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County Courthouse
2 Courthouse Square
Charleston, SC 29401-2204
Phone: (843) 958-4030
Fax: (843) 958-4004
www.charlestoncounty.org

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Charleston 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 Charleston county, South Carolina.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Charleston county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Charleston 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 Charleston county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Charleston county, South Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Charleston 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 Charleston 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: 
Leon StavrinakisCouncil Chairmanlstavrinakis@charlestoncounty.
Curtis BosticCounty Councilcbostic@bosticlaw.com
Colleen CondonCounty Councilcolleen@colleencondon.com
Henry DarbyCounty Councilhenrydarby@msn.com
Ed FavaCounty Councilfavaed@aol.com
Curtis InabinettCounty Councilcurtisinabinettsr@webtv.net
Teddy PryorCounty Councilpryorteddie@yahoo.com
Timothy ScottCouncil Vice Chairmantimscott@allstate.com
Susan ChewningCoroner 
J. Alton CannonSheriff 
Andrew SmithTreasurerasmith@charlestoncounty.org
Peggy MoseleyAuditorpmoseley@charlestoncounty.org
Charlie LybrandRegister 
Julie ArmstrongClerk of Courtjarmstrong@charlestoncounty.or

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