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Sell your land in Pima County for cash

Parcel Buyers buys vacant-coded lots and land for cash across Pima County, including parcels with uncertain road maintenance, well or septic status. You get a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, and closings run through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions.

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Quick answers

Who buys land for cash in Pima County?
Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Pima County, Arizona, usually within 24 hours. Sales close through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions to the seller.
What did vacant lots in Pima County sell for in 2025?
In 2025, vacant lots in Pima County sold for a median of $53,750 across 28 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $13,500 to $104,330.
How many vacant lots are in Pima County?
The 2027 Arizona parcel and assessment data lists 18,387 vacant residential lots in Pima County; 13% are acre-pluss, and the median lot is 1.18 acre.
How is a cash offer for land in Pima County set?
We start from recent sales of similar lots nearby, like the 2025 prices on this page, then adjust for water and sewer, road access, flood zone, lot size and any title issues, and for the time and cost of reselling. You get one written number, not a range.
How do I know a land buyer in Pima County is legitimate?
A real buyer closes through an independent, licensed title company and never asks you to pay anything up front. We never charge sellers a fee, deposit or closing-cost advance, and the title company pays you by check or wire at closing.

Local data

What is land in Pima County worth?

In 2025, vacant lots in Pima County sold for a median of $53,750 across 28 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $13,500 to $104,330. [1]

These are open-market sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.

Pima County vacant land facts
Vacant residential lots 18,387 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2027 Arizona parcel and assessment data [1]
Most common lot size Acre-plus (46,000–52,000 sq ft): 13% of vacant lots; next, one-acre homesite at 12%. Median lot: 1.18 acre (51,426 sq ft). [1]
Typical county full cash value $36,000 median county full cash value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $5,000 and $89,000 [1]
Recent lot sale prices $53,750 median across 28 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in Pima County (Jan 2025–Dec 2025); the middle half sold for $13,500–$104,330 [1]
Saguaro National Park Saguaro National Park covers 91,716 acres entirely inside Pima County, split into two sections about 10 miles apart. Both are federal land, so a parcel near either boundary needs its own survey rather than a map guess. [2],[3]
Assessor sets full cash value locally Arizona law has each county Assessor locate, classify and value taxable property in that county. The Pima County Assessor does that work locally; it does not set tax rates or collect payments. [4]
Development Services issues permits Pima County Development Services handles building permits, zoning compliance, code enforcement and addressing. It publishes a separate guide to the county's rules for off-grid living in unincorporated Pima County. [5]
Flood Control covers unincorporated land The Pima County Flood Control District performs floodplain management activities within unincorporated Pima County and reached FEMA Class-2 Community status in April 2024, which affects flood insurance pricing. [6]
Septic permits run through the county Pima County Environmental Quality's Water Program lists Onsite Wastewater Treatment Facilities, covering septic systems on vacant and undeveloped parcels, as one of its permitted service areas. [7]
Treasurer sets the lien-sale date The Pima County Treasurer holds its delinquent tax lien sale in the last week of February. A lien buyer can later file to foreclose the right to redeem, but only after three years have passed. [8]
Over 2,230 unincorporated road miles Pima County's Department of Transportation manages more than 2,230 miles of roadways, bike and pedestrian facilities and transit infrastructure in unincorporated Pima County under a 10-year repair plan. [9]

Data: Mohave County Assessor's Office, Pinal County Assessor's Office, Cochise County Assessor, Santa Cruz County Assessor, Pima County Assessor, Graham County Assessor and La Paz County Assessor. Counts, medians and shares only; no owner names, parcel numbers, addresses or row-level data are published.

Acre-plus 13% One-acre homesite 12% Estate parcel (3-5 acres) 11% Acreage tract (10+ acres) 8% All other sizes 55%
Vacant residential lots in Pima County by lot size, 2027 Arizona parcel and assessment data [1]. Acre-plus 13%, One-acre homesite 12%, Estate parcel (3-5 acres) 11%, Acreage tract (10+ acres) 8%, All other sizes 55%.

Where we buy

Areas we cover in Pima County

These pages cover the largest lot markets in Pima County. We buy land anywhere else in the county too: send the parcel details through the form below.

Selling here

How selling land works in Pima County

Start with the assessor's vacant-lot rule, not a guess

Start with the assessor's own rule, not an outside estimate. The approved free Pima County parcel layer counted 18,387 parcels on the residential vacant use codes with positive mapped acreage, after government and association owners were excluded in the query and a seeded structure sample passed. Inside that set, the median parcel is 1.18 acres, about 51,426 square feet, and the most common size band is acre-plus at 13%. The median county full cash value is $36,000, with a middle range of $5,000–$89,000. Full cash value is the assessor's own number, not a sale price, an appraisal, or a promise of what we would pay, and every parcel still needs its own review before any offer. [12]

Confirm jurisdiction before assuming county rules apply

Confirm which government has authority over a specific parcel before assuming county rules apply. Pima County recognizes six incorporated jurisdictions inside its borders, and each one runs its own zoning, building and code-enforcement process once a parcel sits inside city or town limits. Outside those limits, Pima County Development Services is the building, zoning, code-enforcement and addressing authority, and it publishes a separate guide to the county's off-grid living rules for unincorporated land. A county assessment record does not by itself say which jurisdiction's rulebook applies to a given lot. [5]

