St. Tammany County, Louisiana

Redeemable Deed277,615 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 (ad valorem) parish. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office sells tax liens (not free-and-clear deeds) at annual online auction on Zeus Auction (SRI). 2025 tax-year sale scheduled July 29, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. CT at zeusauction.com; registration opens ~July 1. List of ~2,000 delinquencies advertised in St. Tammany Farmer and on STPSO site. Owners have a three-year redemption period after sale. Separate Civil Division sheriff sales (mortgage/writ) at public.stpso.com are a different product.

Auction logistics

Format

Online (tax lien certificates)

Frequency

Annual (2026: July 29 for 2025 taxes). Delinquent list published mid-July before auction.

Platform

Zeus Auction — St. Tammany Parish tax lien sale ↗

Deposit rules

Create Zeus account and register for St. Tammany sale; payments typically ACH from registered account after sale per SRI/Zeus rules. Property owners must pay before sale cutoff (online payments often close days before auction). Confirm current deposit/ACH requirements on Zeus and secure.stpsopayments.com notices.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Tax sale conveys a lien/certificate interest subject to three-year redemption — not immediate free title. Other mortgages/liens may remain until post-redemption quiet title/monition process. Federal liens can survive.

Quiet title

After redemption period, Louisiana monition/quiet-title style proceedings are typically required for marketable title on tax-sale property.

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. Tammany Parish Sheriff — Property Tax ↗

985-809-8217

Clerk of court

St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court (records) ↗

Property appraiser

St. Tammany Parish Assessor ↗

GIS / parcel map

St. Tammany Parish GIS / assessor map resources ↗

Areas trending up

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

Covington / Hwy 190 corridor

Northshore job and medical density with strong SF demand

Mandeville / Causeway approach

New Orleans reverse-commute lifestyle market with elevated prices and tight inventory

Slidell / I-10/I-12 junction

Logistics and retail employment with more entry inventory versus western parish