Start with a tax bill or deed and a few notes about your land. Compare prices and choose how to find buyers. You can use an agent, sell yourself or ask for a direct offer. If someone uses the land or has rights to cut trees, gather that agreement too.
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Start with what you know. These steps will help you get ready and choose the way to sell that fits you.
Find a recent tax bill, deed or old survey. Write down the land number, acres if known and nearest road. A land number helps tell one piece from another. Empty land may not have a street address.
List all the pieces you want to sell and any building, fence or other item included. Say if you want to keep part. If you live far away, start with papers and dated photos at home. You don’t need to visit before asking questions.
Think about what matters most: price, less work or a sale around a certain date. Keep that goal in mind as you compare your choices.
Find the parcel number on a tax bill. That is the county’s number for a piece of land. Check the location and acres so you don’t use a record for a different piece.
The Choctaw County Revenue page links the county’s public map website. Use that link to find the area. Keep the bill or deed nearby when checking the details.
For a tax record or balance question, the page lists 205-459-3359. Explain what you need and ask which record or department can help. If a bill is old, ask for the current amount rather than assuming it is still right.
A tax value is different from the price a buyer will pay. A map helps you find the area; it does not settle an unclear boundary or prove a right to cross someone else’s land. Keep a survey or written road agreement with your notes.
Gather your deed, tax bills, survey, loan details and any lease. A survey is a measured drawing of the boundaries. Add written road agreements and any rules or fees that came with a lot.
The Choctaw County Probate page lists deed and mortgage recording among the office’s duties. For help finding a recorded deed copy, call 205-459-2414.
Have owner names, an approximate purchase year and any book and page or document number ready. Ask how to get the copy you need and what it costs. Probate lists Suite 9 at 117 South Mulberry Avenue in Butler. Revenue lists Suite 13, so confirm the department before a trip.
A deed copy is not a full check of ownership, loans and other claims. If you’re handling inherited land or helping settle a loved one’s estate, gather what you have. Ask a title company or real estate attorney who needs to sign and which papers are missing.
Our land seller document checklist can help. Keep private family and loan papers out of a public ad.
Write a short description from facts you know. Add dated photos, directions and a safe way to arrange a visit. Mark details you still need to check.
The county’s overview highlights its forests and forestry. If your land has trees, show the entrance, open areas and woods. A photo of tall trees does not tell a buyer what they are worth or who has the right to cut them.
If you have a timber report, keep its date and details with it. Gather any tree-cutting agreement. Explain whether work is planned, underway or finished, and ask how it affects the sale. Don’t guess a timber price to add to your asking price.
If someone hunts, farms or rents the land, keep that agreement handy too. Ask when a buyer could take over. Note gates, rough tracks and wet stretches you know about, and say who can unlock a gate.
A route across a neighbor’s piece is not proof that a buyer can use it. Keep any written road agreement with your papers. Say which power or water connections work now. A nearby line is different from a working connection.
Ask a local land agent or appraiser for recent completed sales that buyers would compare with yours. Ask how the prices were checked and what that help costs.
Compare similar size, ground, road access and included items. A roadside lot can be a poor match for wooded acreage reached by a shared route. A sale with a home or buildings is different from empty land.
Keep each sale’s price, date, acres and included items together. If several pieces sold in one deal, check the whole deal before assigning a price to one piece. Count it once even if several websites show it.
An ad shows an asking price, not proof of what was paid. A tax value is different too. If good matches are scarce, ask for a range and the reasons behind it. Our land value guide explains more price factors.
Use an agent: A land agent can help with pricing, ads, showings and offers. Ask about the fee, listing length and recent work with land like yours.
Sell yourself: You handle the ad, questions, visits and offers. You may still need help with the agreement and closing.
Compare a direct offer: A direct buyer may give you another choice without listing the land. Check the price and terms against your goals. You can say no.
Before arranging a visit, explain how to reach the land and who can give permission to enter. Keep private records out of the listing. Share needed papers with the people helping with the sale.
Get the offer and terms in writing. Check the right pieces of land are included. Ask who pays closing costs, any agent fee and other charges. Ask how a loan or unpaid taxes will be paid.
A higher price may leave you with less money if you pay more costs. For example, $30,000 less $2,000 in costs leaves $28,000 before a loan or tax balance. That is made-up math, not a price for your land.
Read the target date and what lets the buyer cancel or ask for a lower price. Ask who holds the deposit and what happens to it. Use our land offer worksheet to compare offers side by side.
If you’d like a direct offer to compare, tell Reelvest about your land. You decide whether an offer fits.
Ask who will handle closing—the final papers and payment. Have that person explain the land description, owners who must sign, costs and money you would receive.
Ask how any lease, road agreement or rules that came with the lot affect the sale papers. If a name or boundary is unclear, get help before signing. A target date does not mean all the checks are finished.
Confirm payment instructions with the closing office using a phone number you already trust. Keep copies of the signed agreement and final papers. Our Alabama land seller guide gives more general steps.
No. Start with the location and papers you have. Ask for help with missing information while comparing selling choices.
The Choctaw County Revenue page links the county map and lists 205-459-3359. Have the tax bill or parcel number ready and explain what you need to check.
Start with Choctaw Probate at 205-459-2414. Have owner names and any document reference ready. Ask how to get the copy and what it costs.
The county lists Probate in Suite 9 and Revenue in Suite 13 at the Mulberry courthouse address in Butler. Call the department you need before making a trip.
Keep the agreement with your papers. Explain the current use and ask how it affects the sale and when a buyer could take over. Don’t guess what the agreement allows.
Gather what you have. Ask a title company or real estate attorney who needs to sign and which papers are missing.
No. Use these steps with an agent, your own buyer or a direct offer. You can ask Reelvest for an offer to compare if you want.
Local source links reviewed October 7, 2026.