Wakulla County, Florida
Sell your land in St Marks for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots in St Marks for cash, including lots that still need the city's site-plan approval before Wakulla County issues a building permit. 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.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 Florida property tax roll · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in St Marks?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in St Marks, Wakulla County, 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 St Marks sell for in 2025?
- In 2025, vacant lots in St Marks sold for a median of $18,000 across 12 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $18,000 to $21,200.
- How many vacant lots are in St Marks?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 276 vacant residential lots in St Marks; 37% are half-acre lots, and the median lot is 0.46 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in St Marks 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 St Marks 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.
- Who is buying lots in St Marks?
- In 2025, companies bought 8% of the vacant lots that sold in St Marks. Individuals bought the rest.
- How much are estimated annual ad valorem taxes on a typical vacant lot in St Marks?
- A typical vacant lot in St Marks has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $232 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below).
- Are vacant lots in St Marks in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 100% of vacant lots in St Marks have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated September 26, 2014). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in St Marks got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 2 vacant lots in St Marks changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
St Marks land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is St Marks in Wakulla County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 276 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Half-acre lot (19,000–24,000 sq ft): 37% of vacant lots; next, standard city lot at 10%. Median lot: 0.46 acre (19,940 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $15,000 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $12,000 and $15,000 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $18,000 median across 12 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in St Marks (Feb 2025–Oct 2025); the middle half sold for $18,000–$21,200 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 8% of those purchases; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 13% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often GA, CA, AL) [1] |
| Incorporated city, two-step permit | This is an incorporated city with its own commission and city limits. It adopted the Wakulla County Building Code. Inside the limits, a site-plan package goes to the city before any work and before a permit goes to the county. [2],[3] |
| Posted 2025 residential fees | Ordinance 2025-05, the fee schedule linked from the permits page, lists a $35 residential application fee and a $35 plan-review fee. A zoning determination is $75. Simple jobs that skip a hearing pay only the application fee. [3] |
| Days to review, or a hearing | If no Local Planning Board meeting is required, the city asks for 2 to 4 business days and gives no verbal approval. Hearing packages are due at least 10 days before the once-a-month meeting. [2] |
| City water and city sewer | The 2025 drinking-water report says city water is supplied by the City of Tallahassee. A resolution adopted January 8, 2026 says the city provides water and sewer to customers within the city. A vacant lot still needs its own tap confirmed. [4],[5] |
| Flood zones are lot by lot | The city decides how FEMA flood-zone rules apply to each site plan. FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer is the current effective flood map. It is read for one parcel, not as one zone for every lot. [2],[11] |
| Refuge acres and the river fort | The St Marks National Wildlife Refuge was set aside in 1931 and covers over 86,000 acres. Its Wakulla Unit is west of town. A Spanish fort, now a state park, was built where the Wakulla and St Marks rivers meet. [8],[9],[13] |
| San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park | San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park is at 148 Old Fort Road on Tucker's Point, where the Wakulla and St. Marks rivers meet before flowing into Apalache Bay. [13] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 2 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| Typical annual ad valorem taxes | A typical vacant lot in St Marks has estimated 2025 ad valorem taxes about $232 a year; most lots here also pay non-ad valorem charges (listed below). |
| 2026 so far (Jan-Jun) | County-level for Wakulla County: 58 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $24,500. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 100% of vacant lots in St Marks have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated September 26, 2014). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel. |
| Springs BMAP small-lot screen | About 0% of located vacant lots in St Marks are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in St Marks worth?
In 2025, vacant lots in St Marks sold for a median of $18,000 across 12 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $18,000 to $21,200. [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.
