Bossier Parish sheriff's sale: how it works and how to check your date

How does a Bossier Parish sheriff's sale work?

Bossier Parish sheriff's sales are held online, not on the courthouse steps. They are on Wednesdays, on Bid4Assets; Bid4Assets shows the bidding hours for each sale date.

A bidder puts down one deposit per sale date, in certified funds or by wire. The balance is due by 3:00 PM Central on the first Friday after the sale. Your house is offered on the day your notice names, so go by that date.

This page covers homes in Bossier City, Benton, Haughton, Plain Dealing and the rest of the parish.

How to check your sale date

Look yourself up on the sheriff's real estate list. It is free to read.

• Bossier Parish Sheriff's real estate list. Each case page shows "Sale Stopped" and "Appraised." Sale Stopped tells you whether the sale has been halted. Appraised tells you whether the house is being sold with appraisement, which matters after the sale.
• The Bossier Press-Tribune. The sheriff's sale notices are advertised in the parish paper.
• The Bossier Parish Clerk of Court. The lawsuit is filed with the clerk before the sheriff sets a sale date. The clerk's Clerk Connect is a paid service. Check the clerk's site for current fees.

The sheriff's office is at 204 Burt Blvd. in Benton, and the phone is (318) 965-2203.

What do "Appraised" and "Sale Stopped" mean?

"Appraised: Yes" means the house is being sold with appraisement, and "Sale Stopped: Yes" means the sale is currently halted. Appraisement matters because it generally decides whether the lender can come after you for what the sale does not cover. If the house is sold without appraisement, Louisiana law generally keeps the lender from getting that deficiency judgment, with some exceptions.

Our main foreclosure page explains it in more detail. A lawyer can tell you what it means for your loan.

How a sale fits into Louisiana foreclosure

The sale is the last step. Before it, the lender goes to court, a judge signs an order, and a deputy serves you a notice of seizure with the first sale date. Louisiana law says that date is at least 60 days after the judge signs.

1. 1

   Missed payments

   Calls and letters from your loan servicer. Free HUD-approved counseling is open to you now, and you can still sell the normal way.

2. 2

   The filing

   Federal rules generally keep a servicer from starting foreclosure until the loan is more than 120 days behind. Then the lender asks the court for a writ of seizure and sale.

3. 3

   Notice of seizure

   A deputy serves it. It lists the first sale date, which by law is at least 60 days after the judge signs the order.

4. 4

   The ads

   The sale is advertised in the parish paper: once at least 30 days ahead, and again in the last week.

5. 5

   Sheriff's sale

   Wednesdays. Caddo sells at the courthouse in Shreveport, Bossier sells online, DeSoto sells in Mansfield.

6. 6

   After the sale

   In Louisiana there is generally no way to buy the house back after a sheriff's sale. That is why the time before the sale matters.

What to do this week if you have a Bossier sale date

Start with the date on your notice, then work backward from it. Here are the steps in order.

1. Read the notice of seizure and write down the first sale date, the case number and whether it says "with appraisement."
2. Look yourself up on the sheriff's real estate list to confirm the date and see whether it shows "Sale Stopped."
3. Call your servicer and ask in writing what it would take to catch up. Keep a copy of what you send.
4. Book a free HUD counselor and a lawyer. Both can see your papers and explain what is possible before the date.
5. If you want to sell, call us early. A closing needs time for the title work and the payoff from your lender.

Homes in Bossier City, Benton, Haughton and Plain Dealing all go through the same online Bossier sheriff's sale. The process does not change by town. What changes is how much time is left, so the date on your notice is the number that matters.

What happens at and after the sale?

At the sale, the highest online bid wins. If it is the first offering and the house is sold with appraisement, bidding starts at two-thirds of the appraised value. If nobody bids that much, the sheriff advertises again and sells at a second offering for whatever it brings. After the sale the former owner generally has no right to buy the house back. That is why the days before the sale are the time to act.

What are my options before the sale?

You have several, and the free ones come first. The main foreclosure page has the whole list.

1. Call your servicer and ask in writing about catching up, a repayment plan or a loan modification.
2. Talk to a free HUD-approved housing counselor. Try the HUD counselor list.
3. Talk to a lawyer. Bankruptcy generally pauses a sheriff's sale. That is a decision for you and an attorney.
4. A short sale, if you owe more than the house is worth.
5. List with a Realtor, if there is time and equity.
6. Sell to us. We buy houses as they sit, and a closing before the sale date pays off the loan through the title company.

Selling to us before a Bossier sale date

Call Charlie with your address and your sale date. We look at the house and the numbers, including what you owe, and tell you plainly what we can do. A local title company closes, gets the payoff from your lender and pays it out of the sale. You pick the closing date, as long as it is before the sheriff's date.

We are a local company in Keithville, a short drive from Bossier City. We buy houses in Bossier City, Benton, Haughton and across the parish.

Updated October 21, 2026