Duplin County, North Carolina
Sell your land in Warsaw for cash
A vacant lot in Warsaw does not need a finished town water or sewer tap, a county septic permit, or road-frontage paperwork sorted out before Parcel Buyers makes an offer. Expect a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, with closing handled by an independent, licensed title company, typically about 10 days after signing, and no fees or commissions charged to you.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 North Carolina parcel and assessment data · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in Warsaw?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Warsaw, Duplin 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.
- How many vacant lots are in Warsaw?
- The 2026 North Carolina parcel and assessment data lists 442 vacant residential lots in Warsaw; 21% are quarter-acre lots, and the median lot is 0.29 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Warsaw 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 Warsaw 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
Warsaw land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcel points inside the Census (TIGERweb ACS 2025 vintage) Warsaw town boundary (GEOID 3771160) in Duplin County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 442 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 North Carolina parcel and assessment data [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Quarter-acre lot (9,000–13,000 sq ft): 21% of vacant lots; next, standard city lot at 13%. Median lot: 0.29 acre (12,590 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical county assessed value | $11,700 median county assessed value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $7,800 and $20,300 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | Too few county-qualified vacant-lot sales in 2025 to report a reliable median for Warsaw [1] |
| An incorporated Duplin County town | Warsaw is an incorporated town in western Duplin County, covering about 3.22 square miles, with the Warsaw Historic District and the Joshua James Blanchard House listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] |
| The town zones and permits itself | Duplin County leaves zoning to each town inside its own limits and steps in only outside those boundaries. In Warsaw, that town-level job belongs to its own Code Enforcement, Planning, and Zoning department. [3],[4] |
| Public Works keeps utilities in-house | Warsaw's own Public Works department lists Water and Sewer, Streets, and Stormwater/Drainage among its functions, separate from Duplin County's own 13-tank, 14-well countywide water system that serves other parts of the county. [4],[5] |
| US 117 runs straight through downtown | U.S. Route 117, known locally as Pine Street, carries through-traffic north toward Goldsboro, about 30 miles away, and south toward Wallace, about 19 miles away. [2] |
| NC 50 is the link to the county seat | North Carolina Highway 50 runs east out of Warsaw to Kenansville, the Duplin County seat, where county offices like the Register of Deeds and the tax administration sit. [2] |
| Septic and wells go through the county | Outside Warsaw's own utility lines, Environmental Health's Water & Sewage Services group is the office that issues a septic permit, runs the soil evaluation, permits a well and tests the water. [6] |
| A 2025 county revaluation | 2025 marked Duplin's most recent reappraisal, coming eight years after the 2017 cycle; commissioners have since put the county on a five-year reappraisal schedule. [7] |
| James Sprunt College, reached via NC 50 | James Sprunt Community College's main campus sits in Kenansville, reached from Warsaw via North Carolina Highway 50. The college runs workforce programs including apprenticeships and a Hydroponics Smart Farm track tied to Duplin County's agricultural economy. [8] |
Pricing
What is a lot in Warsaw worth?
These are county-qualified 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.
What moves the price in Warsaw
Warsaw regulates itself, inside its own line
Duplin County has no countywide zoning ordinance; outside the towns, land falls under the county's Unified Development Ordinance instead. Warsaw is one of the towns that zones on its own, through its own Code Enforcement, Planning, and Zoning department. 442 parcels in this scope clear the project's vacant-lot screen; a typical lot runs about 0.29 acres, and quarter-acre lots account for the single biggest slice at 21%. A buyer should pull Warsaw's own current zoning record for a specific address rather than assume the county's rural rules apply inside town limits. [3],[1]
The town's own Public Works runs water and sewer here
Warsaw lists Water and Sewer, Streets, and Stormwater/Drainage under its own Public Works department, distinct from the county's separate water system of 13 elevated tanks and 14 wells that serves other parts of Duplin County, where a new tap runs $1,500 plus a $100 meter deposit under the county's current schedule. A Warsaw lot not yet tied into the town's own lines is a town utility question first, not a county one, even though the county's Environmental Health office still issues septic and well permits for any lot that needs them instead. [4],[5],[6]
Two highways set how the town is laid out
U.S. 117, known locally as Pine Street, runs the length of downtown Warsaw, carrying traffic north toward Goldsboro and south toward Wallace. NC 50 branches east to Kenansville, the county seat, where deeds get recorded and tax records get kept. Those are the recorded rights-of-way that actually set a lot's legal road frontage; a parcel's distance from either highway on a map does not by itself establish driveway access, which still depends on the deed, the plat and NCDOT's own rules for that specific frontage. [2]
The tax figure is not a price tag
On the Duplin tax roll, Warsaw-area parcels show a county-assessed figure of $11,700 at the midpoint, spanning $7,800–$20,300 across the typical range. 2025 marked the county's most recent reappraisal, coming eight years after the 2017 cycle; commissioners have since switched Duplin to a five-year reappraisal schedule. That number supports the tax bill; it says nothing about what a specific lot would bring in a sale. [7],[1]
A community college eight miles east trains the local workforce
James Sprunt Community College's main campus sits in Kenansville, reached from Warsaw along NC 50, and runs programs like apprenticeships, a Commercial Kitchen track and a Hydroponics Smart Farm aimed at Duplin County's agricultural and food-industry employers. That kind of nearby workforce pipeline is part of what keeps demand for both farmland and small residential lots steady in this corner of the county, separate from whatever the tax roll says about any one parcel. [8]
Common situations
Selling land in Warsaw in these situations
Nobody has run a line from your lot to town water or sewer
That's a normal state for land here, not a reason we'd pass. A good number of Warsaw-area lots still wait on a town hookup, so Parcel Buyers prices and buys them as they sit today. Getting a tap installed or inspected is never something we ask a seller to handle first. [4]
Nobody has ever pulled a septic or well permit for the lot
That's typical for vacant land that hasn't been built on. The county's Water & Sewage Services team at Environmental Health only gets involved once someone is ready to build, so a missing permit now doesn't change what we can offer for the lot. [6]
You inherited the lot and live somewhere else
That's fine. Parcel Buyers offers electronic signing and mail-away closing through an independent, licensed title company, with payment by check or wire, so you don't need to travel to Warsaw to sell a lot you inherited here. [7]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Warsaw?
