Acadia County, Louisiana

Redeemable Deed56,604 residents

County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Redeemable Deed

Redemption periodstate default

3 years from sale (5 years for some blighted/adjudicated parcels)

Investor returnstate default

1% per month plus 5% penalty

Governing statutestate default

Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 47, Subtitle III

Notes

Louisiana parish tax-sale jurisdiction. Acadia Parish Sheriff (Crowley) is ex-officio tax collector. Official site describes weekly in-person Wednesday civil/sheriff sales at the courthouse (500 N. Parkerson Ave.); ad valorem tax lien / tax sale format has been in flux statewide as parishes adopt online certificate platforms (Bid4Assets and peer vendors have hosted Acadia tax inventory in prior cycles). Confirm the current-year tax-sale format, date, and platform directly with the Sheriff's Office at (337) 788-8777 before funding — do not assume civil-sale Wednesday rules equal the annual tax sale. Crowley / Rayne / Church Point rice-prairie market west of Lafayette.

Auction logistics

Format

Confirm with parish — weekly in-person civil sales; annual tax sale may be online certificate or in-person depending on current cycle

Frequency

Weekly Wednesday civil sales; annual ad valorem tax sale schedule confirmed with Sheriff each year

Platform

Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office — Sheriff's Sale / Tax Collection ↗

Deposit rules

Civil sales: follow posted sheriff-sale deposit/payment rules (typically certified funds). Tax sale: register and fund per the current-year platform or in-person notice — confirm deposit, certificate vs. deed mechanics, and payment deadline with APSO (337-788-8777) before the sale week.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Louisiana tax sale title is subject to lengthy redemption and post-sale annulment/notice risk. Federal liens and many governmental liens can survive. Treat certificate or tax title as high-litigation-risk until monition/quiet title.

Quiet title

Quiet title / monition / suit to quiet tax title is commonly required before marketable title in Louisiana.

Deal maths for Louisiana

Assessment ratio: 0.1× of market value
Typical quiet title: $1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
Recording and transfer: $250

La. Const. art. VII, § 18: land is assessed at 10% of fair market value, improvements for residential purposes at 10%, and other property at 15%. This entry uses the 10% residential rate.

Offices and records

Tax collector

Acadia Parish Sheriff — Tax Collector / Sheriff's Sale ↗

337-788-8777

Clerk of court

Acadia Parish Clerk of Court (mortgage / conveyance records) ↗

337-788-8881

Property appraiser

Acadia Parish Assessor ↗

337-788-8831

GIS / parcel map

Acadia Parish Assessor parcel resources ↗

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Crowley city / parish-seat core

Local government, rice-industry services, and medical jobs with the most liquid SF inventory

Rayne / I-10 frog-festival corridor

Interstate retail and Lafayette-west commute spillover

Church Point / northern prairie fringe

Entry-priced housing with local workforce demand toward Opelousas–Lafayette