Berkeley County tax sales, South Carolina

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Berkeley County is the one county in this set whose 2026 sale is still ahead on November 9, 2026. The Delinquent Tax Collector runs the sale, the county tax sale page states plainly that the sale is held on-site only and that all tax sale money will be collected at the sale, and registration closes a full week before sale day, at 5:00 p.m. on November 9, 2026. The published legal notice, signed by Tax Collector Felicia A. Walters under executions issued by Treasurer Lori F. Glover, confirms the Forfeited Land Commission opening bid under SC Code 12-51-55 and payment in legal tender at the sale. No registration fee, deposit, or parcel count was published on the official pages read, so those items are marked unverified here.

Selling office: Berkeley County Delinquent Tax Collector (Tax Collector Felicia A. Walters)

Next sale: Upcoming: Monday, November 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lowcountry Conference Center in Summerville; registration closes 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2026. The county tax sale page and the county news release of October 23, 2026 both confirm the Delinquent Tax Sale on Monday, November 16, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Lowcountry Conference Center (Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites), 406 Sigma Drive, Summerville, SC 29486, held on-site only. If an additional day is needed, the sale continues Tuesday, November 17, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and the mobile home sale begins after the land sale ends. Registration opened at 9:00 a.m. on October 29, 2026 and must be completed no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 9, 2026; no registration is permitted on the day of the sale. Owners could keep a property out of the sale by having all delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties and costs received and processed by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2026, and no tax payments are accepted on sale day.

Berkeley is the live opportunity in this set: as of November 9, 2026 the sale is a week away, on November 16, 2026, and registration closes at 5:00 p.m. on November 9, 2026 itself. The advertised list runs in the Charleston Post and Courier on October 29, November 5 and November 12, 2026 and online on the county website, and owners have until 5:00 p.m. on November 13, 2026 to pay in full and pull a parcel from the sale.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Upcoming: Monday, November 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lowcountry Conference Center in Summerville; registration closes 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2026
The sale	Upcoming on Monday, November 16, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Lowcountry Conference Center (Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites), 406 Sigma Drive, Summerville, SC 29486, on-site only, with doors open at 9:00 a.m. If additional days are necessary an announcement is made before the close of business; subsequent days run 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and the mobile home sale begins after the land sale ends. All real property and mobile homes with delinquent taxes are subject to sale.
The list	Listings are advertised in the Charleston Post and Courier and available online on the county website on Thursday, October 29, 2026, November 5, 2026 and November 12, 2026, in the name of the current owner and the defaulting taxpayer, the owner of record on December 31 of the year preceding the taxable year. Mobile homes are advertised for two consecutive weeks, on November 5 and November 12, 2026. The county page links GIS mapping for parcel research. No list cost or parcel count was published on the official pages read.
Registration	Registration opened at 9:00 a.m. on October 29, 2026 and must be completed no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 9, 2026, through the registration link on the county tax sale page. Only registered bidders are permitted into the tax sale, and registration is not permitted on the day of the sale. There is no online bidding; registered parties bid in person at the Lowcountry Conference Center.
Bidding and payment	The published legal notice states the properties sell to the highest bidder at public auction for legal tender (cash, cashier's check and money order) during the legal hours of sale, 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and that under SC Code 12-51-55 the Tax Collector must submit a bid on behalf of the Forfeited Land Commission equal to all unpaid property taxes, penalties and costs including taxes levied for the year in which the redemption period begins. The county page states all tax sale money will be collected at the sale, which matches SC Code 12-51-60: the winner pays in full on the day of the sale and receives a receipt, not a deed. A bidder who fails to pay is liable for up to $500 in damages under SC Code 12-51-70.
Redemption	The defaulting taxpayer, a grantee from the owner, or a mortgage or judgment creditor may redeem within twelve months from the date of the sale under SC Code 12-51-90, paying the taxes, assessments, penalties and costs plus lump sum interest on the whole successful bid of 3 percent in months one to three, 6 percent in months four to six, 9 percent in months seven to nine, and 12 percent in the last three months, capped at the Forfeited Land Commission bid. If nobody redeems, the collector issues a tax title to the purchaser after the redemption period ends, under SC Code 12-51-130, and the deed becomes incontestable after one additional year under SC Code 12-51-90(C). The collector mails notice of the approaching end of redemption no more than 45 and no less than 20 days before the period ends, under SC Code 12-51-120.
Unsold parcels	Parcels nobody outbids the Forfeited Land Commission on are taken in by the Commission under SC Code 12-51-55 and held through the same twelve month redemption period; after it, the Commission holds title and sells forfeited lands through its own posted sale process. The county tax sale page read did not publish a Commission sale schedule, so the timing and list location for Berkeley forfeited lands are unverified on this page.
Format	In person, on-site only: In person at the Lowcountry Conference Center (Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites), 406 Sigma Drive, Summerville, SC 29486; no online bidding
Selling office	Berkeley County Delinquent Tax Collector (Tax Collector Felicia A. Walters)

