Movable property; summary seizure to secure payment

The tax collector shall seize the movable property of any tax debtor without notice when he believes that such seizure is necessary to enable him to collect any tax due by the debtor, and he shall make such seizure whenever he has good reason to believe that the tax debtor will conceal, part with, or dispose of the movable property, which fact must be made to appear by the affidavit of the tax collector, or one of his deputies; he shall advertise the property in the manner provided for in judicial sales and shall sell, for cash, cashier's check, certified check, money order, or wire transfer, without appraisement, the least amount of the property seized which any bidder will buy for the amount of the taxes, interest, penalties, and costs.
Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 507, §1; Acts 2025, No.
411, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Redesignated from R.S. 47:2144.
NOTE: Former R.S. 47:2145 redesignated as R.S. 47:2146 by Acts 2025, No. 411,
§4.