States › Louisiana › Washington Parish County

Parish Courthouse Building
P.O. Box 607
Franklinton, LA 70438-0607
Phone: (985)839-7825

Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:

If Washington 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 Washington Parish county, Louisiana.

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

To solve this problem Washington Parish county, Louisiana allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Washington 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 Washington 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:
Rodney Brown	Chairman, District 4
M. E. Taylor	Parish President	toyetaylor@I-55.com
Clinton Miley	Councilman, District 2
Charles Nassauer	Councilman, District 3
Darwin Sharp	Councilman, District 7
Relton Sumrall	Councilman, District 5
Marvin Thomas	Councilman, District 6
Kenneth Wheat	Councilman, District 4
Duane Blair	Parish Sheriff

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

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