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Family-owned land company buying in Iowa

Sell your Iowa land for cash

We buy land in every Iowa county, from small lots to larger parcels, in any condition. Cash purchase or development terms. We pay back taxes and all closing costs and close through a title company.

  • No agents, listings or commissions
  • Inherited, rural or out-of-state land is fine
  • Every closing through a title company

How much is my land worth? · Iowa land values and selling rules

Selling in Iowa with: back taxes · inherited land · landlocked land

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Iowa land values, taxes, and selling rules

Iowa charges a state transfer tax: $0.80 per $500 of consideration (or fraction) above the first $500, about $1.60 per $1,000 (0.16%). Iowa real estate disclosure law applies to transfers of property with 1 to 4 dwelling units, so vacant land is outside it.

$10,100Avg. value per acre (2026)
$22.02Avg. tax per acre / year
0.16%State transfer tax
0.24%Effective tax rate

How Iowa compares

$10,100/acre, 109% above the median state ($4,825, marked by the line)
Land value rank
#7 of 50 states
Tax burden rank
#38 of 50 states
Holding cost, 10 acres
$220 per year in property tax

Sources: USDA NASS Land Values 2026 (average value of farm real estate per acre); USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture (property tax per acre of farmland); state statutes (transfer tax). Averages, not appraisals. Your parcel may be worth more or less depending on location, access, and use.

County land values in Iowa

99 counties

Selling rules by situation in Iowa

ScenarioRedemption PeriodProbate Requirements
Tax-DelinquentThe owner can redeem until 90 days after the certificate holder completes service of a notice that the right of redemption will expire. For a regular tax sale, the holder can serve that notice 1 year 9 months after the sale.Not applicable
InheritedN/AApplies to all probate assets including land, through a simplified court administration, not an affidavit.
LandlockedN/ANot applicable

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Send your county, state and parcel number. We research the parcel and send a written offer. You pay nothing, and every closing runs through a title company.

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