Short, sourced notes on buying undeveloped land in Alabama, written for people who do not yet know what they do not know.
A land offer needs its own conditions: the perc test, survey, title, access, and utilities. How to write each with a deadline, and where your deposit sits meanwhile.
A gravel road can be public and still get no county grader. How Alabama counties pick the roads they maintain, and what a private road asks of the owners on it.
No water main on the road? Who may drill a well in Alabama, how far it must sit from the septic field, what drives the cost, and how to test the water.
A low spot or a creek bottom rarely kills an Alabama land deal. How to screen a tract for wetlands from public maps, and who decides what you can fill.
You agreed on a price, and the settlement statement still has more lines. Alabama's deed tax, mortgage tax, recording fees, title insurance, and who pays each.
Free accounts read five full parcel files a month. New counties come online one at a time.