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

When and where is a Webster Parish sheriff's sale?

Webster Parish sheriff's sales are held on Wednesdays at the front door of the courthouse in Minden. The notices say the sale happens "during the legal sale hours," so they do not give a clock time. Ask the sheriff's civil department to confirm the time for your sale.

Webster Parish is in the 26th Judicial District, the same district as Bossier Parish, but the two parishes sell differently. Bossier sells online. Webster sells in person at the courthouse door. The sheriff of Webster Parish is Jason R. Parker, and his name is on every sale notice.

This page covers homes in Minden, Springhill, Sibley, Cullen, Cotton Valley, Doyline, Dubberly, Sarepta, Heflin and the rest of the parish.

How to check your sale date

The sale is advertised before it happens, so there is a paper trail you can read for free.

• Louisiana Public Notice. Pick Webster Parish and search "sheriff" or your last name. The Minden Press-Herald legal ads appear there, and each sale is advertised twice, about four weeks apart.
• The Minden Press-Herald. The sheriff's sale notices run in the paper as legal ads, in the weekly legals.
• The sheriff's civil department. Call the Webster Parish Sheriff's civil department and give your case number. The number is on the Webster Parish Sheriff's website. That site's sale list has not always been current, so treat the newspaper notice and a phone call as the answer.
• The Webster Parish Clerk of Court. The lawsuit is filed with the clerk before the sheriff sets a date. The clerk's site is websterclerk.org. Its online records are a paid service, so check the clerk's site for current terms.

A legal ad is long and written in legal language. Look for the line that begins "By virtue of a writ of seizure and sale," the words "with" or "without the benefit of appraisement," the Wednesday date, and the street address near the bottom.

How a Webster 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.

The ad says "with appraisement" or "without appraisement." That generally decides whether the lender can come after you for the rest of the debt. Our main foreclosure page explains the difference, and our guide on what happens after a sheriff's sale goes further. A lawyer can tell you what it means for your loan.

You may also see a defendant listed as "the unopened succession of" a person, or as "unknown heirs." That means the owner has died. See our page for inherited houses.

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

Start with the date on your notice, then work backward from it.

1. Read the notice of seizure and write down the first sale date, the case number and whether it says "with appraisement."
2. Look for your ad on louisianapublicnotice.com and call the sheriff's civil department to confirm the date has not moved.
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 read 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.

The process is the same in Minden, Springhill, Sibley, Cullen, Cotton Valley and every other town in the parish. What changes is how much time is left. Because the ad runs twice about four weeks apart, a sale you first see in the paper may be only a few weeks out. The date on your own notice is the number that matters.

What happens at and after the sale?

At the sale, the sheriff offers the house to the highest bidder. 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 Webster sale date

We are based in Keithville, in Caddo Parish, and we buy houses in Webster Parish as well as Shreveport, Bossier City and DeSoto Parish. Tell Charlie your address and your sale date. We look at the house and the numbers, including what you owe. 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. Anything you do not want can stay in the house.

If your house sits on a tract off a country road outside town, tell us that too. We buy houses as they sit, in town or out.

Updated October 21, 2026