La. Revenue and Taxation § 47:2155
"Tax Sale Certificate
[Name of Political Subdivision]
v.
[Name of Tax Debtor]
State of Louisiana
Parish of ______________
City of ________________
To: ___________________
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED, that, I, [Name of tax collector], Tax Collector in and for the [Name of political subdivision], in the name of the [name of political subdivision], and by virtue of the authority in me vested by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana and in pursuance of the requirements of those laws, having mailed and published the notice required by law and having strictly complied with each and every requirement of the laws relating to delinquent taxes and tax debtors and to seizures, advertisements, and sale of tax sale title to the property in full, did in the manner prescribed by law, advertise and list in [name of appropriate journal for legal notices] the property to be sold for delinquent property taxes with interest and costs for the year(s) of ________ in the [place of sale] on [dates of publication], beginning at ten o'clock A.M., giving notice in the issues of the newspaper and in said list as advertised the following described immovable property appearing in the name of ______________________.
To-wit:
Ward__________ Section No. _________
Taxes $__________________
Assessment No._____________________
Interest __________________
Penalties ________________
Costs ___________________
Total ___________________
Property description: _________________________________________________
And on said [date], after beginning but not completing said list, I continued the same within legal hours each succeeding legal day offering tax sale title to said property for sale at public auction in the manner required by said laws and the whole or the undivided interest of the tax debtor therein being the smallest amount of said property that any bidder would buy and pay the taxes and costs, and [Name of Purchaser] being the bidder, and having complied with the terms of sale, became the purchaser of tax sale title to the whole of the property or the undivided interest of the tax debtor therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, all the formalities of the law having been complied with, I [Name of Tax Collector], Tax Collector for said [Name of Political Subdivision], by virtue of the authority in me vested by the laws of the State of Louisiana do by these presents sell and transfer unto [Name and Address of Purchaser], tax sale title to property or the undivided interest of the tax debtor therein last above described with all the improvements thereon. The tax debtor or any person interested personally or as heir, legatee, creditor, or otherwise, shall have the right to redeem the property for the period of three years [or other redemptive period] from the date of filing of this tax sale certificate. The redemption may take place by paying the price given including costs and five percent penalty thereon with interest at the rate of one percent per month until the redemption.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name officially at __________, Parish of _____________________, in the presence of the two undersigned competent witnesses, who also signed on this _________ day of ________________, 2____.
Witnesses:
________________________
________________________________
Printed Name:
[Name of Tax Collector]
________________________
________________________________
Printed Name:
[Name of Political Subdivision]
By:_____________________________"
La. Revenue and Taxation § 47:2155