§ 2-291. Acquisition of full ownership of adjudicated property by parish government.

(a)

The parish government may, by ordinance duly enacted, declare that it intends to acquire a full ownership interest in an identified, adjudicated property, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 47:2236.

(b)

Filing; written notice.

(1)

In such event, the parish government shall file a copy of the ordinance into the mortgage records of the parish. Within 30 days after such filing, or as soon thereafter as practical, the parish government shall send written notice regarding its acquisition of a full ownership interest in the property, in the form prescribed by R.S. 47:2236(B), to the following persons:

a.

The tax debtor at the time of the tax sale of the property;

b.

Any person requesting notice pursuant to R.S. 47:2159;

c.

The owner of the property, including the owner of record at the time of the tax sale of the property;

d.

Any other person holding an interest in the property, including a mortgage, privilege, lien or other encumbrances on the property, and including a tax sale purchaser.

(2)

In addition, the parish government shall cause to be published in the official journal of the parish government the notice set forth in R.S. 47:2236(D).

(c)

If the adjudicated property is not redeemed with the redemption periods set forth in R.S. 47:2236(C), the ordinance shall become operative, as provided in R.S. 47:2236(E). The parish government shall file a notice in the conveyance records in the form prescribed in R.S. 47:2236(E), indicating that it has acquired full ownership of the property. Contemporaneously with said filing, the parish government shall file an affidavit, in the form prescribed by R.S. 47:2236(F), into the mortgage records of the parish, which shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release or erasure of record of all statutory impositions of all political subdivisions then due and owing, of all governmental liens, and all interest, liens, mortgages, privileges and other encumbrances recorded against the property and listed in the affidavit, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 47:2236(G).

(d)

All costs of said sale shall be paid by the parish government, as authorized in the ordinance. In the event the property is redeemed during the redemption period set forth in R.S. 47:2236(C), then said costs shall be included in the costs of redeeming said property, along with all other redemption costs.

(e)

The parish government shall have the authority, to sell or donate adjudicated property of which it as acquired full ownership, in the manner provided in the parish ordinances for the sale or donation of adjudicated property to others.

(Code 1969, § 2-163; Ord. of 9-15-2010, § 3)