Quieting a Tax Title in New Orleans, LA

[Darnell J.]

I purchased a tax certificate property from Civic Source, of which grants possession and ownership of property following the expiration of the redemption period, or if redeemed within redemption period the owner will pay me interest and penalties. I am approaching the end of the redemption period and would like to know if anyone has any personal experience with completing a "Quieting Title". From my understanding, once the redemptive period has expired, I will need to file a lawsuit against the former owners of the property and ask the court to terminate their ownership and recognize mine. Once the old owners are served with my lawsuit, they have six months to try to annul the tax sale. If they don’t, the property will officially be mine forever after. Is that accurate?

My questions are: 

What are the details of this process? 

How can the former owner annul tax sale after they've missed the redemptive period?

The property seems to have been left to children via succession, will I need to get everyone of the heirs to sign?

How long does the entire process of "quieting a tax title" typically take?

How much does "quieting a tax title cost" in attorney fees?

Does anyone know an attorney in New Orleans with Quieting Tax Title experience they could recommend to me?

Thanks! 

[Greg Jeanfreau]

@Kimberly Jones First American may insure them on a case by case basis. They will look at the file and make a judgement call as to whether or not the former owner will try to file a lawsuit or whatnot. Just had this happen. The title premium went from $4800 with exceptions with US National (the Civicsource co.) to $1400 with First American with no exceptions. The former owner had actually sued my client and lost.