See what similar lots sold for
What moves the price in St Marks
The city signs the site plan before the county permit
Inside the city limits, the building permit is a second step. File a signed site-plan package and the fee with the city before any work and before the county application. The city adopted the Wakulla County Building Code, then applies its zoning and FEMA flood rules. Skip the Local Planning Board and review is quoted at 2 to 4 business days, with no verbal approval. A board case is due at least 10 days before the monthly meeting. Ordinance 2025-05 lists $35 to apply, $35 for plan review, $75 for a zoning determination, and $150 for a pre-application conference. A fence or fill dirt pays only the application fee. This page's roll scope uses the property-address city, so confirm the parcel is inside the city limits before filing. We check utilities, access, and title before offering. [2],[3],[11],[1]
The common lot size and a tight value band
The most common vacant size here is a half-acre lot, about 37% of the lots. The roll counts 276 vacant residential parcels whose property address city is St Marks. Median size is 0.46 acres, or 19,940 sq ft. Median just value is $15,000, and the middle half is $12,000–$15,000. That band is tight, and the median sits at the top of it. These are tax-roll marks, not a price quote. Recorded 2025 sales number 12, with a median of $18,000 and a middle half of $18,000–$21,200. The median matches the low end of that middle half, so those sales clustered in a narrow band. The roll does not say why. Florida owners are 87%. Out-of-state owners are 13%. [1]
River access, the refuge, and the old fort
Buyers notice the public water, not a promise that your lot touches it. The St Marks National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1931 as winter habitat for migratory birds. It covers over 86,000 acres in Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor counties, about 43 miles of Gulf coast, plus 17,350 wilderness acres. The Wakulla Unit is west of town. Visitors cross the St Marks River onto Lighthouse Road. Entry is $5 per vehicle or $25 for a yearly pass. The lighthouse tower finished in 1842 is the second oldest in Florida and the oldest on the Gulf coast. A Spanish fort, now a state park, was built to protect the junction of the Wakulla and St Marks rivers. The city boat ramp is $10 a day. An annual pass is free for property owners inside the city limits, $75 for other county residents, and $105 for visitors from outside the county. A private lot is not refuge land. [8],[9],[13],[7]
Taps, septic, grinder pumps, and the tax bill
A tap, a tank, or a tax bill can move the offer. Inside the city, drinking water is supplied by the City of Tallahassee, and a January 8, 2026 resolution says the city also provides sewer. The city does not repair a privately owned grinder pump. Since January 2, 2025, the state environmental agency has permitted septic systems in Wakulla County. The file needs Form DEP4015, a site plan, a floor plan, and a soil evaluation. Approval is not automatic. The 2025 tax chart lists the city rate at 5.240 mills (0.00524000), besides county, school, and water-management rates. Bills mail on or before November 1, with a 4 percent discount that month. Unpaid real-estate taxes become delinquent on April 1, add a 3 percent penalty, and can go to a tax-certificate sale on or before June 1. [4],[5],[6],[10],[12]
Common situations
Selling land in St Marks in these situations
Your lot has no water, sewer, or a finished road
You can sell a vacant lot that was never hooked up. We buy vacant lots for cash, including lots with no water, sewer, or road work. City water is for customers inside the city, and a private grinder pump stays with the owner. With no sewer, septic review is a state permit. The only contingency is the land inspection, and a failed inspection costs the seller nothing. [4],[6],[5],[10]
You inherited the lot or you live outside Florida
You can close without making a trip. Out-of-state owners are 13% of this group. You can sign electronically or use a mail-away closing, and you are paid by check or wire. We cover closing costs. The title company reads the deed and flags any estate papers still needed. [1]
The site plan or the flood map is not finished
You do not need a finished city approval letter before you ask for an offer. Inside the city, building still waits on that letter, and the county permit comes after it. Check your parcel on FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer instead of assuming one zone for every lot. A board case is due at least 10 days before the meeting. [2],[11]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in St Marks?
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-
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.
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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.
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Sign electronically
If you accept, everyone signs the purchase agreement electronically. There is nothing to print or mail at this stage.
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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.
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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 St Marks: common questions
Does the city or the county issue the building permit?
The county issues the building permit. For land inside the city limits, the city comes first: file a signed site plan and the fee before any work and before the county application. The city applies its zoning and FEMA flood rules at that step. This page's roll scope uses the property-address city, so confirm city limits before filing.
