St. Landry County, Louisiana

Redeemable Deed80,869 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 / adjudicated-property jurisdiction (parishes = counties). St. Landry Parish Sheriff is tax collector; annual tax sale of unpaid taxes under Louisiana law with lengthy redemption (often 3 years; longer for some adjudicated). Separate parish government adjudicated-property sales dispose of long-adjudicated inventory (e.g., sales noticed for April 2, 2026 and June 30, 2026 on parish channels). Opelousas / Eunice Acadiana market. Louisiana tax titles carry elevated annulment and notice risk — budget for monition/quiet title. Confirm current-year Sheriff tax-sale date/platform and adjudicated list with Sheriff (337-948-6516) and stlandrypg.org.

Auction logistics

Format

In-person / as noticed (Sheriff tax sale; separate parish adjudicated sales)

Frequency

Annual Sheriff tax sale cycle plus periodic parish adjudicated-property auctions (confirm current notices)

Platform

St. Landry Parish Sheriff — tax collections / tax sales; Parish adjudicated sales ↗

Deposit rules

Sheriff tax sale and adjudicated sales each publish deposit and payment rules — typically certified funds day of sale. Read the specific sale advertisement; do not assume one parish sale’s terms apply to the other channel.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Tax sale title is subject to lengthy redemption and post-sale notice/annulment risk under Louisiana law. Federal liens and many governmental liens can survive. Adjudicated property has additional statutory sale rules.

Quiet title

Quiet title / monition / suit to quiet tax title is commonly required before marketable title — Louisiana tax titles are frequently challenged; budget for litigation risk.

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

St. Landry Parish Sheriff (tax collector) ↗

337-948-6516

Clerk of court

St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court (land records) ↗

Property appraiser

St. Landry Parish Assessor ↗

GIS / parcel map

St. Landry Parish Assessor / GIS parcel resources ↗

Areas trending up

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

Opelousas / parish-seat core

Local government and service employment with core rental demand

Eunice / west parish educational edge

LSUE and local industrial jobs supporting SF absorption

I-49 corridor commercial fringe

Logistics and retail toward Lafayette metro with relative entry pricing