Sell your RV park · North Carolina
Sell your North Carolina RV park to someone who has run two here.
We bought one North Carolina park and built another from raw land, ran both, and sold both. Cash, no financing contingency, close in under 45 days.
North Carolina and us
Two of our three parks were in North Carolina.
Land of Waterfalls RV Park in Pisgah Forest: 12 sites, bought with infrastructure in place, landscaped, expanded, held 18 months, sold stabilized.
Pisgah Forest RV Park in Penrose: built from ten raw acres into 41 sites, with roads, utilities, a fiber mesh network and a 40-unit boat and RV storage facility. Sold with an engineering firm already engaged on a wastewater treatment plant.
That second one is why we start every North Carolina conversation with wastewater. When we sold it, the park had room to expand and an engineering firm was already engaged on a wastewater treatment plant.
North Carolina rules that matter when you sell
5 things every North Carolina 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.
The seller pays the excise tax — $1 per $500.
North Carolina’s deed excise tax is one dollar on each $500 of consideration, and the statute says the transferor — the seller — pays it to the register of deeds before the deed can be recorded. Budget for it.
Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-228.30, Imposition of excise tax (N.C. General Assembly)
RV park wastewater is a health department permit, and size decides who reviews it.
The state’s RV park wastewater guidance treats two or more RVs on one tract as an RV park. Under it, the local health department may approve a design of 1,500 gallons per day or less; a licensed engineer comes in above that, and state review is required above 3,000 gallons per day or when the system takes dump-station waste. The guidance was written in 2017 under the older rules, so treat the thresholds as a starting point and confirm with your county.
New wastewater rules took effect for systems permitted after January 1, 2024.
North Carolina replaced its old onsite rules (15A NCAC 18A .1900) with 15A NCAC 18E. The state’s guide says 18E generally does not apply to a system permitted before January 1, 2024 — unless the design daily flow or the wastewater strength changes. Translation: an older park can keep running under its existing permit, but adding sites can pull the system into the new rules. A buyer will price that.
Source: NC DHHS, 15A NCAC 18E Quick Reference and Cross-Reference Guide (Dec. 2023)
Find your Operation Permit before a buyer asks.
North Carolina’s onsite system permitting runs in three steps: Improvement Permit, Construction Authorization, Operation Permit. The Operation Permit is the one that says your system is approved to run. If you can’t find it, your county health department has the file.
Source: NC DHHS, 15A NCAC 18E Quick Reference and Cross-Reference Guide (Dec. 2023)
Dump stations are a separate permit from a separate agency.
Under the state’s RV park guidance, dump stations are permitted by the Division of Waste Management, not the health department, and a dump station that discharges to an on-site system needs an engineered design and state review. If your park has one, have its paperwork ready too.
Closing cost math
The deed tax, worked out.
On an example $1,000,000 sale, North Carolina’s excise tax is $1,000,000 ÷ $500 × $1 = $2,000, paid by the seller. Your attorney’s fee, any payoff and prorations come on top. Ask your closing attorney whether your county adds anything.
Where we look
What we want in North Carolina.
Preferences, not data. If your park is somewhere else in the state, send it anyway.
Western North Carolina first — the mountain counties where we built and ran our parks. Anywhere in the state with real demand drivers (a national forest, a lake, an interstate, a mountain town) is 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.
North Carolina questions
FAQ.
Who pays the transfer tax in North Carolina?
The statute puts it on the transferor, which is the seller: $1 per $500 of consideration, paid to the register of deeds before the deed records.
Can I sell if my septic permit only covers part of my sites?
Yes. Tell us up front. Permitted wastewater capacity is one of the first things we check in North Carolina, and an undersized system gets priced in the offer, not discovered at the end.
Have you actually owned parks in North Carolina?
Two: Land of Waterfalls RV Park in Pisgah Forest and Pisgah Forest RV Park in Penrose, which we built from raw land. Both operated and sold.
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