Richland County has a policy to reduce waste.  Every item that is declare excess is evaluated first to decide if it has usefulness in other departments.  If the item is truly unneeded by all departments, it will either be destroyed, thrown away, or sold to the public depending on valuation and other factors.  One such way that we are able to sell property to the public is through public surplus auctions.  Public Surplus is not owned by Richland County.  We simply sell items at auction there at no cost to our county.  The customer will make payment of the purchase price, plus and service fees, and we recieve a check for the purchase price that goes back into the county treasury.  To see if there are an auctions of Richland County equipment available to you, click on the button below this text.