Terrebonne County, Louisiana

Redeemable Deed103,864 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-lien system (Title 47; Act 557 reforms effective 2026 emphasize tax lien certificates with multi-year redemption, not pure same-day ownership). Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax Lien Sale online via Zeus Auction: 2026 cycle listed Tax Lien Sale June 10, 2026 8:00 AM–4:00 PM; online registration began May 15, 2026; delinquent parcel listings ~May 13, 2026 (tpso.net). Adjudicated (unsold) properties from past sales are separately listed via Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government (tpcg.org) — different channel. Do not confuse weekly civil/judicial sheriff sales with the annual tax lien auction. Houma / Bayou Country market; underwrite flood/insurance carefully.

Auction logistics

Format

Online (Zeus Auction tax lien sale)

Frequency

Annually (2026: June 10, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM CT; registration opened May 15)

Platform

Zeus Auction — Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tax Lien Sale ↗

Deposit rules

Two-step registration on Zeus (site account + parish sale). Payment in full per Zeus/Sheriff settlement; sales final. Confirm ACH/wire and any deposit with current Sheriff Tax Lien instructions. Owners may pay through published cutoff to be removed from sale.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Tax lien certificate is not free-and-clear title under post-2026 LA law. Mortgages and other liens generally remain until statutory redemption/foreclosure path completes. Federal liens require independent search. Elevated Louisiana notice/annulment risk — budget legal review. Flood zones and insurance availability are material underwriting factors in Houma-Thibodaux.

Quiet title

Louisiana monition / quiet-title style proceedings are typically required for marketable title after tax-sale certificate matures or for adjudicated parcels.

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

Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office — Tax Notices / Tax Lien Sale ↗

Clerk of court

Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Court (land records) ↗

Property appraiser

Terrebonne Parish Assessor ↗

GIS / parcel map

Terrebonne 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.

Houma / medical-downtown core

Regional hospital and parish employment with primary SF absorption

Bayou Blue / Gray north parish edge

Relative entry pricing along US-90 with industrial adjacency

Schriever / Thibodaux-direction fringe

School and university-adjacent demand toward Lafourche line