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Parish Courthouse
P.O. Box 1150
Alexandria, LA 71309-1150
Phone: (318)473-6660
Fax: (318)473-6670
www.rppj.com

Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If Rapides Parish county, Louisiana is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Rapides Parish county, Louisiana.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Rapides Parish county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Rapides Parish county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Rapides Parish county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Rapides Parish county, Louisiana allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Rapides Parish county, Louisiana lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Louisiana laws and competition, savvy Rapides Parish county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Louisiana tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Louisiana tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Ezra ReedPresident, District Cfellareed@aol.com
Richard BillingsThird Vice President, District Hlr5gran@aol.com
Steve BordelonPolice Juror, District B 
Theodore FountainePolice Juror 
Joe FullerFirst Vice President, District Frppj@aol.com
Richard LindsayPolice Juror, District A 
Scott PerryPolice Juror, District I 
Donald WilmoreExecutive Board Member, District E 
Jerry WoodPolice Juror, District GJerry@jpwoodsr.com
William HiltonParish Sheriff 
Ralph GillParish Tax Assessor 

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.


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