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Lafayette Parish property data
Where Lafayette Parish's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, from Lafayette to every town around it.
- 6Cities and towns
Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Lafayette Parish, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court (Recording Department). The Clerk's eSearch site indexes conveyance, mortgage and UCC records with document images back to January 1, 1935, by paid subscription paid by credit card.
Owners and values
Lafayette Parish Assessor. The Assessor's free property search and map show owner, assessed value and property details for parcels in the parish, along with a tax estimator.
Tax sales
Lafayette Parish Sheriff (Tax Collector) Online Tax Sale. The Sheriff's free online tax sale site explains the process and is where buyers register and bid on tax sale certificates.
Foreclosure sales
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office Civil Sales. The Sheriff posts property details for upcoming sheriff's sales on its free Sheriff's Sale site and sends weekly email notices to subscribers.
Parcel maps
Lafayette Consolidated Government Maps and GIS. LCG's GIS division offers free downloadable maps and interactive web maps for Lafayette and the parish.
How property is sold here
Lafayette Parish follows Louisiana's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Louisiana guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Louisiana does not sell the property outright at a tax sale; buyers get a tax sale certificate, and the owner can redeem it within three years of recording by paying the price plus a 5% penalty and 1% interest a month. In Lafayette Parish the Sheriff, as parish tax collector, and the City of Lafayette hold a joint online tax sale once a year, using a bid-down auction where bidders compete for a smaller share of the property down to 1%; registration and dates are posted on the Sheriff's online tax sale site. Properties that draw no bids are adjudicated to the City of Lafayette, the Parish or the town where they sit.
Foreclosure sales
Lafayette Parish sheriff's sales of seized real estate are held Wednesday mornings at 10:00 a.m., except holidays, on the second floor of the Lafayette Parish Consolidated Government Building at 1010 Lafayette Street, and buyers must pay in certified funds by 2:00 p.m. that day. Notices run in the parish's official journal 30 days before each real estate sale and on the Sheriff's Sale website.
Assessed values
The Lafayette Parish Assessor values property at market value, and under Louisiana law real estate is reappraised every four years, with homes taxed at 10% of market value.
Transfer tax
Louisiana has no state real estate transfer tax, and the City of Lafayette does not add one, so buyers pay only Clerk of Court recording fees.
Land bank
Lafayette Consolidated Government runs an adjudicated property program that sells tax-adjudicated lots to applicants, but the program is paused and not taking new applications.
Worth knowing
The City of Lafayette bills its own property taxes separately from the parish, so redemptions of city taxes go to the City and parish taxes go to the Lafayette Parish Tax Collector.
Worth knowing
Homestead exemption removes taxes on the first $75,000 of a home's market value, and qualifying seniors and disabled owners can freeze assessed value at the January 1, 2025 level.
Worth knowing
Recorded documents are not returned to the filer in Louisiana; the Clerk keeps the original in parish archives and sells certified copies.
Every town in Lafayette Parish
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Broussard city
- Carencro city
- Duson town
- Lafayette city
- Scott city
- Youngsville city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Lafayette Parish?
Deeds and mortgages are recorded by the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court's Recording Department at 800 South Buchanan Street in Lafayette. The index is searchable online through the Clerk's paid eSearch site.
When is the Lafayette Parish tax sale?
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff and the City of Lafayette hold one joint online tax sale a year after taxes go delinquent on January 1. Registration dates and the sale date are posted on the Sheriff's online tax sale site.
How do I find who owns a property in Lafayette Parish?
Use the Lafayette Parish Assessor's free property search to look up the owner and value by name, address or parcel, then check the deed in the Clerk of Court's records.
Are Lafayette Parish property records online?
Yes. Assessor records and maps are free online, sheriff's sale listings are on the Sheriff's website, and the Clerk of Court's conveyance and mortgage records back to 1935 are online by paid subscription.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- lpclerk.com/online-records
- lpclerk.com/recording
- lafayetteassessor.com/
- webtaxsale.lafayettesheriff.com/TaxSaleOnline/Page.aspx?page=terms
- webtaxsale.lafayettesheriff.com/TaxSaleOnline/Page.aspx?page=faq
- lafayettesheriff.com/divisions/administrative-services/civil-processing/
- lafayettesheriff.com/services/register-subscribe/civil-sales
- lafayettela.gov/business-development/planning-and-development/property-disposition/adjudic
- lafayettela.gov/business-development/maps-and-gis/
Every parcel in Lafayette Parish, on one map
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