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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Berkeley 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 Berkeley county, South Carolina.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Berkeley county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Berkeley 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 Berkeley county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Berkeley county, South Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Berkeley 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 Berkeley 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: |
| James Rozier Jr. | Supervisor/Chairman | gwhitten@co.berkeley.sc.us |
| William Crosby | Council Vice Chairman, District 3 | cros724@bellsouth.net |
| Charles Davis | County Council, District 4 | |
| Steve Davis | County Council | |
| Phillip Farley | County Council | |
| Dennis Fish | County Council | |
| Caldwell Pinckney Jr. | County Council | |
| Judith Spooner | County Council, District 2 | spooners63@juno.com |
| Barry Currie | Sheriff's Office | |
| H. Wayne DeWitt | Sheriff | |
| Carolyn Umphlett | Treasurer | |
| Janet Jurosko | Auditor | jjurosko@co.berkeley.sc.us |
| Cynthia Forte | Register | |
| Mary Brown | Clerk of Court |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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