States › South Carolina › Cherokee County

County Administration Building
210 N. Limestone Street
Gaffney, SC 29340-3136
Phone: (864) 487-2560
Fax: (864) 487-2594

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Cherokee 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 Cherokee county, South Carolina.

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

To solve this problem Cherokee county, South Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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:
L. Hoke Parris	Council Chairman
James Batchler	County Council
Rufus Foster	Council Vice Chairman
Bailey Humphries	County Council
John Little	County Council
Charles Mathis Jr.	County Council
Timothy Spencer	County Council
Joe Vinesett	Coroner
Bill Blanton	Sheriff
Edith Gardner	Treasurer
Nancy Elliott	Auditor

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