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LA Rev Stat § 47:2238.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2238.3. Notice requirement

RS 2238.3 - Notice requirement A. Upon deposit made to purchase unredeemed property, the tax collector shall immediately notify the tax debtor, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the tax debtor at his last known address. Other interested parties shall be notified by publication in the official journal of the city of Monroe, that the tax collector through the city will take actual corporeal possession of the property so adjudicated to the city for five years or more and that ownership will be transferred to a specifically named individual. The advertisement shall publish on two consecutive days. B. The mailed notice and advertisement shall set forth the legal description of the property; inclusive of the owner of record, if known, the tax lot, block number, and street addresses; and the terms of the sale. Publication and mailing proof shall be obtained by the city. C. When a mortgagee or other lien holder is identified by public recordation, constructive notice by publication shall be supplemented by notice mailed to the mortgagee's or lien holder's last known available address by certified mail, return receipt requested or by personal service. Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2238.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2238.4. Order of seizure and possession

RS 2238.4 - Order of seizure and possession A. After a lapse of ten days from the last date of publication of notice described in R.S. 47:2238.3 or from the arrival of the return of service card or from the return of the unopened certified letter, the tax collector for the city shall declare by affidavit that a certain particularly described property is no longer subject to redemption and that five years or more have lapsed since the filing of the tax sale certificate or the proces verbal in the conveyance records of the Ouachita Parish clerk of court. A certified copy of the tax sale certificate or proces verbal shall be attached to the affidavit. B. The affidavit shall list the last known owners prior to the tax adjudication and any other interested parties. The affidavit shall also state, when applicable, the following: (1) That notice of delinquency had been sent or published on a certain date. (2) That the tax collector provided notice to each person holding a properly recorded mortgage, when applicable. (3) That the advertisement for tax sale occurred on a certain date and was published in the official journal of the city of Monroe. (4) That the subject property was appraised, advertised, and offered for sale and failed to sell on a certain date. (5) That the subject property was appraised and advertised and offered for sale a second time on a certain date and failed to sell, when applicable. (6) That the tax sale certificate or proces verbal was recorded in the conveyance records of the clerk of court of Ouachita Parish on a certain date. (7) That a particularly named individual has applied to purchase said property and has deposited the requisite amount to cover the expenses of the sale, including advertising, taxes due, and other costs associated with the sale. (8) That notice was provided in accordance with R.S. 47:2238.3. C. A copy of the proof of publication and the return receipt or a copy of the unopened certified letter shall be submitted with the affidavit, when applicable. Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2238.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2238.5. Sale of property adjudicated to municipality; order of possession

RS 2238.5 - Sale of property adjudicated to municipality; order of possession Upon the presentation of the affidavit, the attached certified copy of the tax sale certificate or the proces verbal, the proof of publication to any judge of competent jurisdiction (such jurisdiction to be determined by the value and situs of the immovables therein described and not the amount of the taxes) and when applicable, the return of service card or the unopened certified letter, the judge may, in chambers, grant an ex parte order of possession and transfer of ownership if he is satisfied that all notices and due process of law have been afforded the former owner. Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2238.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2238.6. Placing purchaser in possession of property

RS 2238.6 - Placing purchaser in possession of property A. The granting of the ex parte order pursuant to R.S. 47:2238.5 shall authorize the city to perfect a sale to the named purchaser and shall grant possession and transfer title to the purchaser thereby vesting an absolute and perfect title to the property conveyed without any claim thereto by any former owner and free of all mortgages, liens, privileges, and encumbrances whatsoever. B. Any former owner, including heirs, assignees, or other successors, shall be subject to the mortgages, liens, privileges, and encumbrances if the former owner possessed the property at the time it became burdened. C. The ex parte order of possession and transfer of ownership shall have effect against third persons from the time it is filed for registry in the office of the Ouachita Parish clerk of court. Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2238.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2238.7. Failure to purchase

RS 2238.7 - Failure to purchase If after the notice of intent to take actual corporeal possession of property and to transfer ownership has been published in the official journal of the city of Monroe, but before the signing of the ex parte order of possession and transfer of ownership, the applicant or the potential purchaser declines to purchase the subject property, he shall be responsible for paying the cost of advertisement and any other costs associated with the preparation of the sale of the unredeemed property to him. The property shall revert to the status of adjudicated property, and the last known tax debtor shall be liable for the expenses of the sale, including advertising, taxes due, and other costs associated with the sale of the property. Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2238.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2238.8. Donation of adjudicated property

RS 2238.8 - Donation of adjudicated property The provisions of this Subpart shall apply to the unredeemed property adjudicated to the city of Monroe for five years or more that is subject to donation to a nonprofit organization, which is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2241 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2241. Redemptive period peremptive

RS 2241 - Redemptive period peremptive All redemptive periods provided in the Louisiana Constitution shall be peremptive. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2242 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2242. Person entitled to redeem

