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County Courthouse
P.O. Drawer 580
Chester, SC 29706-0580
Phone: (803) 385-5133
Fax: (803) 385-2022

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Chester 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 Chester county, South Carolina.

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

To solve this problem Chester county, South Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Chester 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 Chester 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: 
Gene CuddCouncil Chairman 
James BruceCouncil Vice Chairmanbrucej@infoave.net
George GuyCounty Council 
John KingCounty Council 
Tommy MartinCounty Council 
Alex OliphantCounty Council 
William WestbrookCounty Council 
Robbie BensonSheriff 
Jack KindleTreasurerjkindle@chestercounty.org
Edward ThomasAuditorethomas@chestercounty.org
Sue CarpenterClerk of Court 

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