In anticipation of its annual tax sale on July 29, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is advertising an updated list of delinquent properties in the July 23 edition of The St. Tammany Farmer.
The updated list also will be posted beginning July 23 under “Public Notices” on the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office website, www.STPSO.com.
The list includes approximately 1,300 properties with taxes and/or related fees due to the parish and the municipalities of Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Pearl River, Abita Springs and Madisonville. In accordance with L.R.S. 47:2153, this is the second of two public notices of properties still delinquent for the 2024 tax year. A first notice was published in the St. Tammany Farmer on June 25.
Property tax bills for 2024 were mailed Nov. 18. Delinquent notices were sent on Feb. 3 and again on May 27.
Delinquent taxpayers are encouraged to make their payments by noon on July 28 so they can be recorded and those properties removed from the list before the sale begins.
The tax sale process completes the annual property tax collection cycle. The sale is not of the structure or land itself, but of a tax title, which places a lien against the delinquent property. Tax sale buyers pay the tax that is due, interest and other costs incurred in the collection process.
Owners of property that sell at tax sale have a three-year period during which they can redeem their property with the Sheriff’s Office by paying all amounts owed at the time of redemption. The amounts collected are then used to reimburse the tax sale buyer.
For additional information on taxes owed or the tax sale process, call the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Property Tax Department at (985) 809-8217.
