Property Tax Appeals · Louisiana
Appeal your property taxes
in Louisiana.
Each Louisiana parish has an elected assessor who values homes at 10% of fair market value, with a parish-wide reassessment every four years. The process starts at “open books” — a late-summer inspection period when the rolls are public and you can sit down with the parish assessor’s office to contest your value informally. If that doesn’t fix it, you appeal to the parish Board of Review (the parish governing body), and from there to the Louisiana Tax Commission. Reassessment years are when values move and when checking the assessor’s number pays off most.
The “open books” inspection period typically runs August 15 – September 15, but the exact window varies by parish — check your parish assessor’s published dates.
Louisiana’s homestead exemption shields the first $75,000 of market value ($7,500 assessed) from most parish taxes, so the appeal math starts above that line. The board’s question is fair market value — a licensed appraisal keyed to the assessment date is the document built to answer it.
The evidence
Boards act on value,
not frustration.
However Louisiana labels the process, the case underneath is identical: show what your home was actually worth on the assessment date. A licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal — comparable sales, documented adjustments, a signed opinion of value — is that showing. Start with the $5 check to see if the numbers are on your side before you spend real money.
- Valued as of your assessment date — not today
- Comparable sales with adjustments and citations
- Signed by a state-licensed LA appraiser
- Phone walkthrough — no stranger in your home
- Delivered in 48–72 hours, rush available
Louisiana counties
Louisiana questions
A roughly two-week window in late summer — typically Aug 15 to Sep 15, parish-varying — when assessment rolls are open for public inspection and you can contest your value with the parish assessor before the formal appeal window closes.
First the parish Board of Review, then the Louisiana Tax Commission if you appeal further. Both weigh evidence of fair market value — documented comparable sales carry the case.
The exemption removes the first $75,000 of market value from most parish taxes automatically. An appeal attacks the valuation above that — worthwhile whenever the assessor’s market value overshoots what comparable sales support.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.