Check flood status and septic access separately

Check flood status and wastewater access as two separate questions, since neither follows from the parcel's use code. The Pima County Flood Control District manages floodplain activity within unincorporated Pima County and reached FEMA Class-2 Community status in April 2024, which can lower flood insurance cost for a qualifying property. For wastewater, Pima County Environmental Quality's Water Program lists Onsite Wastewater Treatment Facilities as a permitted service, covering septic review on vacant parcels. Neither office's general information page states a specific fee or review timeline for an individual lot, so a parcel-specific inquiry still matters before relying on either. [6],[7]

Follow the tax and recording timeline, not a guess

Follow the actual statutory and county timeline when taxes or recording questions come up. The Pima County Treasurer collects property taxes and holds its delinquent tax lien sale in the last week of February each year. Arizona law lets a lien buyer file to foreclose the right to redeem starting three years after the lien sale, but an owner can still redeem at any time before a treasurer's deed is issued. Arizona's statewide recording fee schedule sets the standard county recorder charge at $30 per instrument for most documents. None of this transfers title by itself; liens or back taxes can be paid from sale proceeds at closing, with the seller's consent, and Parcel Buyers checks title before making an offer. [8],[10],[11]

Read the 2025 sale sample as thin, not a market rate

Read Pima County's 2025 sale figures as a thin recorded sample, not a market rate. The county's own affidavit-of-sales feed gave 28 warranty-deed sales in 2025 on parcels the assessor still codes vacant, after assessor reject codes and duplicate-deed rows were removed. The median was $53,750, with a middle range of $13,500–$104,330; that range is wide because the sample mixes close-in infill lots with rural desert parcels in one countywide number. That is too small a group to call a market rate, a demand signal or a price guide for any one lot, and it does not replace our own inspection of a specific parcel. [13]

Step by step

How do I sell my land in Pima County?

From your first message to money in hand, with nothing left out. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

See every detail of the process

  1. Tell us about your land

    Fill out the short form (about 60 seconds) or email us. A land specialist reaches out to confirm the details, usually the same business day.

  2. Get your cash offer within 24 hours

    We review the property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. It is a real number, not a range. Take it or leave it, with no pressure either way.

  3. Sign electronically

    If you accept, everyone signs the purchase agreement electronically. There is nothing to print or mail at this stage.

  4. We inspect, the title company verifies

    Our team inspects the land and an independent title company runs a title search for liens or taxes owed. If the land does not pass inspection, you are never charged anything.

  5. Close and get paid

    The title company prepares the closing documents for notarization and issues your funds by standard check, overnight check, or wire transfer. A typical sale closes in 10 days.

Questions

Selling land in Pima County: common questions

Does the 2025 sale price on this page set the price for my Pima County lot?

No. It is a thin county-recorded sample of 28 warranty-deed sales across the whole county, mixing close-in lots with rural desert parcels. It is not a market rate or an appraisal for any single property. We set our offer after inspecting your specific parcel, not from a countywide figure.

Who decides if my Pima County land needs a building or septic permit?

It depends on jurisdiction. Inside one of the county's six incorporated cities or towns, that city or town runs permitting. Outside those limits, Pima County Development Services handles building and zoning, and Environmental Quality's Water Program covers septic review for unincorporated land.

Can I sell a Pima County lot if I'm not sure about its flood zone?

Yes. Our purchase has one contingency, our own land inspection, and a failed inspection costs you nothing. We check flood status, access, utilities and title ourselves, including confirming floodplain status with the Flood Control District where it matters, before making a written offer.

What happens if my Pima County property taxes are behind?

The Treasurer holds a delinquent tax lien sale in the last week of February. A lien is not a deed, so it does not transfer ownership by itself, though a buyer can later file to foreclose the right to redeem starting three years after the sale. Liens or back taxes can be paid from sale proceeds at closing, with your consent.

Do I need a survey to sell vacant land in Pima County?

Not always. A survey is not legally required to sell land, though a title company may request one if the recorded legal description is unclear. We review the parcel record and legal description ourselves as part of our inspection before closing.

Owner resources

Guides for your situation

  • Can You Sell Land With a Lien?

    Yes. Land with a lien can often be sold, but signing a deed does not by itself erase a valid claim. The lien may need to be paid, released, discharged, or otherwise resolved under the law that applies. With the seller's consent, an approved payoff can come from sale proceeds at closing. If the balance or lien is wrong, dispute it before closing and require proof of the cure.

  • Can You Build on a Vacant Lot?

