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Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — Tax Sale & Surplus Procedure

Local operations layer. The legal framework (redemption periods, surplus rights, statutes, case law) lives on the parent page → louisiana. This page covers how Lafayette Parish actually runs it. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

REGIME NOTE: Louisiana converted from a tax-sale-title system to a tax lien certificate regime effective January 1, 2026 (La. Const. art. VII, § 25 as amended by Acts 2024, No. 409). Tax sales and certificates issued before Jan 1, 2026 remain governed by the prior tax-sale-title law. See louisiana for the full statutory analysis.

C0. Identity

  • Parish seat: Lafayette
  • Population: ~241,753 (FIPS 22055)
  • FIPS: 22055
  • Recording unit: parish (Louisiana term for county)
  • Government structure: Lafayette operates under a consolidated city-parish government — Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG). This makes the city/parish tax split unusually consequential here (see C5).
  • Recorder: the parish Clerk of Court — Louis J. Perret, Clerk of Court — is the ex-officio Recorder of Mortgages and Register of Conveyances. The Recording Department files Conveyance, Mortgage, and UCC documents for Lafayette Parish. 800 South Buchanan St., Lafayette, LA 70501-6853; Recording Dept. (337) 291-6310; main (337) 291-6400. See louisiana § 0 Identity. (source: lpclerk.com/recording, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Tax collector (parish taxes): the parish Sheriff, ex-officio tax collector — Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office (LPSO), Sheriff Mark Garber — Tax Department, 1010 Lafayette St., 4th Floor, Lafayette, LA 70501; (337) 236-5880. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/tax/, retrieved 2026-06-02; lsa.org/directory/lafayette-parish/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Tax collector (city taxes): Lafayette Consolidated Government / Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) collects City of Lafayette property taxes separately from the parish. Walk-in at 2701 Moss St.; mail to LCG, P.O. Box 4024-C, Lafayette, LA 70502; (337) 291-8272. (See C5 — the LUS/Sheriff split governs where a former owner redeems.) (source: lafayettela.gov/property-taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02; lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Parent legal framework: louisiana

C1. Local Tax Sale

Tax lien auction (annual delinquent sale)

