Sell your Kentucky land for cash

Yes. Kentucky's real estate transfer tax is 50 cents for each $500 of the full price, or fraction of $500, which is about 0.1%. The county clerk collects the tax before the deed can be recorded. The deed must also carry a sworn certificate of the full price, signed by both parties or their agents. Ask your county clerk or title company about exemptions and recording fees. Source: KRS 142.050 and 382.135.

Penalties, fees and 12% interest are added, and the debt can be sold to a third party. Kentucky property taxes are due by December 31, with a 5% penalty in January and 10% after January 31. Usually on April 15, unpaid tax claims go to the county clerk and become certificates of delinquency, which add the sheriff's fees. Each certificate bears 12% simple yearly interest, and the clerk offers it at an annual sale to third-party buyers. A buyer can add attorney fees, capped before any lawsuit, and can sue to foreclose 1 year after the taxes became delinquent. Source: KRS 134.015, 134.119, 134.122, 134.125, 134.128, 134.452 and 134.546.

Only in limited cases after the court sale. A certificate holder can sue to foreclose from 1 to 11 years after the taxes become delinquent, and the land is appraised before the sale. If it sells for under two-thirds of that value, you can redeem within 6 months for the price plus 10% yearly interest and upkeep costs. Since July 15, 2026, a county attorney can use another procedure, with 60 days to redeem at 18% if the price is below assessed value. If the state or county took the land, you can redeem until it is deeded to a buyer, at 12% interest. Source: KRS 134.546, 426.520, 426.530, 134.504, 91.511 and 134.549, and 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 48.

Not the state form. Kentucky's seller's disclosure of conditions form applies to sales of single-family residential dwellings when a real estate licensee is paid. Vacant land with no dwelling falls outside it. Ask a Kentucky real estate attorney whether your facts call for other disclosures. Source: KRS 324.360.

Not always, because Kentucky law lets minerals be owned separately from the surface. When coal, oil or gas is owned separately, the Department of Revenue assesses it as its own interest in real property. Kentucky's constitution also limits mineral deeds that do not state the coal extraction method. Unless clear and convincing evidence shows otherwise, they allow only methods commonly used in that area when the deed was signed. A title search of the county clerk's records shows whether your minerals were severed. Source: KRS 132.820 and Kentucky Constitution Section 19(2).

Yes. Liberty Acres buys land anywhere in the US, so you do not need to live in Kentucky to sell to us. We close through a title company and pay back taxes and all closing costs. There are no agents and no commissions.

It depends on how you were related to the person who died. Spouses, parents, children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters are fully exempt. For deaths on or after January 1, 2026, nieces and nephews are exempt too. Other heirs pay 4% to 16% after a small exemption, and an heir who receives real property is personally liable for its tax. The tax also reaches Kentucky land of a person who lived in another state, so ask the estate's attorney before you sell. Source: KRS 140.010, 140.070, 140.080 and 140.190, and 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 198 sec. 68.