RS 2242 - Person entitled to redeem Any person may redeem tax sale title to property, but the redemption shall be in the name of the tax debtor. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2243 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2243. Redemption payments

RS 2243 - Redemption payments Redemptions shall be made through the tax collector of the appropriate political subdivision, or in the case of properties adjudicated to the state for tax years 1880 through 1973, redemptions shall be made through the register of the state land office. Payment shall include all statutory impositions accruing before the date of payment with five percent penalty and simple interest accruing at one percent per month, as well as all other sums required to be paid pursuant to this Subpart. The tax collector shall promptly remit the redemption payment to the tax sale purchaser; the register shall promptly deposit the redemption payment in the state treasury. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 281, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2244 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2244. Additional payments to political subdivision

RS 2244 - Additional payments to political subdivision Payment also shall include the actual costs incurred by the political subdivision for preparation and filing of redemption certificates, the cost of mail, notice, publication of notice, personal service of notice, appraisal, and costs associated with the determination of tax sale parties and their notification. However, the actual cost of preparation and filing of redemption certificates shall not exceed two hundred dollars. The political subdivision may also require the payment of all amounts accrued under other governmental liens as of the date of payment. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 484, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2245 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2245. Redemption certificate

RS 2245 - Redemption certificate Upon payment of the redemption costs, the tax collector shall issue a redemption certificate in the name of the tax debtor and file the redemption certificate in the appropriate conveyance records. When a redemption certificate is issued by the register of the state land office pursuant to this Subpart, the person redeeming the property shall file the redemption certificate in the appropriate conveyance records of the parish wherein the property is located. The redemption certificate shall be sufficient if it is in the following form: "CERTIFICATE OF REDEMPTION STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF ___________________ CITY OF __________________ Having this day received from ___________________________ the sum of _________________________ Dollars ($__________), being the full amount of taxes, costs, penalties and interest, plus any subsequently paid taxes, accruing from that certain tax sale on the ___________ day of ________________________, _________, for the delinquent [name of political subdivision] taxes for the year _________, assessed to ____________________________________ covering tax sale title to that certain immovable property located in the parish described as which property was adjudicated at said tax sale to ____________________________. NOW THEREFORE I, under the authority conferred on me by R.S. 47:2245, hereby certify said property as being redeemed to said tax debtor, or his successors in title, from any claims arising out of said tax sale. DONE AND SIGNED at my office in ____________________, Louisiana this _________ day of __________________________, _________. ATTEST: _________________________________________________________________ Printed Name:___________________[Name of tax collector] and Ex Officio Tax Collector _______________________________ Printed Name:___________________"  Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 281, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2246 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2246. Statutory right to redeem adjudicated property

RS 2246 - Statutory right to redeem adjudicated property A. For property adjudicated to a political subdivision, after the expiration of the applicable redemptive period, any person may redeem tax sale title to property in the name of the tax debtor until any of the following shall occur: (1) The later of sixty days or six months, as applicable, after the notice required by R.S. 47:2206, or the filing of the sale or donation transferring the property from the political subdivision pursuant to R.S. 47:2201 et seq. (2) The granting of the order of possession pursuant to R.S. 47:2232. (3) Sixty days or six months, as applicable, after the notice required by R.S. 47:2236. B. For property adjudicated to the state for nonpayment of taxes for years 1880 through 1973, any person may redeem said property in the name of the tax debtor, subject to any encumbrances placed thereon by the state, until such time as the state sells or transfers the property. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 281, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2247 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2247. Redemption of adjudicated property; additional payments

RS 2247 - Redemption of adjudicated property; additional payments The person redeeming property adjudicated to a political subdivision shall pay also the actual costs incurred by the political subdivision and any acquiring person for the costs of all certified mail, notice, publication of notice, or personal services of notices in complying with the applicable provisions of law, including, without limitation, determination of tax sale parties and the notification of such persons of the sale or donation as allowed by law. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2251. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2251 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2252. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2252 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2253. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2253 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2254. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2254 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2255. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2255 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2256 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2256. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2256 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2257 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2257. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2257 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2258 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2258. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2258 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2259 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2259. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2259 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2260 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2260. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2260 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2261 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2261. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2261 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2262 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2262. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 2262 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2266 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2266. Procedure to quiet tax titles