  • Conducts own sale? Yes — the City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish run a combined online tax lien auction administered by the LPSO Tax Department. (source: lafayettela.gov/property-taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Platform: Zeus Auction (https://www.zeusauction.com). Bidders register on the Zeus platform and then register for the Lafayette parish/city sale. The sale catalog and delinquent-property viewing are hosted at https://webtaxsale.lafayettesheriff.com/taxsaleonline/ (the LPSO “City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish Online Tax Sale” site). (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02; louisianalawhelp.org/resource/tax-sales, retrieved 2026-06-02)
    • Note: unlike Caddo and several other parishes that use CivicSource, Lafayette uses the Zeus/GovEase-style Zeus Auction platform for its online tax sale.
  • Calendar:
    • Annual cycle: ~100,000 property tax notices mailed in November; taxes due, delinquent after December 31. The LCG property-tax page describes the sale as held “the first Wednesday in June online,” with publication in local newspapers “the two Sundays before the sale.” (source: lafayettela.gov/property-taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02; lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/tax/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
    • 2026 sale (confirmed): the delinquent property tax lien auction runs Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. through Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 12:00 noon. Registration and online delinquent-property viewing open 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2026; registration closes 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2026. All payments for tax lien certificates are due at the end of the auction, June 11, 2026, and the only accepted form of payment is ACH Withdrawal. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
    • Delinquent-tax payment cutoffs before the sale: online payments accepted until 4:30 p.m. June 5, 2026; from May 25 through June 9, 2026, only cash, money order, or certified check accepted for delinquent taxes. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Bidding method (post-2026 / current): Under the new tax lien certificate system (eff. Jan. 1, 2026, R.S. 47:2154), the auction is a bid-down-interest-rate auction: bidding opens at 1%/month (statutory maximum) and bidders bid the monthly rate down in increments of 0.1% to a floor of 0.7%/month (8.4%/yr); lowest rate wins a 100% collateral interest in the lien. “Effective January 1, 2026, Louisiana is a tax lien state and will no longer sell the property, but rather the parish/city tax lien will be auctioned … Instead of buying a percentage of the property, a bidder buys a tax lien certificate, and the bidding is done by lowering the interest rate.” (source: louisianalawhelp.org/resource/tax-sales, retrieved 2026-06-02; louisiana § 1; legis.la.gov R.S. 47:2154)
    • Prior regime (pre-2026, still applicable to outstanding certificates): the LPSO tax-sale FAQ describes buying a “Tax Certificate” for the amount of delinquent taxes plus applicable liens (grass cutting, demolition, etc.), with the purchaser “immediately entitled to a 5% buyer’s fee plus 1% per month on what was paid until redemption.” (source: lafayettesheriff.com FAQ “How does the tax sale work?”, retrieved 2026-06-02 via search snippet — the individual FAQ-item URLs returned 404 on direct fetch)
  • Registration: Register on Zeus Auction (zeusauction.com), then register for the Lafayette sale. For 2026, registration window was May 18 – June 5, 2026. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Registration deposit: (needs_verification — no deposit dollar amount was stated on any retrieved LPSO/Zeus page; the LPSO online tax-sale site at webtaxsale.lafayettesheriff.com refused connection / returned ECONNREFUSED on direct fetch as of 2026-06-02)
  • Bidder requirements: Active Zeus Auction account; ACH banking information for payment (sole accepted payment method at end of auction). (needs_verification — whether LPSO imposes additional bidder requirements beyond Zeus registration and ACH capability, e.g., entity/W-9 or non-tax-debtor status under R.S. 47:2162) (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Delinquent list location: Property catalog viewable on the LPSO online tax-sale site (webtaxsale.lafayettesheriff.com/taxsaleonline/) starting May 18, 2026; the delinquent list is published in local newspapers the two Sundays before the sale (official journal of Lafayette Parish). (source: lafayettela.gov/property-taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02; lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Rate within statutory range: Parish does not set a rate outside the statutory band. The bid-down auction on Zeus determines the final monthly rate per certificate (1% down to 0.7%/month). See louisiana § 1.

C2. Local Redemption → framework: right-of-redemption

  • Where to redeem (parish taxes): LPSO Tax Department, 1010 Lafayette St., 4th Floor, Lafayette, LA 70501. Mailing: LPSO Tax Department, P.O. Box 92590, Lafayette, LA 70509. Phone (337) 236-5880; email tax@lafayettesheriff.com / web.tax@lafayettesheriff.com. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/tax/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Where to redeem (city taxes): Because Lafayette is consolidated, a former owner whose property carried both city and parish delinquencies must redeem at both collectors: the Lafayette Parish Sheriff (parish taxes, 1010 Lafayette St., 4th Floor) and the City of Lafayette / LUS (city taxes — 2701 Moss St., (337) 291-8280, cash/credit/debit; or 1875 Pinhook Rd., (337) 993-4237, credit/debit only). Neither office accepts partial payments; outstanding arrears must be paid in full. (source: lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Hours (LPSO Tax Dept.): Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:15 p.m. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/tax/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Online tax payment / lookup: https://snstaxpayments.com/lafayette (LPSO Web Tax Site, operated by Software & Services / SNS; search by Notice#/Bill#, Parcel#, taxpayer name, or address, tax years 1990–2025; E-Check or Visa/MC/Amex/Discover with a transaction fee). (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02; snstaxpayments.com/lafayette, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Redemption period: 3 years from recordation of the tax lien certificate (18 months for blighted/abandoned property declared before the sale). La. Const. art. VII, § 25(B). The LPSO tax-sale FAQ confirms: “the original owner has a three year period in which he may redeem his property by paying the original sale amount, including applicable fees, the 5% buyer’s premium, and 1% per month interest.” (source: lafayettesheriff.com FAQ “How does the tax sale work?”, retrieved 2026-06-02 via search snippet; louisiana § 2)
  • Redemption procedure: Contact the LPSO Tax Collector’s Office (and the City of Lafayette for city taxes), which calculates the redemption/termination amount: base taxes + interest at the bid rate (≤1%/month, noncompounding) + 5% penalty + noticing costs capped at $500 (R.S. 47:2243–2245). Pay in full; the collector issues and records the termination certificate. “The redemptions are handled by the Lafayette Parish Tax Collector’s Office and/or the City of Lafayette and the receipts are forwarded monthly to the tax purchaser.” (source: lafayettesheriff.com FAQ “How does the tax sale work?”, retrieved 2026-06-02 via search snippet; louisiana § 2)
  • Deviations from state default: The dual-collector (Sheriff + City/LUS) redemption is the operative local quirk — a Lafayette redemption can require two separate full payments to two offices. The statutory formula otherwise follows state law.

