Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2238.3

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Owner: means a person who holds an ownership interest that has not been terminated pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2122
  • Property: includes every form, character and kind of property, real, personal, and mixed, tangible and intangible, corporeal and incorporeal, and every share, right, title or interest therein or thereto, and every right, privilege, franchise, patent, copyright, trade-mark, certificate, or other evidence of ownership or interest; bonds, notes, judgments, credits, accounts, or other evidence of indebtedness, and every other thing of value, in possession, on hand, or under the control, at any time during the calendar year for which taxes are levied, within the State of Louisiana, of any person, firm, partnership, association of persons, or corporation, foreign or domestic whether the same be held, possessed, or controlled, as owner, agent, pledgee, mortgagee, or legal representative, or as president, cashier, treasurer, liquidator, assignee, master, superintendent, manager, sequestrator, receiver, trustee, stakeholder, depository, warehouseman, keeper, curator, executor, administrator, legatee, heir, beneficiary, parent, attorney, usufructuary, mandatary, fiduciary, or other capacity, whether the owner be known or unknown; except in the cases of fire, life, or other insurance companies, the notes, judgments, accounts, and credits of nonresident persons, firms, corporations, partnerships, associations, or companies doing business in the State of Louisiana, originating from the business done in this state, are hereby declared to be property with its situs within this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1702
  • Tax debtor: means , as of the date of determination, the person listed on the tax roll in accordance with La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2122

A.  Upon deposit made to purchase unredeemed property, the tax collector shall immediately notify the tax debtor, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the tax debtor at his last known address.  Other interested parties shall be notified by publication in the official journal of the city of Monroe, that the tax collector through the city will take actual corporeal possession of the property so adjudicated to the city for five years or more and that ownership will be transferred to a specifically named individual.  The advertisement shall publish on two consecutive days.

B.  The mailed notice and advertisement shall set forth the legal description of the property; inclusive of the owner of record, if known, the tax lot, block number, and street addresses; and the terms of the sale.  Publication and mailing proof shall be obtained by the city.

C.  When a mortgagee or other lien holder is identified by public recordation, constructive notice by publication shall be supplemented by notice mailed to the mortgagee’s or lien holder’s last known available address by certified mail, return receipt requested or by personal service.

Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.