Annual Tax Sale Cycle — Parish Fiscal Year
Each phase below corresponds to a statutory deadline. Per-account costs are shown in bold. All charges are encodable to the delinquent tax bill account for statutory recovery.
JurisDeed receives the delinquent tax roll and begins account-level research.
- Account origination — each parcel assigned a unique compliance record ($10/account)
- LTC change order research — confirm current assessed ownership ($10/account)
- Tax debtor bankruptcy search — PACER/bankruptcy registry check ($10/account)
- Identify Act 384 trigger parcels (vacant, blighted, or tax-adjudicated properties)
Certified mail notices must be sent to each last-known address of the tax debtor and every mortgagee of record.
- Certified mail notice of tax sale dispatched ($22/notice)
- First-class mail notice dispatched simultaneously ($3/notice)
- Delivery confirmation tracked per USPS return receipt
When certified mail is returned undeliverable, skip-trace is triggered. This phase incurs costs only on affected parcels.
- Skip-trace research — locate alternative address(es) ($60/parcel)
- Phone noticing campaign to known numbers ($28/parcel)
- First-class mail to current occupant(s) if different from record owner ($3/notice)
- Act 384 certified mail campaign on applicable parcels ($22/notice + $35 research)
Each delinquent parcel must be published in the official journal of the parish at least 20 days before the sale.
- Publication list prepared and submitted to official journal (As quoted — varies by parish publication)
- Publication rates set by newspaper; government rate may or may not apply
- Passed through at actual cost plus coordination markup
Second LTC and bankruptcy research runs completed. Pre-sale compliance certificate issued for each parcel.
- LTC change order final check ($10/account — 2nd run)
- Bankruptcy final search ($10/account — 2nd run)
- Pre-sale compliance certificate per parcel ($15–$25)
- Affidavit of Costs (RS 47:2156) prepared and delivered to collector before payment received
JurisDeed coordinates with your parish's selected auction platform. We are vendor-neutral — no platform conflicts.
- Auction day coordination support ($15/parcel — Track 2 only)
- Payment processing coordination ($10/parcel — Track 2 only)
- Act 774 (2026): interest-rate bid-down mechanism used for post-2026 parcels
- Pre-2026: ownership bid-down structure used for prior-year parcels
- Unsold certificates identified for OTC sale process (RS 47:2246)
Tax sale certificates must be filed in the parish mortgage records within 30 days of the sale — strict statutory deadline.
- Tax lien certificate filing in mortgage records ($150/certificate — Track 2B only)
- Post-sale research and noticing ($175/certificate — Track 2B only)
- OTC lien management for unsold certificates (RS 47:2246) ($25–$40/certificate)
- Cost ledger export delivered for your tax bill account encoding
Adjudicated properties and government-owned parcels require separate compliance tracks with independent notice and certification requirements.
- Adjudicated property notice preparation ($45–$75/property)
- Affidavit of Compliance (Gov-Own, RS 47:2236(F)) ($50–$100/property)
- Available as a standalone engagement or add-on to Track 1 or Track 2
Cost Recovery Reminder
Every cost in this cycle is a per-account charge with a specific statutory basis. Your staff can encode each line item directly to the delinquent tax bill account using your existing software — no flat contract fees that resist encoding.
JurisDeed delivers a cost ledger export formatted for direct import into most parish accounting systems.