St. Bernard County, LA tax sales
How tax lien sales work in St. Bernard County, seat of Chalmette: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Announced per property rather than on a fixed annual calendar.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- (504) 271-2504
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How St. Bernard 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
- St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, Civil and Tax Division
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Mid-June, on a single weekday.
- Next expected
- advertised for auction by May 1, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register online ahead of the sale in two steps: open a Zeus account, then apply for the St. Bernard Parish auction and wait for approval. The 2026 cutoff was 3:30 p.m. on June 11, about a week before bidding opened, and anyone not approved by then could not bid. Zeus charges nothing for the account itself, but each sale sets its own deposit and payment terms, and winning bids are normally paid by wire to the collector's bank. Bidder help line: 1-800-800-9588.
Sale format and venue
St. Bernard County tax sale list and auction calendar
For St. Bernard 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Adjudicated property list, St. Bernard Parish for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Announced per property rather than on a fixed annual calendar. Bidding runs on ZEUS; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use St. Bernard Parish Government, with adjudicated property sales administered by E&P Consulting Services as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in St. Bernard County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Adjudicated property list, St. Bernard Parish. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Submit a request-to-purchase form and a written offer through E&P Consulting Services, then pay the $1,000 administrative fee before the auction date. The session is open to the public, but only registered bidders may bid and you must attend in person. Payment is by certified check or money order payable to E&P Consulting, cash, or credit card with a 4 percent fee added.
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.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
unsold certificates
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)
County notes
- Property taxes here are collected by the Sheriff's Office rather than a parish treasurer. The Civil Tax Office is on the second floor of the Sheriff's Annex behind the courthouse at 2 Courthouse Square in Chalmette, open Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a drop box at the front entrance.
- Tax notices are mailed in late fall and payment is due by December 31; what stays unpaid after that sets the pool for the next lien auction.
- The parish keeps a running inventory of tax-adjudicated lots and resells them through E&P Consulting Services at in-person bidding sessions, so parcels that clear no bid at the lien auction are still reachable later.
- The Assessor's Office at 2118 Jackson Blvd., Suite A in Chalmette, (504) 279-6379, is where to check ownership, assessed value and parcel maps before bidding; it neither sets millage nor collects taxes.
Louisiana rules
- 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Aug 25, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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