Short, sourced notes on buying undeveloped land in Alabama, written for people who do not yet know what they do not know.
The tax roll gives you a name and a parcel number. The deed at the probate office says what that owner holds. How to pull it in Alabama and what to read first.
Zoning and recorded covenants decide whether a house, a manufactured home, a barn, or a second dwelling fits. Where to look in Shelby County before you buy.
Your deed and the county map say where the land should be. A boundary survey finds it. What Alabama's standards make a survey show, and when you'll want one.
The utility won't run a line anywhere you build for free. How to find who serves a tract, what its extension rules make you pay, and what to ask before closing.
Standing timber is worth what a buyer pays for it on the stump. Species, size, volume, access, and nearby mills set that, and only a forester's cruise measures it.
Free accounts read five full parcel files a month. New counties come online one at a time.