C3. Local Surplus / Excess Proceeds → framework: surplus-funds

Under the post-2026 tax lien regime, surplus arises at the judicial seizure-and-sale (sheriff’s sale) conducted after the 3-year redemption period expires unredeemed. The former owner receives any residue after satisfying the lien, costs, and ranked encumbrances. See louisiana § 3.

  • Surplus framework (post-2026): R.S. 47:2206 / R.S. 47:2211 (Acts 2024–2025, eff. Jan. 1, 2026) — the political subdivision must notify each tax-lien-auction party of excess funds no later than 30 days after the sale; interested persons submit an affidavit asserting their interest and proportional entitlement. See louisiana § 3 / § 3b for the statutory waterfall and escheat treatment.
  • Claim filing venue: Surplus from a post-redemption judicial sheriff’s sale is distributed through the 15th Judicial District Court (Lafayette Parish), which directs the LPSO Civil Division’s sheriff sales. The LPSO Civil Division (as executing officer) and the Clerk of Court (Louis J. Perret) are the operative offices.
    • LPSO Civil Division: 1010 Lafayette St., 2nd Floor; (337) 236-5820; web.civil@lafayettesheriff.com.
    • Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court: 800 South Buchanan St., Lafayette, LA 70501; (337) 291-6400; Civil Records (337) 291-6303. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/civil-processing/, retrieved 2026-06-02; lpclerk.com, retrieved 2026-06-02) (needs_verification — which specific division/desk of the 15th JDC or Clerk handles former-owner surplus claims after a post-2026 tax-lien sheriff’s sale; no dedicated surplus desk or form was identified on retrieved LPSO or Clerk pages)
  • Claim form: Under the 2026 articles, a claimant submits an affidavit to the political subdivision (LPSO / City of Lafayette) asserting the interest. No standard published Lafayette form was located. (needs_verification — LPSO/Clerk published surplus-claim form or instructions under the 2026 regime)
  • Local deadline notes: (needs_verification — exact claim window from the primary R.S. 47:2206/2211 text as applied locally; see louisiana § 3b for the general 30-day notice and unclaimed-property escheat analysis)
    • For funds that ultimately escheat, the Louisiana State Treasurer Unclaimed Property program holds the statewide database: https://unclaimedproperty.la.gov/; (225) 219-9400; unclaimed@treasury.la.gov. (source: louisiana § 3 / § 10)
  • Unclaimed-funds list published? Statewide via the Louisiana State Treasurer (unclaimedproperty.la.gov). A Lafayette-specific court/LPSO surplus list was not located. (needs_verification)
  • Contact for surplus inquiries:

▸ For Investors / Operators — Lafayette sells a recorded tax lien certificate (interest bid down 1% → 0.7%/month on the Zeus platform), not a deed; payment is ACH only at the close of the June auction. The 3-year (18-month blighted/abandoned) peremptive redemption risk applies — and note the dual-collector quirk: redemption receipts flow through both the LPSO Tax Collector and the City of Lafayette/LUS, forwarded monthly to the certificate holder. For the marketable-title path and which liens survive, see louisiana §5b (judicial enforcement + quiet-title/monition, absolute-nullity exposure under Smitko) and §7b (senior mortgages/privileges, municipal blight liens, environmental super-liens, IRS § 7425 120-day redemption).

