax notices are mailed in November and taxes are due by December 31, so delinquencies are set early in the new year. The Sheriff's Office publishes no auction calendar, so confirm the sale date and start time with the Civil Division at (225) 683-8572 and follow the legal notices in the Clinton Watchman, the paper that carries East Feliciana parish notices.
Registration and deposit

No online bidder registration is published for the annual sale. Call the Civil Division at (225) 683-8572 ahead of the sale for bidder requirements, accepted payment methods and access to the delinquent list.

Sale format and venue
The Sheriff's Office collects parish property taxes and runs the delinquent sale; the Assessor only values property and sends tax sale questions to the Sheriff. Louisiana bids down the undivided ownership interest, so the lowest percentage of ownership bid wins and the buyer holds that share of the parcel until the owner redeems, with a 5 percent penalty plus 1 percent per month paid out by the Sheriff when the debt is cleared. No online auction platform is confirmed for this parish's annual sale, so ask the Civil Division how bids are taken before you travel. Current-year taxes can be searched and paid through the Sheriff's online tax portal linked from the office payments page.
Source: Civil Division, East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office· Verified Aug 25, 2026

East Feliciana County tax sale list and auction calendar

For East Feliciana County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Adjudicated property listings, filter to Louisiana and East Feliciana Parish for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    advertised for auction by May 1, 2027 Bidding runs on County site; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use East Feliciana Parish Police Jury as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in East Feliciana County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Adjudicated property listings, filter to Louisiana and East Feliciana Parish. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Open a CivicSource account and add a verified bank account, then place the posted deposit on a parcel to start its auction. The highest bid wins, payment is due within 24 hours, and all sales are final.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Louisiana due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.

  4. Set a walk-away number

    Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

A lien nobody bids on has its certificate recorded in favor of the political subdivision, which then earns the full 1 percent per month. Any person may buy that lien from the political subdivision on the terms and conditions it sets, taking the same rights as any other certificate holder, and a political subdivision may adopt an ordinance for the public sale of the liens it holds and may sell for less than the full amount owed. There is no statewide list and no statewide price. Ask the tax collector and the parish or municipal governing authority which certificates are held and what their ordinance requires.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office, Civil Division

(225) 683-8572

11315 Bank Street, Clinton, LA 70722; mailing P.O. Box 207, Clinton, LA 70722

Official website

County notes

  • Louisiana parishes have no treasurer. The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office is the ex-officio tax collector, mails the tax notices, collects for the School Board, Police Jury, municipalities and fire districts, and runs the delinquent sale.
  • Parish tax notices go out in November and taxes are due by December 31.
  • Bidding follows the Louisiana rule of bidding down the undivided ownership interest, so the lowest percentage of ownership bid wins and a buyer can end up holding a fractional share alongside the owner if the debt is repaid.
  • Redemption runs three years and repays a 5 percent penalty plus 1 percent per month, and the Sheriff pays the investor when the debt is cleared.
  • Parcels that stay unsold are adjudicated to the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury and later resold online through CivicSource, which is where the parish's standing inventory of tax-delinquent property sits.
  • The parish advertises its property sales in the Clinton Watchman, the legal-notice paper for East Feliciana, and those notices are mirrored in the statewide Louisiana Public Notices database.
  • The Sheriff's Office does not post a tax sale calendar or a delinquent list on its website, so the Civil Division at (225) 683-8572 is the primary contact for sale dates, bidder terms and payoff figures.
  • The Police Jury office is at 12064 Marston Street, Clinton, LA 70722, mailing P.O. Box 427, phone (225) 683-8577, for questions about adjudicated parcels the parish still holds.

Louisiana rules

Max interest rate
12% per year, bid down in 1.2% steps to an 8.4% floor
Minimum return
5% floor at redemption
Redemption
Louisiana replaced redemption with extinguishment of the lien, and the shape is different from a redemption clock. There is no date on which the owner's right lapses by itself. Any person may pay the termination price to the tax collector at any time. The holder cannot even start the enforcement suit until the later of three years from recordation of the certificate or six months after the R.S. 47:2156 notices went out, and once suit is filed the right to pay survives until the close of business on the thirtieth day after the last party was served. After that the tax collector stops accepting payment, and the lien can be extinguished only by the holder's own act or by court order: a party holding an interest may still file a contradictory motion before the judicial sale and ask the court to set the termination price, which the court fixes within 30 days and which must then be paid within 30 days more. The pressure on the holder comes from the other end. R.S. 47:2155(C) makes the right to sue peremptive at seven years from recordation, suspended while a political subdivision holds the certificate or a recorded bankruptcy stay is pending, after which the lien is extinguished and the inscription cancelled. Redemption periods that the constitution used to provide remain peremptive under R.S. 47:2241, but the amended constitution no longer provides any.
Surplus proceeds
R.S. 47:2267(B)(1) ranks the proceeds. The sheriff deducts the costs of the sale and any commission, then pays the plaintiff certificate holder the judgment plus judicial interest through the date of sale and reasonable costs and attorney fees, then any other tax lien certificate holders whose rights have not perempted, then holders of recorded mortgages, liens and privileges, and finally each owner according to their interest. The certificate holder is paid immediately even if the remaining parties are still arguing, and a dispute over the surplus cannot delay the sheriff's deed. Proceeds that cannot be delivered go into the registry of the court, and surplus left unclaimed for one year falls under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act of 1997, R.S. 9:151 and following. The constitution now requires this: La. Const. art. VII, sec. 25(A)(1)(d) makes a procedure for claiming excess proceeds a minimum feature of the scheme.
Governing statute
La. Const. art. VII, sec. 25

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does East Feliciana County, Louisiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax lien certificates. In Louisiana investors buy the lien, not the property; the The parish sheriff runs the sale.

When is the East Feliciana County tax certificate sale?

Parish tax notices are mailed in November and taxes are due by December 31, so delinquencies are set early in the new year. The Sheriff's Office publishes no auction calendar, so confirm the sale date and start time with the Civil Division at (225) 683-8572 and follow the legal notices in the Clinton Watchman, the paper that carries East Feliciana parish notices. Always confirm the exact date with the The parish sheriff before the sale.

How often does East Feliciana County hold tax deed sales?

East Feliciana County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Louisiana's redemption rule: No fixed window. The lien can be extinguished until 30 days after the last party is served in the enforcement suit, and the holder cannot file that suit until 3 years after the tax lien certificate is recorded. Call the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the East Feliciana County tax sale list?

East Feliciana County posts its tax sale list at civicsource.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

Verified Aug 25, 2026 against official county and state sources.

Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.

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