Louisiana Appeals Court Upholds Taxpayer’s Property Tax Sale Redemption

The Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s petition for writ of mandamus seeking to strike a redemption certificate from public records. The taxpayer redeemed property sold at a tax sale with the Sheriff-Tax Collector signing an Adjudicated Certificate of Redemption (Redemption Certificate) on June 2, 2021. The plaintiff purchased the property on June 30, 2021, and recorded a Non-Warranty Cash Sale on July 8, 2021, the date the redemption period terminated. On July 28, 2021, the Sheriff-Tax Collector filed the Redemption Certificate. The plaintiff argued the Redemption Certificate was filed after the redemption period ...