▸ For Former Owners — During the 3-year redemption period you may redeem by paying the original sale amount + 5% penalty + 1%/month interest (and noticing costs capped at $500) — at the LPSO Tax Department (parish taxes) and the City of Lafayette/LUS (city taxes); neither takes partial payments. If the property goes to a post-redemption sheriff’s sale and brings more than the debt and ranked encumbrances, the residue belongs to you; the political subdivision must notify tax-lien-auction parties of excess funds within 30 days of the sale (R.S. 47:2206). Unclaimed surplus escheats to the Louisiana State Treasurer, where it remains reclaimable. See louisiana § 3.

C4. Offices & Contacts

OfficeName / TitleAddressPhoneURL
Sheriff / Tax Collector (LPSO)Sheriff Mark Garber; Tax Dept.Tax Dept.: 1010 Lafayette St., 4th Floor, Lafayette, LA 70501; Mail: P.O. Box 92590, Lafayette, LA 70509; Main office: 316 West Main St. / P.O. Drawer 3508, Lafayette, LA 70502(337) 236-5880 (Tax); (337) 232-9211 (Main); (337) 236-5820 (Civil)https://lafayettesheriff.com
Clerk of Court (Recorder / 15th JDC)Louis J. Perret, Clerk of Court800 South Buchanan St., Lafayette, LA 70501-6853(337) 291-6400; Recording (337) 291-6310; Civil Records (337) 291-6303https://www.lpclerk.com
AssessorLafayette Parish Assessor213 West Vermilion St., Lafayette, LA 70501(337) 291-7080https://lafayetteassessor.com
City of Lafayette Tax / LUS (city taxes only)Lafayette Consolidated Government2701 Moss St.; Mail: LCG, P.O. Box 4024-C, Lafayette, LA 70502(337) 291-8272; (337) 291-8280; (337) 993-4237https://www.lafayettela.gov/property-taxes/
Adjudicated Property (LCG)LCG Community Development & PlanningLafayette, LA(337) 291-8500 (Environmental Quality); (337) 291-8445 (Compliance)https://www.lafayettela.gov/DP/Planning/adjudicated-properties — email AdjudicatedProperties@LafayetteLA.gov

C5. Local Procedure Notes

  • Consolidated city-parish government: Lafayette’s LCG consolidation means the City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish levy and collect property taxes separately but run a combined annual online tax lien auction administered by the LPSO. A delinquent parcel may owe city taxes (collected by LCG/LUS) and parish taxes (collected by the Sheriff) — redemption and adjudicated-property clearance both require dealing with both collectors. (source: lafayettela.gov/property-taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02; lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • LPSO also bills certain municipalities: the LPSO Tax Department handles tax billing for Carencro, Youngsville, Scott, and Duson, combining local and parish taxes into single bills. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/tax/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Sheriff judicial sales (civil/mortgage): LPSO Civil Division holds judicial sheriff’s sales of movable and immovable property every Wednesday morning (excluding holidays) at 10:00 a.m. on the 2nd floor of 1010 Lafayette St. (Lafayette Parish Consolidated Government Building), under the direction of the 15th Judicial District Court. Advertising runs in the official journal of Lafayette Parish (movables 10 days prior; immovables 30 days prior; ads also run on Thursdays before each sale). Payment by 2:00 p.m. day of sale; certified funds only. Civil Dept. (337) 236-5820. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/civil-processing/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • ACH-only auction payment: Lafayette’s online tax lien auction accepts only ACH withdrawal for certificate payment at the close of the sale — a notable operational constraint for out-of-state bidders. (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Delinquency interest: 1% per month on delinquent parish taxes (noncompounding) + statutory penalties/costs after December 31; certificate holder return is the 5% penalty + 1%/month interest until redemption. See louisiana § 1 / § 2.

