Natchitoches Parish, LA tax sales

Parish offices

County notes

• •The Sheriff's Office collects parish property taxes. The Assessor's office states that taxes are collected by the Sheriff's Office as the Tax Collector, and the Assessor's calendar sets December 31 as the date unpaid taxes become delinquent.
• •Parcels left unsold at tax sale are adjudicated to the parish. Natchitoches Parish Government links its adjudicated property program to E&P Consulting Services, which publishes the parish list and the auction schedule at louisianalandsolutions.com.
• •Adjudicated parcels are sold through a written offer followed by a public auction. A buyer files a Request to Purchase form with a $1,000 administrative fee in certified funds, a wait of 60 days to six months follows for title research and statutory notice, and an oral bidding session decides the winner. Only registered bidders may bid, and the bidder or a proxy must attend. If nobody else registers, the written minimum bid takes the property. The fee is refunded if the bidder is outbid or the tax debtor redeems first. Register with E&P Consulting at (318) 807-0924.
• •E&P Consulting schedules Natchitoches Parish adjudicated auctions in small batches with posted minimum bids, and states that auction dates are subject to change. Check its Natchitoches Parish page for the next schedule.
• •Adjudicated buyers receive a non-warranty cash sale deed plus an affidavit, recorded with the Natchitoches Parish Clerk of Court. Recording fees typically run $200 to $400 on top of the price, and the tax debtor can redeem until the sale is filed.
• •Property inside the city limits can be adjudicated to the City of Natchitoches rather than to the parish, and E&P Consulting keeps a separate City of Natchitoches list. Check which body holds a parcel before making an offer.
• •Natchitoches Parish Assessor: 200 Church Street, Suite 105, Natchitoches, LA 71457, mailing address P.O. Box 201, Natchitoches, LA 71458-0201, phone (318) 352-2377, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office assesses about 23,000 parcels and is the place to confirm ownership and assessed value before bidding.
• •Natchitoches Parish Government: 200 Church Street, Room 210, Natchitoches, LA 71457, phone (318) 352-2714, for questions about adjudicated parcels the parish holds.

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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