Find your deed or tax bill and write down the land you want to sell. Check the local record, compare prices and choose an agent, sell yourself or ask for a direct offer. You don’t need every paper before starting.
Tell us about your land. There’s no obligation to accept an offer.
Start with what you know. These steps will help you get ready and choose the way to sell that fits you.
Find a deed, tax bill or old survey. Write down the acres if known and the land description. That description tells one piece from another. It may use a lot and block, subdivision name or a longer written description.
Keep the parcel number with your notes. A parcel number is the local number for a piece of land. Empty land may not have a street address, so the number or land description can be more useful.
List every piece you want to sell and any cabin, shed or other items included. Say if you want to keep part or remove something shown in the photos. Think about your goal: price, less work or a sale around a certain date.
The City and Borough of Juneau’s Assessor page links its database and parcel viewer. It says you can research Borough properties by owner, address, parcel number or land description. Use the details from your own papers rather than guessing an address.
Match the piece and description with your deed or tax bill. If a name or detail looks wrong, ask for help before using it in an ad. A map view does not prove an exact boundary or a right to cross nearby land.
The Assessor page lists 907-586-5215, extension 4906. Have your parcel number or land description ready and ask how to check the record. If you need a current tax balance, ask who handles that question.
A tax value is different from a buyer’s offer. Keep any loan statement, lease or shared fee with your papers. Ask how those charges would be paid before agreeing on the money you would keep.
The Alaska Recorder’s Office lists searches by name, document number, book and page, plat and survey. A plat is a drawing that shows lots. Older owner names or record numbers can help you get started.
The Anchorage office’s list places Juneau, Douglas and Auke Bay in the Juneau recording district. A recording district is the area used to organize recorded documents. Use the state’s Find Your District link if you’re unsure about your piece.
The current Anchorage office page lists 907-269-8876. Ask how to find a deed, get a copy and check its cost. Keep the community, owner names and approximate purchase year handy. Ask what you can do from home.
Gather any survey—a measured drawing of boundaries—along with loan details, leases, lot rules and written road agreements. A deed copy alone is not a full check of ownership or other claims.
If you’re handling inherited land or helping settle a loved one’s estate, start with 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.
Give buyers dated photos and directions from the nearest road or arrival point. Show the entrance, open areas and any buildings included. Say who can give permission to visit and where a visitor can park or meet someone.
Describe the route you have used. If the piece needs a boat or foot trip after arrival, say so. Don’t describe a nearby road as access to the land unless you know a buyer can use it. Keep any written road or use agreement handy.
Show slopes, wet spots or rough ground you know about. Say which power, water or other services work on the piece now. A line nearby is different from a working connection. A view of the water is different from having a way to reach it.
You don’t have to plan a buyer’s house before asking about selling. Share the facts you know and mark what still needs checking. If your photos are old, say when they were taken. If you live away, ask what an agent or buyer needs before paying for another trip.
Ask a land agent or appraiser familiar with your part of Juneau for recent completed sales buyers would compare with yours. Ask how the prices were checked and what that help costs.
Compare the location, acres, route, working services and included buildings. A lot reached by a town road is a different choice from land that needs a boat trip. A water view is different from usable shore access. A sale with a home or cabin is different from empty land.
Keep the sale date, price, 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 asking price or Borough tax value is not proof of what a buyer paid. 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 Alaska 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 Assessor page says its database supports parcel number and land description as well as owner and address. Use the details in your papers rather than guessing an address.
Juneau’s Assessor page lists 907-586-5215, extension 4906. Have your parcel number or land description ready. Ask who handles a current tax balance if you need one.
Start with Alaska’s Recorder. The Anchorage office lists Juneau, Douglas and Auke Bay in the Juneau recording district and gives 907-269-8876 for help.
It is not a buyer’s offer or proof of a sale price. Compare recent completed sales with similar location, access, services and included items.
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.
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