    Maybe. A vacant lot is buildable only if the proposed use fits the rules that apply to that parcel and the site can satisfy access, utility, environmental, and permit requirements. Start with the local planning or zoning office, confirm that the parcel is a legal lot, and get a written parcel-specific answer. A zoning label or tax parcel number alone is not approval to build.[1][2]

  • How to Sell Land in a Flood Zone

    Flood-zone land can be sellable and sometimes buildable. A FEMA flood zone describes mapped risk; it is not a building permit. The buyer must verify the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Map and any map changes, then ask the local floodplain administrator what elevation, floodway, coastal, permit, and design rules apply.[1][2][4] Vacant land itself is not covered by an NFIP policy; flood insurance covers qualifying buildings and contents, not land value.[5][6]

Your written offer

Get your cash offer

Four short steps, about 60 seconds. We review your property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. You can take it or leave it.

What happens after you send this

  1. A land specialist reaches out, usually the same business day, to confirm the details.
  2. You get a written cash offer within 24 hours: a real number, not a range.
  3. You decide. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

You will never be asked to pay us anything. No deposit, no processing fee, no closing-cost advance.

What kind of land do you own?

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How we made this page

Parcel Buyers is a land-buying company based in Florida. We buy vacant land directly from owners and publish these local pages so owners can see what land in their area is doing before they sell, to us or anyone else. We count the tax-roll figures ourselves from state data, take local rules and fees from the official sources listed below, and use AI tools to help research and draft the text. Every number links to its source, and we update the page when the data changes.

Method and sources

Parcel and assessment figures cover all parcels in Pima County. Source [1] is our own aggregate count of public parcel records from the named Arizona county assessor. A place scope may be a ZIP area, assessor market area or normalized subdivision family; use the exact scope and do not treat it as municipal limits or a buildability finding. Vacant-lot counts use mohave: use codes 0001-0004 and 0011-0014, improvement value 0, non-exempt, positive acreage, with government and HOA owners excluded in-query. Pinal: use codes 0011, 0013 and 0014 with legal class 02RL, with government and HOA owners excluded in-query. Cochise: use_code 0011 or 0013 and accttype Vacant. Santa Cruz: IMPVAL=0 and LANDVAL>0, excluding county-owned, under-0.05-acre, and HOA records. Vacant nonresidential and agricultural parcels are not derived (0). Pima: parcel use 0011, 0012, 0013 or 0014 with positive GIS acreage. Graham: account type Vacant with positive GIS acreage. La Paz: property use code 13 or 14 with positive acreage. Government and HOA owners are excluded in-query in all three; because none of these three layers carries an improvement-value field, each county was screened with a seeded 150-centroid sample against the FEMA/ORNL USA Structures public layer (Pima 1/150, Graham 0/150, La Paz 4/150). Lot sizes use mohave PARCEL_SIZE acres; Pinal LANDSF square feet or STATEDAREA acres when blank; Cochise acres; Santa Cruz Acreage. Acre fields are multiplied by 43,560 and bucketed with the Parcel Buyers lot-size chart ([low, high) square feet). Values use county full cash value on the current record: Mohave FULL_CASH_VALUE, Pinal CNTASSDVAL, Cochise fcv and Santa Cruz FCV. These are assessor values, not sale prices or buildability findings. Pima full cash value (FCV). Graham and La Paz publish no value field, so their value row is withheld. Owner locations use owner mailing-address state on the county record; in_state = Arizona; blank state = unknown. Sale figures use each county keeps only a parcel's most recent sale. Mohave uses calendar-2025 WD/SWD records on one parcel per receipt. Pinal uses calendar-2025 W1/X records with unique date-and-price pairs. Santa Cruz joins calendar-2025 recorded sales to current clean parcels, keeps WD/SWD current deed types, $1,000+, one parcel per reception number, and prices no more than 10 times land value plus $20,000. These are conservative recorded-sale proxies, not verified arm's-length flags. Cochise has no free county sale-price source, so its sale rows are suppressed. Treat medians as a guide to county records, not as an offer or an appraisal. Page updated November 7, 2026.

Data: Mohave County Assessor's Office, Pinal County Assessor's Office, Cochise County Assessor, Santa Cruz County Assessor, Pima County Assessor, Graham County Assessor and La Paz County Assessor. Counts, medians and shares only; no owner names, parcel numbers, addresses or row-level data are published.

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  2. [2] National Park Service, Saguaro National Park (accessed 2026-11-07)
  3. [3] Wikipedia, Saguaro National Park (accessed 2026-11-07)
  4. [4] Arizona Department of Revenue, Property Tax (accessed 2026-11-07)
  5. [5] Pima County, Development Services (accessed 2026-11-07)
  6. [6] Pima County, Flood Control District (accessed 2026-11-07)
  7. [7] Pima County, Environmental Quality (accessed 2026-11-07)
  8. [8] Pima County Treasurer, Pima County Treasurer (accessed 2026-11-07)
  9. [9] Pima County Department of Transportation, Transportation (accessed 2026-11-07)
  10. [10] Arizona State Legislature, A.R.S. 11-475: Fees; exemptions (accessed 2026-11-07)
  11. [11] Arizona State Legislature, A.R.S. 42-18152: When lien may be fully redeemed (accessed 2026-11-07)
  12. [12] Pima County IT Department GIS, LandRecords, Parcels - Regional (layer 12) (accessed 2026-11-07)
  13. [13] Pima County Assessor, Sold_Parcels feature layer (accessed 2026-11-07)