Deadline for 2022 New Orleans property tax payments extended

New Orleanians received a gift of sorts as the city announced before Christmas that it is extending the deadline for 2022 property tax payments to February 28, 2022.

The reprieve is due to the significant number of damaged properties as a result of Hurricane Ida according to a press release.

As a rule, taxes are due on the last day of January before fines are assessed.

This year homeowners can expect to receive or view their tax bills on or before February 1, 2022.

The press release announced that the following public libraries will also be sites for quick-serve drop-off locations for tax payments on February 24, 25 and 28:

• East New Orleans Regional Library, 5641 Read Blvd.

• Norman Mayer Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd.

• Mid-City Library, 4140 Canal St.; and

• Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Dr.

City of New Orleans employees will be available at each drop-off location to receive sealed envelopes containing no more than three property tax stubs and payments. Cash will not be accepted, and receipts will not be provided.

Payments can also be made on line by visiting, www.nola.gov/pay-taxes/.

This article originally published in the December 27, 2021 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.