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 Warsaw: common questions
Does my Warsaw lot's assessed value tell me what it would sell for?
No. That number comes from the county's 2025 reappraisal, done eight years after the last one in 2017, and it exists to set the tax bill. It isn't an appraisal, and it doesn't predict a sale price for any one parcel.
Who regulates a vacant lot inside Warsaw, the town or Duplin County?
Zoning and code enforcement inside the town line are Warsaw's own job, handled by its Code Enforcement, Planning, and Zoning department. Septic and well work is different: that still runs through Duplin County Environmental Health no matter where in town the lot sits.
My Warsaw lot has never had town water or sewer. Can you still buy it?
Yes. A missing hookup never stops an offer from us. We look into what utilities actually reach the parcel ourselves, as part of reviewing it, rather than asking you to sort that out first.
Is James Sprunt Community College inside Warsaw?
No. Its main campus is in Kenansville, the county seat, reached from Warsaw by North Carolina Highway 50. It's a nearby workforce resource, not a Warsaw town facility.
Can I sell a Warsaw lot that still needs a septic permit?
Yes. We buy vacant land without a completed septic permit. Duplin County Environmental Health's soil evaluation and permit process is a later step for a builder, not a condition of selling to us now.
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]
- 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.
- How to Sell Land From Another State
You usually do not have to travel to sell land in another state. A title company, escrow company, or closing attorney can coordinate title review, approved signing and notarization, recording, and payment by check or wire. The main limits are state-specific deed rules and title: every owner and signer must have authority. Independently verify the parcel, closing company, and payment instructions before signing.
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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
- 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
- Wallace
482 vacant lots
- Duplin County
10,894 vacant lots countywide
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 parcel points inside the Census (TIGERweb ACS 2025 vintage) Warsaw town boundary (GEOID 3771160). Source [1] is our own aggregate count of NC OneMap parcel points or frozen county extracts and the county sale layers named in the source data. Vacant-lot counts use nC has no statewide vacant code. Legacy wave-1 rows retain the frozen county-extract rules in DATA-NOTES-NC.md. The NC2 rule keeps records with improvement value 0, parcel value at least $1,000, known acreage no more than 10, struct not Y, and an owner name that does not match the government, HOA/common-area, church, conservation or utility exclusions. If more than 10% of the pre-struct scope has struct Y, the area uses its verified explicit vacant code or is dropped. Counts do not establish physical vacancy, residential zoning, access, legal-lot status or buildability. Names and addresses are not stored in outputs. Lot sizes use gIS acres on the extract (else record acres, else the parcel polygon area) x 43,560, bucketed with the Parcel Buyers lot sizing chart ([low, high) square feet). Values use county assessed value on the extract from each county's last reappraisal, which is not the same year in every county. Owner locations use owner mailing-address state on the extract; in_state = North Carolina. Junk state codes count as unknown, Canadian provinces as foreign. Onslow's extract carries no mailing state, so Onslow areas report in_state, other_us and foreign as not published (unknown 1.0). Treat medians as a guide to county records, not as an offer or an appraisal. Page updated November 7, 2026.
- [1] NC OneMap and county tax offices (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), NC OneMap statewide parcel points (county tax data), with wave-1 qualified county sale layers (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [2] Wikipedia, Warsaw, North Carolina (accessed 2026-11-07)
- [3] Duplin County, North Carolina, Planning (accessed 2026-11-07)
- [4] Town of Warsaw, North Carolina, Town of Warsaw, NC - Official Website (accessed 2026-11-07)
- [5] Duplin County, North Carolina, Water Utility (accessed 2026-11-07)
- [6] Duplin County, North Carolina, Environmental Health (accessed 2026-11-07)
- [7] Duplin County, North Carolina, 2025 Property Tax Revaluation (accessed 2026-11-07)
- [8] James Sprunt Community College, James Sprunt Community College (accessed 2026-11-07)