NOTE: §2276 eff. until Jan. 1, 2026, upon ratification of the const. amend. proposed by Acts 2024, No. 409.

§2276. Publication

            The petitioner shall publish a monition contemporaneously with or following the sending of the notice calling on all tax sale parties whose interest the petitioner intends to be terminated to show cause within the time period provided in R.S. 47:2275 and this Section why grounds exist for a nullity under the provisions of this Chapter. The publication shall be given two times for immovable property, provided that the second publication for immovable property shall be published not earlier than seven days before and not later than the day before the sixtieth day following the first publication. The publication shall be sufficient if it is in the following form:

"NOTICE

[Name of Tax Sale Parties]

            Pursuant to an order of the _________ District Court for the Parish of ____________ in the matter of [Tax Deed Holder], Docket No. __________[Docket No], Div. _____, [Name of Court], Parish of __________________, State of Louisiana, dated _________________, it was ordered as follows:

            WHEREAS, [Tax Deed Holder], by act passed before [name of notary], recorded on [date of filing] [recordation information] of the official records of __________ Parish, Louisiana, purchased property [at tax sale] [from the {name of political subdivision}, Louisiana adjudicated to the political subdivision for unpaid property taxes or other matters];

            WHEREAS, [Tax Deed Holder] has applied to this Court for a monition or advertisement, in conformity with R.S. 47:2271 et seq.

            THEREFORE, in the name of the State of Louisiana and the [Name of Court] for the Parish of __________________, all interested persons are cited and admonished to show cause within [sixty (60) days] [six (6) months] from the date on which this monition is first advertised, why grounds exist for a nullity under the provisions of Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

The property affected by this monition is:

[Description of Property]

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.___________ [PropertyAddress].

[Name and address of Clerk]

[Name and address of purchaser or attorney for purchaser.]"

            NOTE: §2276 eff. Jan. 1, 2026, upon ratification of the const. amend. proposed by Acts 2024, No. 409.

§2276. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 774, §2.

            Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2024, No. 774, §2, see Act.