Richland County, South Carolina Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List

Key Takeaways

• The Richland County, SC delinquent tax sale list comes from the Richland County Treasurer's Office, which posts it free as Excel files on its Tax Sale page.
• Richland County has two separate lists: the tax sale listings for the annual auction and the Forfeited Land Available spreadsheet for parcels that drew no bid at an earlier sale.
• The 2026 Richland County auction was scheduled for November 2 and 3 at the Township Auditorium, 1703 Taylor St., Columbia.
• Goliath's records show 2 tax-delinquent properties in Richland County as of June 29, 2026, which is not the county's sale inventory.

The delinquent tax sale list for Richland County, SC comes from the Treasurer's Office, which posts it free as Excel files on its Tax Sale page. The 2026 auction was scheduled for November 2 and 3, so the most useful list now may be the Forfeited Land Available spreadsheet, where you can make an offer before next year's sale.

Goliath Data publishes this guide. Richland County and South Carolina rules were checked on government sites on November 5 and 7, 2026, and are subject to change. It is not legal advice.

Those two lists work very differently. Here is how to use each, what Richland County, South Carolina tax delinquent properties look like in Goliath's records, and what stands between a winning bid and a deed.

What are the two delinquent tax sale lists for Richland County?

Registered bidders also received an up-to-date list on sale day, on showing a bidder receipt and card. The county's general Delinquent Taxes page says the public sale is typically held each fall. It gives no later date, so check back.

Is the Richland County delinquent tax sale list a PDF?

The Richland County delinquent tax sale list is posted as Excel files, so a search for a 2026 PDF usually ends at those same spreadsheets. They open in Excel or Google Sheets, where you can sort by owner or filter for a street, and either program can save a copy as a PDF.

How was the November 2026 Richland County auction set up?

Everything here is from the county's Tax Sale page. The event was scheduled for the Township Auditorium, 1703 Taylor St., Columbia: Monday, November 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, November 3, from 9 a.m. until finished.

• Registration: online only through the bidder application, for a $50.00 fee. The county says registration for 2026 has ended.
• Sale order: real estate first, then real estate combined with a mobile home, then mobile homes alone, each alphabetical by owner or business name.
• Opening bid: the FLC starts at delinquent taxes, costs of sale and current year's taxes, rounded off.
• Length: the county says the sale continues on later days as needed until all property is sold.
• Condition: property is sold "as is," and the county may cancel the sale at any time before a tax deed or mobile home title is issued.
• Payment: in full on the sale date by cash, certified bank cashier's check or bank wire.
• Owner payoff: payment to stop a sale had to reach the Treasurer by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 30, by cash or certified bank cashier's check. Personal, company and escrow checks were refused, and the county takes no delinquent payments on sale days.
• Default: all bids are final under Section 12-51-70, and failing to pay means a $500.00 fine per bid plus court costs.
• Name: choose your bidder name carefully. The county asks you not to request a change later, since it complicates receipts, checks and deeds.

A caution on that page: some of its text still mentions a 2025 sale and a November 2026 redemption deadline. Those lines look carried over from last year's cycle. For redemption on this year's sale, rely on the state's twelve-month rule below and get the exact date from the Treasurer.

How do you buy from the Richland County Forfeited Land Commission?

This is the route most searchers skip. Under the county's page, these parcels were offered at an earlier tax sale, received no bid, and were deeded to the commission when the taxpayer did not redeem during the standard one-year period. The commission says it sells on terms that serve the county's interest, citing Section 12-59-40.

The steps are simple:

1. Open the FLC listing and pick a parcel.
2. Submit the FLC Property Offer Form. Offers cannot be less than the listed asking price.
3. Allow 10 business days for a status update before calling.
4. If more than one party wants the parcel, each is asked for a top bid, and the high bidder gets it.
5. Once accepted, pay immediately in certified funds payable to the Richland County Treasurer, or in cash. No personal checks.
6. The deed issues within 20 business days after payment, following committee approval.

Read the fine print twice. All sales are final, and no remedy reverses the action once the quitclaim deed is recorded. The county does not warrant quantity or quality, and liens are not released, so they may stay in force. It also suggests consulting an attorney when a parcel has tax deeds in its ownership history.

If a parcel carries multiple claims, a cheap asking price can be the most expensive number in the deal.

What are South Carolina's redemption rules after a Richland County sale?

The state's delinquent tax chapter sets the timing.

• Who and how long: the defaulting taxpayer, a grantee, or a mortgage or judgment creditor can redeem within twelve months of the sale (Section 12-51-90).
• Your return: a lump sum on the bid, depending on the redemption month: 3% in the first three months, then 6%, then 9%, and 12% in the last three. It may not exceed the FLC's bid.
• Selling your bid: a purchaser who assigns the interest before redemption ends must give the collector a witnessed and notarized conveyance, and the collector then replaces the bidder's name in the sale book (Section 12-51-90).
• Notice: the collector must send notice of the approaching end of redemption between 45 and 20 days before it closes (Section 12-51-120).
• Title: absent redemption, a tax title follows within thirty days or as soon after as possible, and the buyer pays for preparing it plus documentary stamps (Section 12-51-130).
• Mobile homes: a home subject to redemption generally must stay where it is for twelve months, and a redeeming owner also pays the purchaser rent of up to one-twelfth of the last completed year's taxes per month, with a $10 monthly minimum (Section 12-51-96).
• Overage: money above the taxes and costs belongs to the prior owner of record, and passes to the governing body's general fund if unclaimed within five years of the sale.
• Challenges: an action to recover the land must come within two years of the sale (Section 12-51-160).

The county also suggests seeking a quiet title action before selling or improving a tax-deeded property, since a tax deed is not a warranty deed and can be overturned later. Its advice is to talk with a real estate attorney first, and that is ours too. You can read more about how the redemption period works in general terms.

If you bought at the November 2026 sale, the practical result is a wait. Your money is out on the sale date, you hold no deed during the twelve months, and the outcome is either a redemption payment or a tax deed followed by title work. If you are comparing Richland with other markets, Goliath's tax deed investing guide covers how to weigh that wait.

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

Richland County, SC currently has 2 tax-delinquent properties on record, according to Goliath's records as of June 29, 2026. Other distress signals in the same records, each dated:

Source: Goliath's records for Richland County.

These figures are not the county's sale inventory, so use the Treasurer's real estate spreadsheet to see what was offered. The table is useful for something else: the trustee sale and code violation rows point to situations outside the tax sale that may deserve a look, if they fit your buy box.

Where does Goliath fit in a Richland County tax sale search?

Goliath is data and software, not a lead seller. Its lists are built from signals such as tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure filings and probate, and each record keeps its source. For this auction, or for FLC offers, the Treasurer's files are what count, and they cost you nothing to open.

Questions go to the Treasurer's Office at 2020 Hampton St., Columbia, 803-576-2250, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tax sale address is delinquenttax@richlandcountysc.gov.

If Richland is only one county in your buy box, the South Carolina index and our Lexington County page are good next stops. New to the auction process? Start with what happens when unpaid taxes go to auction.