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County Administration Building
P.O. Box 192
Columbia, SC 29202-0192
Phone: (803) 576-2050
Fax: (803) 576-2137
www.richlandonline.com

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Richland 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 Richland county, South Carolina.

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

To solve this problem Richland county, South Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Richland 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 Richland 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: 
Anthony MizzellCouncil Chairmanmizzell@richlandonline.com
Doris CorleyCounty Council 
Joyce DickersonCounty Council 
Valerie HutchinsonCounty Council 
Damon JeterCounty Council 
Paul LivingstonCounty Council, District 4paulliv@scsn.net
Joseph McEachernCounty Council 
Michael MontgomeryCounty Council 
L. Gregory PearceCouncil Vice Chairman, District 6 
Bernice ScottCounty Council, District 10 
Kit SmithCounty Council, District 5KITSALLEY@AOL.COM
Leon LottSheriff 
David AdamsTreasureradams@richlandonline.com
Harry HuntleyAuditorharryhuntley@richlandonline.co
Barbara ScottClerk of Courtbarbarascott@richlandonline.co

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