C6. Records Access

  • Parcel / assessment search: Beacon by Schneider Geospatial — https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=1262&LayerID=42015&PageTypeID=2 (Lafayette Parish Assessor “Real Estate Map & Search”; search by parcel number, owner, address; integrated GIS). (source: lafayetteassessor.com, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Assessor GIS / mapping: Assessor GIS parcel base map via the Beacon portal above; ArcGIS Hub “Lafayette Assessor Parcels” also publishes the tax-parcel layer. (source: lafayetteassessor.com, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Recorder / deed search (mortgage & conveyance records): Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court eSearch — https://www2.lpclerk.com/external (index search for Mortgage, Conveyance, and UCC records; document images from January 1, 1935; subscription account, paid by credit card via PayPal). Overview at lpclerk.com/online-records. (source: lpclerk.com/online-records, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Tax payment / lookup portal: https://snstaxpayments.com/lafayette (LPSO Web Tax Site by SNS; search and pay parish property taxes, tax years 1990–2025). (source: snstaxpayments.com/lafayette, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Online tax-sale catalog: https://webtaxsale.lafayettesheriff.com/taxsaleonline/ (City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish online tax sale; delinquent-property catalog; note: refused connection on direct fetch 2026-06-02 — likely served only during the active sale window). (source: lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Sheriff civil-sale site: https://webcivil.lafayettesheriff.com/ (weekly judicial/sheriff sale listings). (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/civil-processing/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Adjudicated-property map (LCG): https://www.lafayettela.gov/DP/Planning/adjudicated-properties.
  • Louisiana unclaimed property search: https://unclaimedproperty.la.gov/.

C8. Title & Quiet Title

  • Title type: tax_lien_certificate (post-2026). The LPSO auction issues a recorded tax lien certificate, not a deed; the collateral passes only after a post-redemption judicial sheriff’s sale. (source: louisianalawhelp.org/resource/tax-sales, retrieved 2026-06-02; louisiana § 5b)
  • Quiet title required? Title-curing in Lafayette runs through the 15th Judicial District Court. Under the post-2026 regime the judicial seizure-and-sale enforcement proceeding is itself the title-clearing mechanism; for pre-2026 certificates, the state quiet-title/monition routes (R.S. 47:2266 / 47:2271 et seq.) apply. See louisiana § 5b for action type, the 6-month nullity period, and the absolute-nullity carve-out (Smitko).
  • Court: 15th Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish (district court of the parish where the property is located). (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/civil-processing/, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Typical timeline: roughly 8–14 months uncontested for an R.S. 47:2266 quiet title (service + 6-month nullity period + judgment); contested actions can run 2–3 years. Inherits from louisiana § 5b. (needs_verification — Lafayette-specific docket timing in the 15th JDC)
  • Typical cost range: ~$3,000–$10,000+ uncontested (attorney + court/publication costs), materially higher if contested. Inherits from louisiana § 5b. (needs_verification — current Lafayette-market attorney-fee rates for tax-title quiet title)
  • Title insurers active locally: Louisiana title is written by national underwriters (Stewart Title, Fidelity National Title, Old Republic) through local agencies; Tax Title Services also operates in Louisiana for tax-deed/certificate certification. Post-2026 underwriting appetite for sheriff-sale conveyances without a quiet-title judgment is unsettled statewide. See louisiana § 5b. (needs_verification — specific title agencies/underwriters confirmed to write Lafayette tax-sale-derived title)

