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County Courthouse
P.O. Drawer 1228
Beaufort, SC 29901-1228
Phone: (843) 470-2800
Fax: (843) 470-2751
www.co.beaufort.sc.us

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Beaufort county, South Carolina is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Beaufort county, South Carolina.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Beaufort county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Beaufort county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Beaufort county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Beaufort county, South Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Beaufort county, South Carolina lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on South Carolina laws and competition, savvy Beaufort county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with South Carolina tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with South Carolina tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
William NewtonCouncil Chairman, District 3wnewton@bcgov.net
Frank BrafmanCounty Council, District 1fbrafman@fbrafman@bcgov.net
Gerald DawsonCounty Councilgdawson@bcgov.net
Mark GeneralesCounty Council, District 7mgenerales@bcgov.net
Herbert GlazeCounty Council, District 8hglaze@bcgov.net
Margaret GriffinCounty Council, District 10mgriffin@bcgov.net
Starletta HairstonCounty Council, District 2shairston@bcgov.net
Peter LambCounty Council, District 4plamb@bcgov.net
William McBrideCounty Council, District 5wmcbride@bcgov.net
Richard StewartCounty Council, District 11dstewart@bcgov.net
W.R. Von HartenCouncil Vice Chairman, District 9svonharten@bcgov.net
Curt CopelandCoronercopeland@islc.net
P. J. TannerSheriffpjtanner@bcgov.net
Joy LoganTreasurerjoyl@bcgov.net
Sharon BurrisAuditorsharonb@bcgov.net

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