By virtue of the authority vested by the constitution of the laws of the state of Louisiana, Sheriff Brent Barnett will sell by public auction the property that is owed delinquent taxes, at the Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Office, 150 Old Winnfield Rd., Jonesboro, LA, beginning at 10 o’clock a.m. on the day of May 13, 2026, and continuing on each succeeding legal day, until the auction is completed.

Jackson Parish Sheriff Barnett will issue in favor of the winning bidder and record in the mortgage records a tax lien certificate to all immovable property on which taxes are now due to Jackson Parish Sheriff & Ex-Officio Tax Collector to enforce collection of taxes assessed in the year 2025 together with interest thereon from January 1, 2026 at the rate not to exceed one percent (1%) per month on a non-compounding basis until paid and all costs. The auction will be for cash or other payment method acceptable to the tax collector, in legal tender money of the United States.

At anytime prior to the institution of an action to enforce the tax lien certificate, the tax lien certificate may be terminated by paying the price paid at auction together with interest at the rate established at the tax auction, which shall not exceed one percent (1%) per month on a noncompounding basis computed on the amount paid at auction by the tax lien certificate purchaser until terminated, a penalty at the rate of five percent (5%), and costs reimbursable pursuant to R.S. 47:2156. The termination payment shall also include the amount of any subsequent parish and municipal statutory impositions paid by the tax lien certificate holder, together with the applicable five percent (5%) penalty and any applicable interest computed on the statutory impositions at a rate of one percent (1%) per month on a noncompounding basis.

The names of the delinquent tax debtors, the amount of statutory impositions due, and the immovable property assessed to each for which a tax lien certificate will be issued are listed in the Classifieds Section of this edition of the Jackson Parish Journal.