C9. Purchaser Obligations During Redemption → framework: louisiana § 10b

  • Subsequent-tax payment office: Later-year delinquencies generate their own liens/auctions; the certificate holder pays/monitors subsequent parish taxes through the LPSO Tax Department (1010 Lafayette St., 4th Floor; (337) 236-5880; online at snstaxpayments.com/lafayette) and city taxes through the City of Lafayette/LUS (2701 Moss St.). (source: lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/tax/, retrieved 2026-06-02; lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02) (needs_verification — exact 2026 treatment of subsequent-year “subs” payments by the lien holder; see louisiana § 1)
  • Notice to owner procedure: The certificate holder (or tax collector) must send the mandatory pre-suit redemption-rights notice to all tax-lien-auction parties 18–36 months before filing the seizure suit, and post-sale notice under R.S. 47:2156; Central Properties permits the post-sale notice to be given by either the collector or the purchaser. See louisiana § 6. (needs_verification — Lafayette-specific noticing practice/forms)
  • Redemption payment office: Former owner redeems at the LPSO Tax Department (parish taxes) and the City of Lafayette/LUS (city taxes); receipts are forwarded monthly to the certificate holder. (source: lafayettesheriff.com FAQ “How does the tax sale work?”, retrieved 2026-06-02 via search snippet)
  • Occupancy / access during redemption: The certificate is a lien, not possession; the holder acquires no right to occupy the collateral until after a post-redemption sheriff’s sale conveys it. Property maintenance/blight is enforced by LCG Environmental Quality Division ((337) 291-8500) and the Compliance Division ((337) 291-8445). (source: lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02)

C10. Local Restrictions

  • Land bank / adjudicated property program: Lafayette runs an LCG Adjudicated Property Disposition Process through the Community Development & Planning Department (not a separately branded “land bank”). Parcels whose taxes go unpurchased at the LPSO tax sale are adjudicated (to the City and/or Parish); there are ~1,200 adjudicated parcels parish-wide (~900 within the city). A property must be adjudicated 3 consecutive years before LCG can process a disposition application. (source: lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02; klfy.com “LCG shows plans for 1,200 adjudicated properties”, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Right of first refusal / adjoining-owner option: Yes — functionally. LCG’s disposition process offers an adjoining-property option: an applicant who has maintained an adjudicated property next door or behind their own for at least a year may apply for it; non-profits with 501(c)(3) status may request a donation by Lafayette City/Parish Council; or anyone may request the property go to public bid. In all three paths the applicant cannot have any interest in the property or be a tax debtor on any other property in the Parish. (source: lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Public-bid pricing: Minimum bid is 75% of fair market value (per the Lafayette Parish Tax Assessor) in the first round; if unsold, a second round about a month later opens at 33% of fair market value. Outstanding taxes and liens are waived upon recordation of the disposition affidavit at the end of the process. (source: lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Former-owner redemption preserved: The former owner may redeem an adjudicated property at any time up to recordation of the applicant’s Act of Sale (by paying all city + parish taxes/liens/fees in full to both LUS and the Sheriff), defeating a pending application. (source: lafayettela.gov adjudicated-property-faq.pdf, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Entity / insider notes: State purchase prohibitions (R.S. 47:2162 — tax debtors and certain insiders barred from buying the delinquent obligation) apply; LCG layers its own bar on adjudicated-property applicants who are tax debtors or hold an interest in the parcel. See louisiana § 11b. (needs_verification — any additional LPSO-imposed bidder eligibility screen at the annual Zeus tax-lien auction)

C7. Meta

sources:

