Louisiana Laws - Louisiana State Legislature

RS 47:2245

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. _________.

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.