RS 2266 - Procedure to quiet tax titles A.(1) After expiration of the redemptive period, an acquiring person may institute an ordinary proceeding against the tax sale parties whose interests the petitioner seeks to be terminated. The petition shall contain a description of the property, the time and place of the sale, and the name of the officer who made the sale, the page and record book and date of filing of the tax sale certificate, and for adjudicated properties sold or donated by a political subdivision, reference to the page of record book and date of filing of the sale or donation, notice that the petitioner is the holder of tax sale title to the property by virtue of tax sale or is the owner of the property by virtue of a sale or donation of adjudicated property, and notice that the title and full ownership in the property will be confirmed unless a proceeding to annul is instituted within six months after the date of service of the petition and citation. This suit shall be brought in the parish in which the property is located unless it lies in two or more parishes, in which case this suit may be instituted in either of the parishes. (2) The petition and citation shall be served as in ordinary suits; however, if a tax sale party is a nonresident of the state, is unknown, or his residence is unknown, the court shall appoint a curator ad hoc to represent him and receive service. The curator shall receive a reasonable fee for his services to be fixed by the court in each suit, which shall be taxed as costs of suit. If no proceeding to annul the sale has been instituted after the lapse of six months after the date of service of petition and citation, judgment shall be rendered quieting and confirming the title and the full ownership interest therein. B. In all cases when tax titles have been quieted by prescription of five years under the provisions of Article VII, Section 25 of the Louisiana Constitution, the purchaser, donee, or his heirs or assigns may, either obtain a judgment of the court confirming the title by suit in the manner and form in Subsection A of this Section, except that the delay for answer shall be ten days instead of six months, provided that the failure to bring suit shall in no manner affect such prescriptive titles. C. The petitioner may file a notice of lis pendens with the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the property is located. A transfer, mortgage, lien, privilege, or other encumbrance filed after the filing of the notice of lis pendens shall not affect the property. The recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall cancel, erase, terminate, or release the acts upon request of the petitioner. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2271 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2271. Availability of monition

RS 2271 - Availability of monition In addition to all other procedures, after the expiration of the applicable redemptive period, an acquiring person may protect himself from eviction from the property to which ownership or tax sale title has been transferred by filing a petition for monition in the district court of the parish in which the property is located in accordance with the following Sections. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2272 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2272. Contents of petition

RS 2272 - Contents of petition The petition for monition shall state the manner of acquisition. The petitioner shall attach to the petition a certified copy of the tax sale certificate, donation, or other title instrument under which the property or tax sale title was obtained from the political subdivision and a certified copy of the sale, donation, or other title instrument under which the petitioner obtained title or tax sale title to the property, if different. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2273 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2273. Grant of monition

RS 2273 - Grant of monition The clerk shall, on application of the buyer or donee, grant this monition in the name of the state and affix to it the seal of the court. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2274 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2274. Lis pendens

RS 2274 - Lis pendens The petitioner may file a notice of lis pendens of the monition proceeding with the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the property is located. A transfer, mortgage, lien, privilege, or other encumbrance filed after the filing of the notice of lis pendens shall not affect the property. The recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall cancel, erase, or terminate, as applicable, the acts on the request of the petitioner. Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 47:2275 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation|§2275. Notice

RS 2275 - Notice A.(1) After filing the petition, the petitioner shall send a written notice to all tax sale parties whose interest the petitioner intends to be terminated containing the information set forth in the form provided in Subsection B of this Section. The written notice shall provide that the parties have until the later of the following to show cause why grounds exist for a nullity under this Chapter: (a) Six months after the first publication of the notice provided in R.S. 47:2276, if the proceeding is brought less than five years after filing the tax sale certificate. (b) Sixty days after the first publication of the notice provided in R.S. 47:2276, if the proceeding is brought five years or more after the filing of the tax sale certificate. (2) If the notice is sent after the expiration of the redemptive period, this notice shall constitute a notice of sale. The sending of this notice shall constitute service of the notice of sale, under Article VII, Section 25 of the Louisiana Constitution. B. This written notice shall be sufficient, and it shall not be necessary to determine whether any notice of tax sale or other notices were given. The written notice shall be sufficient if it is in the following form: "This is an important legal notice. Please read it carefully. You will receive no further notice. [Date] [Name] [Address] [City], [ST] [Zip] RE: Property: [PropertyAddress] [Description of Property Abbr] Parish of ________________________, State of Louisiana You have been identified as a person who may have an interest in the above described property. Your rights or interest in the property will be terminated if you do not take action. A lawsuit known as a Petition for Monition pursuant to R.S. 47:2271 et seq. has been filed affecting the referenced property (the "property") in the proceeding entitled In Re [name of petitioner] under docket number [docket no.] of the [name of court], Parish of_______________________, State of Louisiana (the "monition proceeding") by [name of petitioner], which purchased the property pursuant to [name of act] and recorded as [recordation information] of the official records of ______________________ Parish, Louisiana. The monition has been published on [date of first publication] (the "publication") in the official journal(s) of ______________________ Parish, including [list name(s) of official journal]. If you do not file an opposition in the Monition Proceeding or file an action for a nullity under Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, within [60 days] [6 months] of the publication date stated above, your interest in the property listed above will be terminated." Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.