The commissioner of administration shall have full power and authority to compromise all claims of the state for taxes due on property adjudicated to the state by remission of all interest and costs, conditional upon payment by the owner of the property of all taxes due; however, this Section shall apply only to properties of the value of one thousand dollars and less, and shall not apply to taxes with respect to which the tax privilege or mortgage has not prescribed.
La. R.S. § 39:338