LaSalle County, LA tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •The auction runs at the front door of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse, 1050 Courthouse Street in Jena, and continues day to day until every lien on the list has been offered.
• •The 2026 advertisement describes a tax lien sale rather than a transfer of tax sale title. The tax collector sells the lien and records a tax lien certificate in the parish mortgage records in favor of the winning bidder.
• •Interest on a LaSalle certificate is the rate established at the auction, which cannot exceed 1 percent per month on a noncompounding basis. The payoff that ends the certificate adds a 5 percent penalty and costs under La. R.S. 47:2156 on top of the auction price and interest.
• •Two separate lists carry the same sale date, one for immovable property and one for movable property such as oilfield equipment and mobile homes. Check the heading of the list before you bid.
• •The Sheriff Sales page on the sheriff's website carries mortgage foreclosure sales ordered by the 28th Judicial District Court, not the tax auction. Those judicial sales require an irrevocable bank letter of credit filed with the Civil Division before the sale; the tax auction notice sets no such requirement.
• •Property that draws no bid is adjudicated to the parish. The LaSalle Parish Police Jury sells adjudicated parcels by resolution under La. R.S. 47:2202 rather than at a scheduled auction, so approach the Police Jury at (318) 992-2101 for those.
• •The Sheriff's office lists Tax Inquiries at 318-992-7351 and tax payment lines at 318-992-5334, 318-992-7360 and 318-992-7353. Property taxes can also be searched and paid online through the parish tax payment portal linked from the sheriff's site.
• •The parish covers Jena, Olla, Tullos, Urania and Trout, and the list is heavy with rural acreage described by section, township and range rather than by street address, so plan for a legal-description title search.

Louisiana rules

Max interest rate

12% per year, bid down in 1.2% steps to an 8.4% floorLouisiana Revised Statutes 47:2154 - Tax lien auctions; time of auction; priceLa. R.S. 47:2154Verified Aug 24, 2026

Minimum return

5% floor at redemptionLouisiana Revised Statutes 47:2127 - Time for payment; interest and penalty; notificationLa. R.S. 47:2127Verified Aug 24, 2026

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.Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2266.1 - Procedure to recognize amounts due under tax lien certificateLa. R.S. 47:2266.1Verified Aug 24, 2026

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.Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2267 - Procedure to enforce tax lien; proceeds of judicial saleLa. R.S. 47:2267Verified Aug 24, 2026

Governing statute

La. Const. art. VII, sec. 25Louisiana Constitution article VII, section 25 - Tax Administration (as amended by Acts 2024, No. 409, effective January 1, 2026)La. Const. art. VII, sec. 25Verified Aug 24, 2026

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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