Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List: Louisiana Parish Lists and Tax Lien Auctions (2026)

Key Takeaways

• Louisiana has no single statewide delinquent tax list: each parish tax collector produces its own, and parishes such as Lafayette, Vermilion and St. John the Baptist ran separate 2026 online auctions.
• Under R.S. 47:2153, the tax collector must advertise the consolidated delinquent tax list for auction in the political subdivision's official journal.
• Louisiana changed its tax auction rules effective January 1, 2026, so older lists and older guides can mislead you; check the current parish notice.
• A delinquent list can serve outreach to the owner rather than bidding, because before an auction the owner still owns the house and can sell.
• Goliath is data and software, not a lead vendor: it builds lists from tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure filings and probate, with plans starting at $1,499 a month.

Goliath Data publishes this guide and sells data software, mentioned once near the end. We read each statute and parish notice below on November 5, 2026, and they can change.

A delinquent property tax list for Louisiana comes from each parish's tax collector, not from a single state database, and a 2022 list is mostly history now. For a tax delinquent properties for sale list: Louisiana parishes publish theirs in the official journal before each auction, and many post it online. Since January 1, 2026, those auctions sell a tax lien rather than the property.

Where do you find a Louisiana tax delinquent properties list, parish by parish?

Under R.S. 47:2153, a Louisiana tax collector sends notice and then publishes the consolidated delinquent list in the political subdivision's official journal. The list names debtors in alphabetical order, the amounts due, including prior years, and each property.

The sheriff collects for the parish, and a city can have its own tax office, as Lafayette does. These are the 2026 notices we could read:

Lafayette also shows a detail worth noticing: the sheriff's page handles the city and parish auction together, and lists a separate City of Lafayette tax office for city payments. Payment there was ACH only and due at auction's end. Rules like that live on each page, not in any statewide document.

In St. Tammany, the sheriff's earlier notices used the local Farmer and its own website. To find any other parish, search its sheriff's site for "delinquent", "tax lien auction" or "tax sale", since many offices still use the old phrase. Then call the property tax department.

What about a 2022 Louisiana delinquent list?

Searchers still ask for one, but it is the wrong tool. Under the current rules, a list for that year would describe parcels sold under the old law, and any payoff status will have moved. We found no statewide archive of older lists. For history on one parcel, ask the collector. St. Tammany, for one, offers a three-year tax research certificate used by title companies. Current data means the most recent parish advertisement, plus the mortgage records for any recorded certificate.

Also watch for a timing limit: under R.S. 47:2151.1, impositions delinquent three years or more cannot go in a tax lien auction's sale price.

What did the 2026 law change for Louisiana tax auctions?

Act 409 of 2024 rewrote Article VII, Section 25 of the Louisiana Constitution, effective January 1, 2026, and Acts 2024, No. 774 and Acts 2025, No. 411 rewrote the statutes beneath it. Section 25 opens with a flat rule: no forfeiture of property for nonpayment of taxes.

What is the timeline for a 2026-style Louisiana tax lien?

Here is the path as the statutes set it out, using a tax bill due December 31:

1. January 1. Unpaid taxes turn delinquent and draw 1% per month, noncompounding.
2. By the first Monday of February, or soon after. The collector mails certified notice, with 20 days to pay.
3. By May 1, or as soon after as possible. The collector advertises the auction. Taxes unpaid 90 days after delinquency must be offered, and a 5% penalty applies.
4. Auction day. It can run on any weekday between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and online auctions may span several days.
5. Within 30 days. The tax lien certificate is recorded in the parish mortgage records.
6. Three years or more later. After notices sent six to twelve months ahead, the holder may sue to enforce.
7. Thirty days after the last party is served. Payment through the tax collector ends, though a court can still set a termination price until the judicial sale.
8. Judicial sale. A sheriff sells the property, paying the plaintiff first, and that sale ends most other interests, with listed exceptions such as servitudes and mineral rights.

The holder has seven years from recording to file, or the lien is extinguished. Certificates can also be assigned, with the assignment filed in the mortgage records. And anyone can request copies of a debtor's notices for a fee capped at $20, good for the current tax year unless you hold the mortgage.

What does a Louisiana lien buyer actually earn?

With a 0.7% to 1% monthly rate on face value, plus the 5% penalty on the taxes, the return comes from being paid off. A lien on a low tax bill may produce only modest dollars for a lot of waiting. R.S. 47:2158.1 bars evicting a homeowner who lives there and generally bars collecting rent or making improvements, and a violation brings a penalty and forfeits amounts beyond the taxes you paid.

Our tax lien versus tax deed comparison covers the broader tradeoff, though Louisiana's text above controls here. This is a summary of long statutes rather than legal advice, so hire a Louisiana attorney before bidding.

Can you buy a Louisiana tax delinquent property from the owner?

Before an auction, the owner still owns the house and can sell. So a delinquent list can serve outreach rather than bidding. Try this order:

• Pull the parish's latest ad and narrow it to your buy box.
• Match each parcel with the assessor's record for owner, mailing address and value.
• Check the mortgage records for prior certificates, since R.S. 47:2127 gives a tax lien priority over other mortgages and liens.
• Skip-trace the owner, then make a plain offer. Our walkthrough of unpaid tax lists shows how to read a record.

Does an offer to buy a house count as telemarketing? That is for your lawyer, and in the meantime you should assume calls and texts are covered. The FTC explains the registry in its Do Not Call FAQs.

How does Goliath work alongside Louisiana parish lists?

Goliath is software and data, and it provides no leads. Goliath builds lists across signals such as tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure filings and probate, and it keeps the source behind each record. Its skip tracing has published figures of a 99% match rate and 85% accuracy, and misses carry no charge. Pricing starts at $1,499 a month on the pricing page. Working one parish's auction? The parish's ad is free.

Louisiana parish pages

Go deeper with East Baton Rouge or the statewide index.