Sources: Berkeley County, Delinquent Tax Sale. Berkeley County, Delinquent Tax Sale set for November 16 (news release, October 23, 2026). Berkeley County, published Delinquent Tax Sale legal notice, Post and Courier, October 29, 2026. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How South Carolina tax sales work

The debt builds fast, then the county takes possession on paper. Taxes unpaid after January 15 take penalties under Section 12-45-180: 3 percent, then 7 percent more on February 2, then 5 percent more on March 17. The treasurer issues an execution, and the officer charged with collecting delinquent taxes mails the delinquency notice on April 1, takes exclusive possession by certified mail or posting, and advertises the sale once a week for three consecutive weeks under Section 12-51-40.
The sale is a public auction, and the county opens every parcel. Under Section 12-51-50 the property is sold at public auction at the courthouse or another convenient place in the county on the advertised date; the statute sets no statewide date, and counties in this set sell between October and December. The officer must open each parcel with a bid for the county Forfeited Land Commission equal to all unpaid taxes, penalties, assessments and costs, including the taxes levied for the year the redemption period begins (Section 12-51-55). Public bidding starts at that amount.
The winner pays in full that day and leaves with a receipt. Section 12-51-60 requires payment of the full bid on the day of the sale, in cash, cashier's check, certified check or money order, and the buyer receives a receipt, not a deed. A bidder who fails to pay has the bid cancelled, faces up to 500 dollars in damages, and the property is readvertised (Section 12-51-70). Any part of the bid above the taxes, penalties and costs is held by the collector and belongs to the former owner, who is notified of the excess after the tax deed issues.
Redemption runs twelve months and pays a lump sum, not a rate. The defaulting taxpayer, a grantee from the owner, or a mortgage or judgment creditor may redeem within twelve months of the sale under Section 12-51-90, paying the debt plus interest on the whole successful bid: 3 percent if redeemed in the first three months, 6 percent in months four to six, 9 percent in months seven to nine, 12 percent in the last three months. The interest charged may never exceed the amount of the Forfeited Land Commission bid, so money bid above the county's opening bid earns no interest at all.
The deed comes after the year runs, and unsold parcels sit with the Commission. If nobody redeems, the collector issues a tax title to the purchaser under Section 12-51-130, and after one more year that deed is incontestable (Section 12-51-90(C)). Parcels the Forfeited Land Commission takes in, because nobody outbid its opening bid, are held through the same redemption period; the Commission then holds title and sells forfeited lands through its own posted sale process, which is the year round leftover channel in every South Carolina county.

How bidding works in Berkeley County

Register through the Tax Sale Registration link on the county tax sale page at berkeleycountysc.gov. Registration for the 2026 sale opened at 9:00 a.m. on October 29, 2026 and closes at 5:00 p.m. on November 9, 2026. Only registered bidders are permitted into the sale and registration is not permitted on the day of the sale. Delinquent Tax Office: (843) 719-4030 (option 5), at 1003 N. Highway 52, Moncks Corner, SC 29461.

