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County Courthouse
415 S Pine St
Walhalla, SC 29691-2145
Phone: (864) 638-4244
Fax: (864) 718-1024
www.oconeesc.com/

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Oconee 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 Oconee county, South Carolina.

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

To solve this problem Oconee county, South Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Oconee 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 Oconee 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: 
H. AblesCouncil Chairman 
Thomas CrumptonCounty Council 
Marion LylesCouncil Vice Chairman 
Steven MooreCounty Council 
William RinehartCounty Council 
Karl AddisCoroner 
James SingletonSheriffsheriff@oconeesc.com
Anne DoddTreasurertreasurer@oconeesc.com
Linda NixAuditorlindanix@oconeesc.com
Linda ShugartTax Collectorlshugart@oconeesc.com
Sallie SmithClerk of Court 

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