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Parish Courthouse
P.O. Box 106
Convent, LA 70723-0106
Phone: (225)562-2300
Fax: (225)562-2279
www.stjamesla.com

Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If St. James 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 St. James Parish county, Louisiana.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of St. James Parish county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a St. James 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 St. James Parish county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem St. James Parish county, Louisiana allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the St. James 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 St. James 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: 
Dale Hymel Jr.Parish Presidentpresident@stjamesla.com
Wilson Malbrough Jr.Council Chairman, District 3 
Elton AubertExecutive Board Member, District 6council@stjamesla.com
Elwyn BoczCouncilman, District 1council@stjamesla.com
James BrazanCouncilman, District 7jbrazan@bellsouth.net
Charles KetchensCouncilmancouncil@stjamesla.com
Ralph PatinCouncilman, District 4 
Timothy RousselCouncilman, District 2timmyrou@bellsouth.net
Willy Martin Jr.Parish Sheriff 
Glen WaguespackParish 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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