What does a residential site-plan review cost?
The posted schedule starts at $35. Ordinance 2025-05 lists a $35 residential application fee and a $35 plan-review fee. A zoning determination is $75. A pre-application conference is $150. A simple job that skips the hearing pays only the application fee.
Does a vacant lot automatically have city water and sewer?
No. Water and sewer serve customers within the city, and the 2025 report says drinking water comes from the City of Tallahassee. A vacant lot can still have no tap. The owner, not the city, repairs a private grinder pump. With no sewer, septic needs state Form DEP4015 and a soil evaluation.
Is my lot inside the wildlife refuge or on the river?
Not from the address alone. The refuge is federal land of over 86,000 acres, and its Wakulla Unit is west of town. The fort and the city ramp sit on the rivers. Those places draw visitors. They do not put your parcel inside the refuge or on the shoreline.
When do unpaid property taxes become delinquent?
Bills mail on or before November 1. Unpaid real-estate taxes become delinquent on April 1 with a 3 percent penalty, then a tax-certificate sale can start on or before June 1. The 2025 city rate is 5.240 mills.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- 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]
- Selling a Vacant Lot With Code Enforcement Liens
Yes, a Florida vacant lot with a code enforcement lien can often be sold, but first confirm the violation, daily fine, compliance status, and written payoff with the city or county that issued the order. A fine can accrue until the violator complies or judgment is entered in an enforcement suit.[1] A reduction is not automatic. A clear-title closing normally needs a current payoff and a documented satisfaction or release path.
- How Cash Land Buyers Price Offers
A cash-land offer may start with verified sales of land with similar use, then adjust those sales for meaningful differences.[1] Buyers may also account for access, utilities, legal use, size, shape, flood and soil questions, title issues, demand, and costs and risk they will carry. No universal assessed-value percentage applies. Compare each written offer by expected net proceeds, contingencies, seller work, and timing—not one asking price or headline number.
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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
- A land specialist reaches out, usually the same business day, to confirm the details.
- You get a written cash offer within 24 hours: a real number, not a range.
- 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.
Nearby areas we buy
- Crawfordville
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- Wakulla County
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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
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is St Marks. Source [1] is our own count of the Florida Department of Revenue's 2026 preliminary property tax roll: "vacant residential" means land-use code 000; lot sizes use the land square footage on the roll; values are the county property appraiser's just (market) value as of January 1, 2026; sale prices count only arm's-length sales of a single lot that was vacant when it sold and was still vacant on January 1, 2026 (bulk and multi-parcel deeds removed). Page updated October 2, 2026. Holding-cost estimates use 2025 taxable values and 2025 millage for FDOR vacant-residential code 000 parcels. They cover ad valorem taxes only, not a parcel-specific bill or non-ad valorem assessments. The reviewed 2026 recorded-sale window runs from January through June 2026; unreviewed recent sales are excluded. County-level figures are used on this place page. Flood and springs-BMAP figures screen tax-roll parcel center points, not parcel boundaries. They are aggregate map screens, not flood-zone, insurance, buildability, elevation, septic, or permitting determinations.
- [1] Florida Department of Revenue (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), Parcel Buyers analysis of the 2026 preliminary Name-Address-Legal (NAL) property tax roll (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [2] City of St. Marks, Building and zoning permits (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [3] City of St. Marks, Ordinance 2025-05 building fees (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [4] City of St. Marks, 2025 annual drinking water quality report (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [5] City of St. Marks, Resolution 2026-01 sewer adjustment policy (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [6] City of St. Marks, Wastewater and private grinder pumps (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [7] City of St. Marks, River boat ramp launch fees (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [8] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [9] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Visit the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [10] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Onsite sewage FAQ: permitting (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [11] Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood Hazard Layer (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [12] Wakulla County Tax Collector, Property tax services and millage rates (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [13] Florida State Parks, San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park (accessed 2026-10-02)