Sell your RV park · Georgia
Sell your Georgia RV park to someone who has run one here.
We bought McIntosh Manor in Townsend, rebuilt it, ran it and sold it. Cash, no financing contingency, close in under 45 days from contract.
Georgia and us
We have owned and sold a Georgia park.
McIntosh Manor in Townsend, McIntosh County: 20 sites, held 24 months. We renovated the rental units, rebuilt the roads, added laundry, landscaping and high-speed wifi, converted a struggling bed and breakfast into a high-performing short-term rental, and sold it as a stabilized rural park.
That means we have been through Georgia’s permit and closing process from both sides of the table.
Georgia rules that matter when you sell
5 things every Georgia park seller should know.
Sourced to the state itself. These are the items that change your timeline, your closing costs, or what the buyer has to do the day after closing.
Campgrounds and RV parks are “tourist accommodations.”
Georgia’s Department of Public Health regulates them under its Tourist Accommodation rules (Subject 511-6-2). The definition expressly includes campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks, and excludes facilities intended for permanent residence.
Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Subject 511-6-2, Tourist Accommodations (Georgia Secretary of State)
Your permit expires when the park sells.
Under Rule 511-6-2-.04, a tourist accommodation permit expires on a change of ownership, and a change of ownership includes a transfer of 50% or more of the interest. Don’t assume selling the LLC instead of the land avoids it; ask your attorney. The buyer has to be permitted in their own name — plan the closing date around that.
Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Subject 511-6-2, Tourist Accommodations (Georgia Secretary of State)
Don’t shut down before you sell.
The same rule says the permit becomes void when the tourist accommodation ceases to operate. Keeping the park open through closing keeps it a going concern.
Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Subject 511-6-2, Tourist Accommodations (Georgia Secretary of State)
A failing septic system can shut a park down.
Georgia’s compliance rule lets health officials summarily suspend a permit for an imminent health hazard, and a failing wastewater system is one of the listed examples. That is why we ask about septic first — and why disclosing it early protects you.
Source: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 511-6-2-.20, Compliance Procedures (Cornell LII)
Transfer tax: $1 per $1,000, and the deed won’t record until it’s paid.
Georgia’s real estate transfer tax is $1 on the first $1,000 and 10 cents per additional $100, based on the sale price. The clerk of superior court will not record the deed until it is paid; the PT-61 form can be filed online.
Source: Georgia Department of Revenue, Real Estate Transfer Tax
Closing cost math
The deed tax, worked out.
On an example $1,000,000 sale, Georgia’s transfer tax is $1 + ($999,000 ÷ $100 × $0.10) = $1,000. The state source doesn’t say who pays; settle it in the purchase agreement.
Where we look
What we want in Georgia.
Preferences, not data. If your park is somewhere else in the state, send it anyway.
Coastal Georgia, where we owned McIntosh Manor, and the North Georgia mountains. Lakes and interstate corridors anywhere in the state are worth a call.
The buy box doesn’t change by state: 25 to 100 sites, $400,000 to $3,000,000, all cash, deferred maintenance fine. Here is how the process works when you sell your RV park to us — steps, paperwork, and how we price.
Georgia questions
FAQ.
Does my Georgia health permit transfer to the buyer?
No. Under Rule 511-6-2-.04 it expires on a change of ownership, including a transfer of 50% or more of the interest. The buyer gets permitted in their own name.
What is the transfer tax on selling an RV park in Georgia?
$1 on the first $1,000 and 10 cents for each additional $100 of the sale price — $1 per $1,000. The deed won’t record until it is paid.
Have you owned a park in Georgia?
Yes. McIntosh Manor in Townsend: 20 sites, rebuilt and held 24 months, sold stabilized.
Sources
Every outside fact on this page comes from these pages, opened on November 14, 2026. Rules change; your closing attorney has the final word.
Contact
Send us a park.
Address, approximate site count, and whatever financials exist is enough to start. If there are no books, say so — that is common and it is not disqualifying.
Calls are answered by the principal. There is no analyst to get past.
- Direct (828) 367-6711
- Email Brian@waterfallparks.com
- Based in Hendersonville, North Carolina