Charleston County, South Carolina Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List

Key Takeaways

• Charleston County's Delinquent Tax Division publishes the delinquent tax list as Excel files on its tax sale page; the 2026 real property file had 1,174 rows when last updated on November 2, 2026.
• The Charleston County tax sale begins Monday, November 9, 2026, at 9 a.m. at the North Charleston Coliseum, 5001 Coliseum Dr.; online bidder registration closed on October 23 and cost $15.
• Charleston County reports about an 80% redemption rate, about a 10% void rate and about a 10% conveyance rate, so most winning bids end in a refund plus interest rather than a deed.
• The median total due in the November 2 file is about $1,520.85 (Goliath's arithmetic on the county's column), and it covers 2025 and prior taxes only, so it is not the starting bid.
• Goliath's records show 1 tax-delinquent property in Charleston County, SC as of June 29, 2026; the county spreadsheet remains the source for the auction itself.

Goliath Data publishes this page, and the record counts in its table are Goliath's own. County and state facts were checked on Charleston County and South Carolina government sites on November 5, 2026, and can change.

Charleston County delinquent tax properties are listed by the county's Delinquent Tax Division, in a spreadsheet on its tax sale page. The 2026 file for Charleston County, South Carolina tax delinquent properties had 1,174 real property rows when last updated on November 2, 2026. The auction is set for Monday, November 9, 2026, at 9 a.m., and online bidder registration closed on October 23.

How do you get the Charleston County delinquent tax list?

The tax sale page links two downloads under Tax Sale Listings: real property and mobile homes. Both are Excel files, and neither page shows a charge. The county says the listing is also available in the Delinquent Tax Office.

The real property file gives the PIN, class code, owner, situs address, city, tag, acreage, total due and appraisal. The median total due across the November 2 file works out to about $1,520.85, by our arithmetic on the county's column.

That figure is not a price. The header says the amount covers only 2025 and prior taxes, and the starting bid adds current 2026 taxes.

Charleston County, South Carolina tax delinquent properties in Goliath's records

Charleston County, SC currently has 1 tax-delinquent property on record in Goliath's records, as of June 29, 2026. The table below comes from those records as of that date, with each row's own date:

Use the county's spreadsheet for the auction itself. A count dated last June and a list updated this week are answering different questions.

How does the Charleston County tax sale work on sale day?

The sale happens in the Montague Room above the ticket office at the North Charleston Coliseum, 5001 Coliseum Dr. It resumes at 9 a.m. on following days if needed, and the county warns there are no lunch breaks. Real estate goes first in alphabetical order by owner's last name, then mobile homes.

Registration cost $15 this year. There is no registration on sale day, so if you did not register by October 23 you can watch but you cannot bid. The spreadsheet's header confirms you do not need to register simply to attend.

Payment rules are stricter than many first-timers expect:

• Bids must be paid by money order, certified check or bank wire. Cash is not accepted for bids, according to the county's most recent bidder instructions.
• Bank wires carry a $35 fee.
• Bids are due in full at close of business on sale day. If the sale runs late, they are due by noon the next day.
• A missed payment means a $500 default fee per bid, and possibly being barred from future sales.

What are your odds of getting a deed at the Charleston County tax sale?

This is the most useful thing on the county's page. Charleston County reports about an 80% redemption rate, about a 10% void rate and about a 10% conveyance rate.

Read that as a planning assumption. Most winning bids end with a refund and some interest, not a deed. If your plan only works when you get the house, you are planning around the rare outcome.

The county's sample interest calculation shows how the return is capped. In its example, the forfeited land commission bid is $2,430:

Those rates are not cumulative. Each line is the whole interest for a redemption in that window. The schedule and cap come from Section 12-51-90 of the South Carolina Code, and this summary is not legal advice.

Refunds take paperwork too. You must return your original receipt, which the county says is typically on blue paper, and allow at least twenty business days.

What liens survive the Charleston County tax sale?

The county is direct on this. During redemption it notifies mortgage holders, and one that chooses not to redeem loses its interest. Other liens (mechanic's, IRS, state and so on) remain on the property.

Tax deeds are quit claim deeds that do not promise clear title, and the county tells buyers to contact an attorney about clearing it. It also says it sells any type of taxed property, including undevelopable and underwater parcels, and does no research before the sale. So when a row shows a very low appraisal, look at the parcel on a map before you get excited.

Bundled owners and the sealed-bid round

If one owner has several properties in the sale, the county groups them. When one bid raises enough to cover the taxes on all of them, only that property counts as sold. So you can wait for a specific parcel and watch it vanish before it is called.

Properties with no bids go to the Forfeited Land Commission and may enter a sealed-bid silent auction, listed for January 26 to February 20, 2027. Winning bidders can also assign a bid from November 16, 2026, through November 7, 2027. The county's page still carries some text from last year's sale (one sealed-bid line mentions a December 8 sale), so confirm those details by phone.

The commercial solicitation warning on the file

Charleston County prints a warning on the spreadsheet. It cites Section 30-2-50 and says that obtaining, using or distributing public records for commercial solicitation directed to any person in South Carolina is unlawful, punishable by a fine of up to $500 or up to one year in prison, or both. By obtaining the file, the county says, you agree to comply.

Take that seriously, and ask a South Carolina lawyer before you mail or call anyone off this list. Whether a call or text offering to buy a house counts as telemarketing is a question for that lawyer as well, so treat them as covered and check the National Do Not Call Registry. This is not legal advice.

Related reading

Our South Carolina list page covers the state, the Dorchester County page covers a next-door market, and how to access official lists explains the county route in general.

For investors who track distress beyond a single annual auction, Goliath is data and software rather than a lead seller. Its lists draw on signals like tax delinquency, probate and absentee ownership, with the source kept on each record. Pricing runs from $1,499 to $7,499 a month, so a one-county, once-a-year bidder may be well served by the county's free spreadsheet alone.