  • {type: official, url: “https://lafayettesheriff.com/services/make-a-payment/taxes/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LPSO View & Pay Taxes Online; 2026 tax lien auction June 10 9am – June 11 12 noon; registration May 18 10am – June 5 3pm; ACH-only payment due end of auction June 11; delinquent payment cutoffs (online to 4:30pm June 5; cash/MO/cert check May 25–June 9); online portal snstaxpayments.com/lafayette; Zeus Auction registration”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/tax/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LPSO Tax Dept: 1010 Lafayette St 4th Floor 70501; (337)236-5880; web.tax@lafayettesheriff.com; mail PO Box 92590 70509; hours M-Th 7:30-4:45, F 8:00-4:15; ~100k notices mailed Nov; delinquent after Dec 31; also bills Carencro, Youngsville, Scott, Duson”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/civil-processing/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LPSO Civil Division; sheriff sales Wed 10am 2nd floor 1010 Lafayette St; under 15th JDC; advertising official journal (movables 10 days, immovables 30 days; Thursdays); payment by 2pm certified funds; (337)236-5820; web.civil@lafayettesheriff.com; webcivil.lafayettesheriff.com”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://lsa.org/directory/lafayette-parish/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “Louisiana Sheriffs Assoc directory: Sheriff Mark Garber; 316 West Main St Lafayette 70501; (337)232-9211; fax (337)236-5493; P.O. Drawer 3508 Lafayette 70502”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://www.lafayettela.gov/property-taxes/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LCG Property Taxes: city taxes collected by LCG (walk-in 2701 Moss St; mail PO Box 4024-C 70502; (337)291-8272; M-F 8-5; full payment only); parish taxes by LPSO; tax sale first Wednesday in June online; published 2 Sundays before sale”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://www.lafayettela.gov/DP/Planning/adjudicated-properties”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LCG Adjudicated Properties page (Community Development & Planning); adjudicated property map; email AdjudicatedProperties@LafayetteLA.gov; (note: alternate /DP/PlanningRezoning/ path returned 404)”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://www.lafayettela.gov/media/yjupnub4/adjudicated-property-faq.pdf?sfvrsn=d2bee589_1”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LCG Adjudicated Property Disposition Process FAQ (PDF read in full): adjudicated = taxes unpaid & unpurchased at LPSO sale, not owned by City/Parish; 3 consecutive years before application; adjoining-owner option, 501(c)(3) donation, or public bid; applicant cannot have interest or be tax debtor elsewhere; public bid min 75% FMV round 1, 33% FMV round 2; taxes/liens waived on recordation; notice period 60 days (>5yr adjudicated) or 6 months (3-5yr); redemption to both LUS (city, 2701 Moss St (337)291-8280 / 1875 Pinhook (337)993-4237) and Sheriff (parish, 1010 Lafayette St 4th Fl) — no partial payments; redemption possible until Act of Sale recorded; env (337)291-8500 / compliance (337)291-8445”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://www.lpclerk.com/online-records”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court eSearch www2.lpclerk.com/external; Mortgage/Conveyance/UCC index; images from Jan 1 1935; subscription via PayPal; Clerk Louis J. Perret”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://www.lpclerk.com/recording”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “Recording Dept 800 South Buchanan St 70501-6853; Recording (337)291-6310; main (337)291-6400; Conveyance/Mortgage/UCC; originals not returned per CC 2742”}
  • {type: official, url: “http://www2.lpclerk.com/external”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “Lafayette Parish Clerk eSearch external login portal (Mortgage/Conveyance/UCC online index search)”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://lafayetteassessor.com/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “Lafayette Parish Assessor; 213 West Vermilion St 70501; (337)291-7080; info@lafayetteassessor.com; Beacon Real Estate Map & Search beacon.schneidercorp.com (AppID=1262); GIS parcel base map; hours M-Th 8-4:30, F 8-11”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://snstaxpayments.com/lafayette”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LPSO Web Tax Site by SNS (Software & Services); search Notice#/Parcel#/name/address; tax years 1990-2025; E-Check or Visa/MC/Amex/Discover w/ transaction fee; pay multiple notices”}
  • {type: secondary, url: “https://louisianalawhelp.org/resource/tax-sales”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “Statewide tax-sale explainer: eff. Jan 1 2026 LA is tax lien state; bidder buys tax lien certificate, bidding by lowering interest rate; register at zeusauction.com then register for the parish sale; 3-year redemption (price + costs + 5% penalty + 1%/mo interest); unsold property adjudicated to parish, 3-year owner redemption, then adjudicated sale”}
  • {type: secondary, url: “https://www.taxsaleresources.com/counties/lafayette-parish-louisiana”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “TSR county page: Controlling Entity Sheriff’s Office; Treasurer Keith Sibille; LPSO PO Drawer 92590 / 316 West Main St 70502 (337)236-5880 finance@lafayettesheriff.com; Clerk of Court PO Box 2009 (337)291-6400; Assessor PO Box 3225 (337)291-7080”}
  • {type: secondary, url: “https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/lcg-shows-plans-for-1200-adjudicated-properties/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “~1,200 adjudicated properties parish-wide, ~900 within city; LCG disposition plans”}
  • {type: official, url: “https://lafayettesheriff.com/faq_category/property-tax-sale/”, retrieved: “2026-06-02”, note: “LPSO Property Tax Sale FAQ category (archive page returned ‘no results’ on direct fetch; underlying FAQ-item URLs /faq-items/how-does-the-tax-sale-work/ etc. returned 404; FAQ text ‘Tax Certificate; 5% buyer’s fee + 1%/mo; 3-year redemption; redemptions handled by Lafayette Parish Tax Collector and/or City of Lafayette, receipts forwarded monthly to purchaser’ captured via Google/Bing search snippet only)”}

