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Parish Courthouse
P.O. Drawer 1550
Opelousas, LA 70571-1550
Phone: (337) 948-3688
Fax: (337) 948-1281

Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If St. Landry 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. Landry Parish county, Louisiana.

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

To solve this problem St. Landry Parish county, Louisiana allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the St. Landry 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. Landry 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: 
William GilChairman, District 12 
Donald MenardParish President 
Wayne ArdoinCouncilman, District 9 
Bruce BoudreauxCouncilman, District 1 
Dexter BrownCouncilman 
Ronald BuschelCouncilman, District 5 
Gary CourvilleCouncilman, District 13 
Ronald DugasCouncilman, District 8 
Hurlin DupreCouncilman 
Joseph DupreCouncilman 
James EaglinCouncilman, District 2 
Albert HollierCouncilman 
Pat MillerVice Chairman, District 3 
Keith MillerCouncilman 
Howard Zerangue Sr.Parish Sheriff 

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