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Union Parish, Louisiana tax sales

How tax sales work in Union Parish, Louisiana

Louisiana law controls every tax sale in Union Parish — the county runs the sale, but what is sold, what it pays and how long the owner can redeem are all set by the state:

Major system change: Louisiana was a redeemable-deed / ownership-bid-down state through Dec. 31, 2025. Effective Jan. 1, 2026 it is a true tax lien state — what is sold is the lien (tax lien certificate for 100% of the delinquent obligation), bidding is on interest rate only, and the old quiet-title shortcut is replaced by a judicial enforcement/liquidation process. Certificates/sales before Jan. 1, 2026 remain governed by prior law.

The process, step by step

1 · The list publishes. Louisiana sales run on this rhythm: Tax collector must advertise the tax lien auction on or before May 1 of the year following the assessment year (R.S. The county's sale list — the parcels actually being sold — is published ahead of the sale by the county office that runs it, and in many Louisiana counties also through the state's sale channels (CivicSource historically handled most online sales/adjudicated-property sales for many parishes, but the platform landscape is in transition in 2026 — the City of New Orleans' auction platform was reported as not yet announced / transitioning as of an Oct. 2026 check, and the statute mandates no specific platform; sales may be in-person or electronic, parish by parish).

2 · Register and fund — before sale day. Registration and bidder deposits are handled by the county or its sale platform and close before the sale, in most counties the day before. The amount and ID requirements are set in the county's own sale notice, not in state law — confirm them on the current published notice before you rely on them.

3 · Research every parcel. Compare the taxes owed against assessed value and recorded sales, check property type and occupancy signals, and price in the state's redemption rule above: it decides whether your money comes back with the statutory return, or your path runs to the property itself.

4 · Bid the number you wrote down. Set your max bid (deeds) or floor rate (liens) from the research, before the sale opens. The state's return is paid on the tax obligation — not on whatever extra a bidding war adds on top of it.

5 · After the sale. Owners redeem inside the window above; lists change as they do. Track the parcels you care about, because a watched property redeeming or withdrawing is information you want before — not after — you wire a deposit for the next sale.

What Union Parish publishes — and our verification status

Under Louisiana law, the county publishes its sale list as a public record ahead of each sale. What we have not done is guess at this county's exact channel: which office posts the list, in what format, and on what posting schedule are being verified county by county against the county's own publications. Until that check is complete, this page carries the verified state rules — not a live Union Parish sale list — and says so plainly.

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County facts (name, state, FIPS 22111) from the US Census Bureau county list; state rules verified 2026-10-30 — sources on the Louisiana law page. Educational only, not investment advice.