Before You Buy Land.

Free tool

Paste the listing. See how to check every claim.

This tool scans a land listing for common seller claims and hands you the record, office, and exact question to verify each one — before you make an offer.

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Direct answer

It maps each listing claim to a record, an office, and one question to ask

Paste a land listing and the checker flags the common claims — "perc tested," "road access," "unrestricted," "utilities available," "buildable," "no flood zone" — and returns the public record that would confirm each, the office that holds it, and the exact question to ask. It runs entirely in your browser and stores nothing.

It surfaces what to verify. The county and licensed professionals make the final determinations.

Runs client-side. This is a planning aid, not a verification or legal advice.

Paste the listing description

Drop in the seller\u2019s wording. The tool highlights claims worth verifying.

Nothing is uploaded or stored. The scan runs in your browser.

How to use it

Verify before you offer

Run each flagged claim to ground: pull the record or ask the office the exact question. If a claim can\u2019t be verified, make your offer contingent on verifying it.

What it doesn\u2019t do

It doesn\u2019t confirm anything

The tool points you to the right record and office. It does not confirm the claim or replace county confirmation, a survey, title work, or professional review.

FAQ

How does the seller claim checker work?

Paste the listing description. The tool scans it for common claims — "perc tested," "road access," "unrestricted," "utilities available," "buildable," "no flood zone" — and returns the public record that checks each one, the office that holds it, and the exact question to ask. It runs entirely in your browser.

Does it verify the claims for me?

No. It maps each claim to the record and office you’d use to verify it. The actual verification — and the final determination — happens with the county and the licensed professionals you engage.

What claims can it detect?

Septic/perc, access/easement, restrictions/HOA, utilities, buildability, flood zone, title/financing, and zoning language. If your listing uses other wording, use the full claim-by-claim guide.

Related

What Before You Buy Land is

  • A source-cited parcel pre-screen that organizes public-source signals — access, septic/perc records, flood, wetlands, soils, slope, utilities, restrictions, and local authority paths — into plain-English buyer questions.
  • A first-pass screening tool that helps rural land buyers in Texas, Tennessee, and North Carolina decide what to verify before they make an offer.

What it is not

  • Not legal advice, a survey, title opinion, engineering review, or appraisal.
  • Not a septic, permit, zoning, or county approval — and not a guarantee that land is buildable.
  • Not a replacement for county confirmation or a licensed professional. It points you to the right office and question.

Reviewed by the Before You Buy Land research team.