NOTE: §2245 eff. until Jan. 1, 2026, upon ratification of the const. amend. proposed
by Acts 2024, No. 409.
§2245. Redemption certificate
Upon payment of the redemption costs, the tax collector shall issue a redemption
certificate in the name of the tax debtor and file the redemption certificate in the appropriate
conveyance records. When a redemption certificate is issued by the register of the state land
office pursuant to this Subpart, the person redeeming the property shall file the redemption
certificate in the appropriate conveyance records of the parish wherein the property is
located. The redemption certificate shall be sufficient if it is in the following form:
"CERTIFICATE OF REDEMPTION
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ___________________
CITY OF __________________
Having this day received from ___________________________ the sum of
_________________________ Dollars ($__________), being the full amount of taxes, costs,
penalties and interest, plus any subsequently paid taxes, accruing from that certain tax sale
on the ___________ day of ________________________, _________, for the delinquent
[name of political subdivision] taxes for the year _________, assessed to
____________________________________ covering tax sale title to that certain immovable
property located in the parish described as which property was adjudicated at said tax sale
to ____________________________.
NOW THEREFORE I, under the authority conferred on me by R.S. 47:2245, hereby
certify said property as being redeemed to said tax debtor, or his successors in title, from any
claims arising out of said tax sale.
DONE AND SIGNED at my office in ____________________, Louisiana this _________
day of __________________________, _________.
ATTEST:
_________________________________________________________________
Printed Name:___________________[Name of tax collector] and Ex Officio
Tax Collector
_______________________________
Printed Name:___________________"NOTE: §2245 eff. Jan. 1, 2026, upon ratification of the const. amend. proposed by
Acts 2024, No. 409.
§2245. Termination of tax lien certificate
Upon payment of all amounts due pursuant to R.S. 47:2243 and 2244, the tax
collector shall issue a termination certificate in the name of the tax debtor and file the
termination certificate in the appropriate mortgage records. Upon receipt of the termination
certificate, the recorder of mortgages shall mark the tax lien certificate or tax lien
certificates cancelled. The termination certificate shall be sufficient if it is in the following
form:
"CERTIFICATE OF TERMINATION
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ___________________
CITY OF __________________
On this day, the undersigned received from ______________________ the full
amount due under that certain tax lien certificate(s) related to delinquent statutory
impositions to [name of political subdivision] for years ___________________________
affecting the property described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
NOW THEREFORE, I, under the authority conferred on me by R.S. 47:2245, hereby
terminate each tax lien certificate hereinafter listed and direct and request the Clerk of
Court and the Recorder of Mortgages for the Parish of _______ to cancel the following
inscriptions:
Recorded in Mortgage Book _______, Page_______, Instrument No. _________, Registry
No. _________.
Recorded in Mortgage Book _______, Page_______, Instrument No. _________, Registry
No. _________.
Recorded in Mortgage Book _______, Page_______, Instrument No. _________, Registry
No. _________.
Recorded in Mortgage Book _______, Page_______, Instrument No. _________, Registry
No. _________.
DONE AND SIGNED at my office in _________________, Louisiana this
__________________day of________________,_________. ATTEST:
_______________________________ __________________________________
Printed Name:___________________ [Name of tax collector] and Ex Officio Tax
Collector
_______________________________
Printed Name:___________________"
Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 281, §1; Acts 2024, No.
774, §1, see Act.