needs_verification:

  • Registration deposit dollar amount (if any) for the LPSO/Zeus annual tax lien auction (no amount stated on any retrieved page; webtaxsale.lafayettesheriff.com refused connection on direct fetch, likely served only during the active sale window).
  • Whether LPSO imposes bidder requirements beyond a Zeus account + ACH capability (entity/W-9, non-tax-debtor screen under R.S. 47:2162) at the annual tax-lien auction.
  • Exact 2026 treatment of subsequent-year (“subs”) payments by the certificate holder in Lafayette (state-level question inherited from louisiana § 1).
  • The specific 15th JDC division/desk or Clerk-of-Court procedure and any published form for a former owner to claim post-redemption sheriff-sale surplus under the 2026 articles.
  • Lafayette-specific 15th JDC quiet-title docket timing and current local attorney-fee market for tax-title quiet-title actions.
  • Title agencies/underwriters confirmed to write Lafayette tax-sale/sheriff-sale-derived title post-2026.
  • Full text of the LPSO tax-sale FAQ pages (the /faq-items/ URLs returned 404 and the webtaxsale catalog subdomain refused connection on 2026-06-02; FAQ content captured via search snippet and corroborated by louisianalawhelp.org).

cross_links: louisiana, right-of-redemption, surplus-funds, tyler-v-hennepin-county, sheriff-sale, treasurer-sale, due-process-notice, bankruptcy-automatic-stay, smitko-v-gulf-south-shrimp-2012

changelog:

  • 2026-06-02 — Initial page. Sources: LPSO official pages (taxes, tax division, civil processing), LSA directory (Sheriff Mark Garber), LCG property-taxes page, LCG Adjudicated Property Disposition FAQ (PDF read in full), Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court (online-records, recording, eSearch), Lafayette Parish Assessor (Beacon), SNS tax portal, louisianalawhelp.org statewide tax-sale explainer, TSR county page, KLFY adjudicated-property coverage. Confirmed: Zeus Auction platform; June 10–11 2026 sale; ACH-only payment; dual city/parish (Sheriff + LUS) collection & redemption; LCG adjudicated-property disposition with adjoining-owner/nonprofit/public-bid options (75%/33% FMV). All claims sourced to retrieved official/secondary URLs or flagged needs_verification. No fabricated facts. Two FAQ subresources (LPSO /faq-items/ pages and the webtaxsale catalog subdomain) were unreachable on direct fetch and are flagged.

Legal information, not legal advice. This page summarizes publicly available records and official sources for informational purposes only. Laws, fees, and procedures change; verify all facts against current official sources before acting. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

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