§ 72-15. Notice of sale or donation of adjudicated property.

(a)

After completion of the bidding process preceding public sale of adjudicated property by the administrator; upon passage of a resolution approving sale of adjudicated property to an adjoining landowner; or upon the Lafayette Mayor-President's signature of an ordinance approving the donation of adjudicated property, the administrator shall require the acquiring person(s) to notify by U.S. Mail any tax sale party whose interest the vendee or donee intends to terminate pursuant to La. R.S. 47:2206(A), using the statutory safe-harbor form provided by that section. If the property sold or donated has been adjudicated property for less than five years at the time of the notice required by this article, the notice shall indicate that tax sale parties have six months from the date of the notice to preserve their rights; otherwise, the notice shall indicate that tax sale parties have 60 days.

(b)

Contemporaneously with the notice required by La. R.S. 47:2206(A), the administrator shall require the acquiring person(s) to publish the notice required by La. R.S. 47:2206(B), using the statutory safe-harbor form provided by that section. If the property sold or donated has been adjudicated property for less than five years at the time of the notice required by this article, the notice shall indicate that tax sale parties have six months from the date of the notice to preserve their rights; otherwise, the notice shall indicate that tax sale parties have 60 days.

(c)

The administrator shall require the acquiring person(s) to place upon the property no less than 60 days prior to transfer of the adjudicated property one or more signs on the street right-of-way nearest the property, no fewer than every 500 linear feet of property frontage, advising (on both sides of each sign) that the property has been adjudicated, that transfer of ownership is pending, and that the adjudicated property may be redeemed by the tax debtor prior to the transfer, along with the telephone number and address of the administrator.

(Ord. No. O-246-2015, § 4, 11-17-15; ; Ord. No. O-150-2017, § 3, 8-8-2017)