La. Stat. tit. 47 § 2276

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session

Section 47:2276 - [For Repeal, See Note] 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.]"

La. R.S. § 47:2276

Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 774,s. 2, eff. 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.