County Land Due Diligence Sources

County parcel viewer / GIS for parcel ID, map context, roads, layers, and nearby features.

Assessor / tax records for tax parcel identity, owner mailing record, classification, and improvement clues.

Zoning map / planning department sources for zoning district, overlays, setbacks, frontage, and allowed-use questions.

Building / permit records for prior permits, additions, structures, driveways, or historical records where available.

Septic / health department records for septic permits, perc or soil evaluations, repairs, and contact path where relevant.

Floodplain administrator and FEMA flood maps for floodplain, floodway, and local development-review questions.

USFWS wetlands and NRCS soil sources for mapped wetlands, water features, hydric soils, slope, and drainage clues.

Road / public works sources for public/private road, maintenance, driveway, culvert, and emergency access questions.

Recorder / clerk documents for deeds, plats, easements, covenants, road agreements, and restrictions.

Utility/provider sources for electric, water, sewer, internet, gas, extension, easement, and cost questions.

State-level sources where county data is incomplete, unavailable, or split across agencies.

Tax parcel identity, assessed owner name, mailing address, tax classification, acreage shown by assessor, and tax account references.

Improvement records where available, such as structures, building type, year built, or assessed improvements.

Assessor records do not prove clear title, no liens, no probate issue, final value, survey accuracy, or tax advice.

Zoning district, allowed-use questions, minimum lot size, setbacks, road frontage, density, overlays, and special districts.

Mobile, manufactured, tiny-home, RV, agricultural, recreational, accessory-use, and future-use questions.

Zoning maps can point to questions, but they do not approve a use or decide final buildability.

Prior building permits, additions, accessory structures, driveway or culvert permits where tracked, manufactured/mobile-home placement records where tracked, and historical records where available.

Linked septic repair permits or improvement records where local systems connect those records.

Permit records do not prove full code compliance, every improvement was permitted, no hidden issue, or future permit approval.

Septic permits, perc tests, soil evaluations, repair or replacement records, approved capacity or bedroom count where available, and health-department contact path.

County and state records vary heavily; some records may be offline, incomplete, old, or handled by another office.

Septic records do not prove current performance, approval for expansion, soil suitability, or future septic approval.

FEMA flood map indicators, floodplain or floodway clues, local floodplain administrator contact, development permit questions, and insurance or lender questions to verify.

Flood maps help screen risk, but they do not guarantee floodplain clearance, final local interpretation, insurability, or lender acceptance.

USFWS wetlands indicators, streams, ponds, water features, wetland-adjacent clues, and mapped features that may need field review.

NRCS soil survey data for hydric soils, poorly drained soils, septic-limited soils, slope, erosion, and site-constraint clues.

These sources do not determine wetlands jurisdiction, soil suitability, septic approval, engineering feasibility, or buildability.

Public versus private road questions, county maintenance clues, driveway or culvert permit path, road standards, emergency access, drainage, and public works contacts.

Road maps and maintenance pages do not prove legal access, easement rights, private-road agreements, or road-maintenance responsibility.

Deeds, plats, easements, covenants, restrictions, road agreements, maintenance agreements, and recorded subdivision documents.

Recorded documents may need title, survey, legal, or other professional interpretation.

Source screening cannot prove clear title, no encumbrances, final access rights, survey accuracy, or legal meaning.

Electric service provider, water provider, sewer availability, internet or telecom providers, gas service, utility extension, and easement questions.

Nearby utility lines, neighbor service, or provider territory maps do not guarantee availability, affordability, easements, timing, or connection approval for a specific parcel.

Identify the parcel number, APN, tax ID, county, state, and map location.

Check the county parcel viewer / GIS for map context and source links.

Check assessor or tax records for the tax account, classification, and improvement clues.

Check zoning or planning sources for use, setbacks, frontage, overlays, and next-office questions.

Check access, road, public works, driveway, and culvert source categories.

Check septic, well, sewer, or health-department source categories where relevant.

Check FEMA flood, USFWS wetlands, and NRCS soil sources for map-risk indicators.

Check recorder or clerk records for deeds, plats, easements, covenants, restrictions, and agreements.

Write down source gaps, contradictions, and questions.

Contact county offices or qualified professionals before relying on the result.

Organize official-source categories and parcel identifiers into a practical screen.

Surface source links where they are findable and note where source availability appears limited.

Summarize mapped risk indicators, county questions, and next verification steps.

Separate visible public-source clues from issues that still need county, title, survey, septic, utility, environmental, or professional review.