Quick answer
A Parcel Pre-Screen Report is a parcel-referenced source-routing and verification-question report. It organizes buyer-provided concerns and listing claims, links each topic to maintained public-source paths, and explains what to verify next. The automatic workflow does not search parcel-specific records.
LandCheck covers 42 counties across Texas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Reports are $149 and delivered as formatted HTML/plain-text email after successful payment and complete intake.
"The seller said…" — here's the public record that actually checks each claim:
A parcel pre-screen organizes these from public sources so you can verify before you rely on the listing.
What a map app shows
Parcel map apps display the county's public GIS boundary layer — the same layer, whichever app you use. Counties themselves label those lines approximate: reference data, not a survey. And no boundary line tells you whether access is recorded in the deed, whether a perc test is on file, or what the recorded restrictions ban.
What a pre-screen shows
LandCheck does not sell boundary lines or claim to search parcel records automatically. It maps the buyer's access, septic, flood, restriction, and utility questions to maintained county, state, and federal source paths so the buyer knows where to verify the listing.
By the numbers · as of 2026-07-09
The sample report is the format preview. The free checker is a quick first pass. The paid report is the parcel-referenced source-routing option when you are close to an offer. It does not automatically search parcel-specific public records.
It also fits rural homes with acreage, family relocation decisions, inherited land, and improved properties where access, septic, utilities, or future-use questions still matter.
See the report format, source framing, and limits before you order the paid report.
Secondary paths
Quick helper for a first-pass screen on access, flood, slope, septic, restrictions, and local authority questions.
Order the parcel-referenced source-routing report when you are close to a decision or offer.
Route Texas parcels to the county, district, or local source path that matters first.
Sample report proof
A paid report is organized around one buyer-supplied parcel reference. It shows the submitted concerns and claims, the maintained source paths that apply, what remains unknown, and the next questions to ask. The automatic workflow does not search parcel-specific records.
Example only
This sample data is illustrative only. A paid report carries the buyer-supplied parcel reference through the source-routing structure; it does not independently confirm parcel identity.
| Field | Example | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel / APN | 123-456-789 | Ties the report to one parcel |
| County | Example County, TX | County rules and source paths vary |
| Approx. acreage | 5.2 acres | Lot size can affect use, septic, access, and setbacks |
| Source tie | Buyer-supplied APN/address/listing reference | Shows which parcel reference the report is organized around |
Source strip
These are example source paths the report can supply. Their presence does not mean the parcel was queried in those systems.
Verification-question overview
These are illustrative buyer-input and routing notes, not retrieved parcel findings or a land-use decision.
| Category | Buyer-input / routing basis | What it may mean | What to check next |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access | Buyer or listing mentions road access; no parcel record was retrieved automatically | A visible road is not the same as documented legal access | Ask title, surveyor, or county how access is documented |
| Zoning / use | Buyer intends rural residential use; zoning still requires parcel-specific confirmation | Your intended use may be possible, but local rules control details | Ask the planning office if your specific use is allowed |
| Flood / wetlands | Buyer asks about flood/wetlands; maintained FEMA and wetlands paths are supplied for follow-up | Public screening is helpful, not an environmental determination | Confirm with the right local or federal authority if building near drainage or low areas |
| Soils / septic | Buyer asks about septic/perc; county and soil-review paths are supplied for follow-up | Septic feasibility cannot be resolved from desktop data | Ask the county health or septic office, or a licensed septic professional |
| Utilities / broadband | Buyer asks about utilities; provider confirmation is still required for the parcel | Service may exist nearby but still requires provider confirmation | Ask providers for parcel-specific availability |
| Permit / documents | Buyer reports missing permit documents; the relevant lookup/office path is supplied | Missing public records do not prove no permits or no issues | Ask the county permitting office for records tied to the APN or address |
Free buyer tools
Use these tools when you need a focused checklist before deciding whether a parcel deserves a paid pre-screen report.
Find county parcel, planning, septic, floodplain, road, tax, and records source paths before relying on a listing.
Turn road access, private road, and easement concerns into records, seller documents, and county questions.
Organize perc, septic, OSSF, soil, setback, and wastewater questions before you assume a parcel can support a home.
Check power, water, well, sewer, septic separation, utility easements, and extension-cost unknowns.
Screen zoning, foundations, septic, setbacks, utilities, and recorded restrictions for alternative dwelling plans.
Generate seller, county, utility, access, records, and septic questions for your intended use and concern.
State hubs
The state hubs connect you to the county pages and the local source paths that matter first.
Start with OSSF routing, access, records, groundwater, flood/drainage, and county source paths.
Start with access, septic, utilities, flood/drainage, records, and county office routing.
Start with access, septic, wells, utilities, flood/drainage, records, and county office routing.
Featured counties
These county guides sit on the canonical path and give the quickest crawl route into the county-level content.
First Texas proof county with the strongest current local source path.
Hill Country county guide with active local authority and source questions.
Rural residential and foothill county guide for Tennessee buyers.
Mountain, cabin, access, wastewater, and drainage guide for Tennessee buyers.
Asheville-area mountain land guide with slope, access, and wastewater questions.
Foothill land guide with environmental health, utility, and records questions.
Land due diligence guides
Compact guides for common land, acreage, access, septic, county, flood, wetlands, soil, and use questions. These are public-source screening guides, not final approval decisions.
What to check before buying rural land
The umbrella checklist for buildability, septic, water, utilities, access, zoning, restrictions, flood, wetlands, slope, county records, and seller claims.
Vacant land due diligence checklist
Source-backed questions to verify before relying on a parcel listing.
Can I build on this land?
A first-pass public-source screening guide, not a final approval decision.
Questions to ask the county before buying land
County verification questions to organize before calling or emailing local offices.
County land due diligence sources
Where to look for parcel, zoning, flood, septic, and tax source gaps.
Septic perc test before buying land
Public-source screening for septic, perc, and well questions before deeper review.
Landlocked property access
Access risk signals and document questions to verify before relying on a route.
Flood, wetlands, and soil red flags
First-pass risk signals that still need source review and professional confirmation.
Mobile home and tiny home land rules
Local rule and source-gap questions before assuming a use is allowed.
Rural home with acreage due diligence
Public-source screening for improved rural property and acreage questions.
What to do with inherited land
First-step source review before making legal, tax, sale, or improvement decisions.
What buyers usually need to know
Phrases like buyer to verify, unrestricted, septic needed, utilities nearby, road access, and great homesite are not enough by themselves.
They can hide real questions about what is visible in public data and what still needs verification with the county, seller, title documents, or another local authority.
What the site is for
Use sparingly, only when the source path supports it.
A public-source or document-based issue that deserves attention before you proceed.
Most useful when the source path is explicit.
Something important is not confirmed yet and should be checked before you make an offer.
Useful when the public record is incomplete.
Reviewed public sources do not answer the question clearly enough yet.
Directional screening only.
The reviewed public sources do not show an obvious issue, but the parcel still needs full verification before you act.
The honest picture before you commit to either path.
Texas, Tennessee, and North Carolina — pilot counties below.
First proof county: Comal County, Texas.