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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Charleston County, South Carolina runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.

Charleston County, South Carolina Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub

1,758 parcels are on the Charleston County delinquent tax list. Charleston County, South Carolina runs a redeemable-deed sale via In-person live auction -- Montague Room, North Charleston Coliseum. Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.

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Sale type
redeemable-deed
Platform
In-person live auction -- Montague Room, North Charleston Coliseum
Bidding method
Live, in-person, highest bidder; properties auctioned alphabetically by owner last name; unsold properties go to a sealed-bid sale about a month later.
Statutory maximum rate
Redemption interest penalty of 3%/6%/9%/12% of the bid amount by quarter of the 12-month redemption period (S.C. Code 12-51-90)
Redemption period
12 months from the sale date (S.C. Code 12-51-90)
Cadence
annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

S.C. Code Title 12, Ch. 51

Each county holds an annual delinquent tax sale (redeemable deed); the original owner has 12 months to redeem, paying the winning bid plus a 3%/6%/9%/12% quarterly interest penalty.

County contact / official source

In-person live auction -- Montague Room, North Charleston Coliseum is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://www.charlestoncounty.gov/departments/delinquent-tax/tax-sale.php

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for Charleston County at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Charleston County has held only one sale.

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