Caddo County, Louisiana

Redeemable Deed224,893 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 tax lien certificate auction. Caddo Parish Sheriff hosts the annual online tax sale (historically early June on CivicSource; e.g. prior cycles Tuesday June openings 8 a.m.–8 p.m.). 2025 cycle announced on CivicSource for Tuesday June 7. Post-reform LA practice emphasizes tax lien certificates with multi-year redemption rather than pure same-day ownership bidding — verify live 2026 Sheriff instructions before deployment. Separately, Caddo Parish sells adjudicated (parish-owned after non-redemption) properties through Public Works / Reinvest Caddo programs — a different channel from the annual tax lien auction.

Auction logistics

Format

Online

Frequency

Annual June online tax lien auction (confirm exact 2026 dates on Sheriff site)

Platform

CivicSource — Caddo Parish Sheriff Tax Lien Auction ↗

Deposit rules

Register on CivicSource before the sale window; fund per platform ACH/settlement rules for Caddo. Payment due per auction terms at close. Contact Caddo Parish Sheriff Civil / Tax Sales for bidder packet. Research adjudicated-property purchases separately on caddo.gov if seeking parish-owned inventory rather than certificates.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Tax lien certificate is not free-and-clear title. Mortgages and other liens generally remain until statutory redemption/adjudication completes. Federal liens require independent search. Adjudicated property conveyances have their own title quality — often quitclaim from parish.

Quiet title

After certificate matures and ownership is perfected (or after adjudicated purchase), quiet title/curative work is commonly required for insurable marketable title.

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

Caddo Parish Sheriff — Tax / Sheriff Sales ↗

Clerk of court

Caddo Parish Clerk of Court (land records) ↗

Property appraiser

Caddo Parish Assessor ↗

GIS / parcel map

Caddo Parish Assessor / GIS parcel search ↗

Areas trending up

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

Shreveport / downtown–Cross Bayou edge

Selective urban redevelopment and medical corridor employment

South Highlands / Broadmoor

Established neighborhood demand with relatively stronger resale than soft east-side pockets

Bossier City spillover / East Texas Street fringe

Cross-parish employment access and entry housing liquidity