La. Stat. tit. 47 § 2245

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 47:2245 - [See Note] 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: ___________________ "

SUBPART B. PROPERTY RECEIVING NO BID

La. R.S. § 47:2245

Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 281, §1.

Amended by Acts 2024, No. 774,s. 1, eff. 1/1/2026 if the proposed amendment to Article VII, Section 25 of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in the Act which originated as Senate Bill No. 119 of this 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature is adopted at a state-wide election and becomes effective or if a proposed amendment to Article VII, Section 25 of the Constitution of Louisiana, which authorizes liens and privileges on immovable property for nonpayment of taxes is adopted at a statewide election prior to December 7, 2024..

Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. 1/1/2009; Acts 2010, No. 281, §1.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.