Sheriff's Office Announces Annual Tax Sale July 15 | St. Tammany Community News

In advance of its annual July 15 tax sale, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office is publishing the list of delinquent properties in the June 19 edition of The St. Tammany Farmer.

The list is also posted under “Public Notices” on the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office website.

The public notices include approximately 1,700 properties with taxes owed to the parish and the municipalities of Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Pearl River, Abita Springs and Madisonville. Pursuant to LRS 47:2153, this is the first of two public notices of properties still delinquent for the 2023 tax year. A second updated notice will be published in the Farmer on July 10. The list on the sheriff's office website will be updated the same day.

Property tax bills for 2023 were mailed on November 16, 2023. Late notices were sent on February 12 and again on May 17.

STPSO has contracted with SRI, Inc. to use its online tax sales platform. The sale will take place on www.zeusauction.com, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on July 15.

Those interested in participating in the sale will need to create an account on the website and register for the St. Tammany Parish sale. Registrations will be open until noon on July 10. Registrants will have access to a Louisiana-specific practice sale to familiarize themselves with the features of the program.

For more information about the process, call SRI at (800) 800-9588.

Delinquent taxpayers are strongly encouraged to make their payments by noon on July 12 so that payments can be recorded and these properties removed from the website 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 creates a lien on the delinquent property. Tax sale buyers pay the tax due, interest and other costs incurred in the collection process.

Property owners who sell at the tax sale have a three-year period during which they can redeem their property by paying all amounts owed at the time of redemption. The amounts collected are then used to reimburse the tax to the buyer of the sale.

For more information on taxes owed or the tax sale process, call the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Property Tax Division at (985) 809-8217.