Bid the redemption math, not the parcel. If the owner redeems, your entire return is the quarter's lump sum percentage, capped at the county's own opening bid. Every dollar bid above that opening bid earns zero interest in the redemption outcome and is handed to the former owner in the deed outcome. The rational bid ceiling in South Carolina is set by Section 12-51-90, not by the parcel's market value.
Full payment is due before you leave the room. South Carolina sales settle on the spot, in legal tender, and a failed payment cancels the bid, readvertises the parcel, and exposes the defaulting bidder to up to 500 dollars in damages (Section 12-51-70). Registered bidders bring certified funds sized to their maximum bid, not to their expected bid.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, Berkeley County	No bidder registration fee or deposit was published on the official pages read, and none is claimed here. The county tax sale page and the published legal notice state the registration window and the on-site only rule, and publish no fee.
Payment, Berkeley County	All tax sale money is collected at the sale, per the county page. The published legal notice sets the terms as legal tender at the sale: cash, cashier's check and money order. That matches the state frame in SC Code 12-51-60, payment in full on the day of the sale by cash, cashier's check, certified check or money order, with a receipt to the purchaser and any excess above the taxes, penalties, assessments and costs held for the defaulting taxpayer and the owner of record, never kept by the bidder. For owners paying to avoid the sale, no personal or company checks were accepted after Friday, August 28, 2026; only cash, money order, cashier's check, attorney's trust or escrow account check, or credit or debit card (with a 20 cent and 2.35 percent transaction fee) were accepted.
What is sold	The property itself, but title does not move on sale day. The winning bid buys a receipt and a claim: if the owner redeems within twelve months the sale unwinds, and only if nobody redeems does the collector issue a tax title. There is no lien certificate in South Carolina at any stage.
The opening bid	Set by statute, not by the market. Under Section 12-51-55 the officer bids for the Forfeited Land Commission in an amount equal to all unpaid taxes, penalties, assessments and costs, including the taxes levied for the year in which the redemption period begins. Every public bid is measured against that floor.
Excess bid	Any part of the winning bid above the taxes, penalties, assessments and costs is held by the delinquent tax collector, and once the tax deed has been issued the collector must notify the former owner of the excess due (Section 12-51-60). Money bid above the debt is never bidder profit in either outcome: on redemption it earns no interest, and without redemption it belongs to the former owner.
Redemption	Twelve months from the date of the sale, by the defaulting taxpayer, a grantee from the owner, or a mortgage or judgment creditor, paying the debt plus lump sum interest on the whole successful bid: 3 percent in the first three months, 6 percent in months four to six, 9 percent in months seven to nine, 12 percent in the last three months, and never more than the amount of the Forfeited Land Commission bid (Section 12-51-90).
The tax title	Issued by the collector after the redemption period ends if nobody redeems (Section 12-51-130), and incontestable after one additional year (Section 12-51-90(C)). A tax title is not a title insurance policy: owners of record, occupants, and surviving interests are the buyer's homework, and a quiet title action is the usual finishing step.
Costs on top of the bid	The full bid is due on sale day in legal tender; there is no financing window and no deposit installment structure in the statute. Current year taxes are already inside the opening bid. After the sale the costs are time and process: twelve months of redemption to wait out, then deed and recording charges as the county publishes them.

Unsold parcels: the Forfeited Land Commission

Under SC Code 12-51-55 the Tax Collector submits a bid for the Forfeited Land Commission on every parcel, equal to all unpaid property taxes, penalties and costs including taxes levied for the year in which the redemption period begins, and the Commission is the buyer only if nobody bids higher. Parcels the Commission takes in are held through the same twelve month redemption period; after it, the Commission holds title and sells forfeited lands through its own posted sale process. The Berkeley tax sale page read did not publish the Commission's sale schedule or list, so confirm forfeited land availability with the Delinquent Tax Office at (843) 719-4030 (option 5).

Before you bid

Price the year, not just the parcel. Every South Carolina purchase includes twelve months of illiquidity before a deed can issue, and the owner can unwind the sale at any point in that year. Decide in advance whether you are buying the redemption return, the deed, or both, because the right bid is different for each.
Verify the venue and the registration close. South Carolina sales are live events, and registration closes days before the sale in most counties, sometimes with a fee and never on sale day in the larger ones. The registration deadline, not the sale date, is the gate that decides whether you bid at all.
Read the Forfeited Land Commission list after the sale. Parcels nobody outbids are taken in by the Commission and return through its own sale process after redemption runs. That list, published by each county's Commission, is the second chance at the same inventory, priced by the Commission's rules.
Set the maximum before the sale opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your resale or hold value to the highest bid you can pay, with the costs shown.

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